Article Summary

• Man­heim Used Vehi­cle Val­ue Index decreased to 123.4 – down 0.6% from Decem­ber and 1.8% from Jan­u­ary 2012
• Val­ues were expect­ed to retreat some­what in Jan­u­ary giv­en hurricane’s impact on mar­ket would be wan­ing and that auc­tion sup­plies from com­mer­cial con­signors would be ris­ing
• Con­tin­ued strength in retail mar­ket, how­ev­er, kept the decline in whole­sale prices mod­est, for now