ALG Releases 2014 Residual Award Winners

[TomLaPointe]

A variety of brands made the 2014 ALG Residual Value Awards for 2014, with Honda and Mercedes-Benz grabbing brand honors for Mainstream and Premium brands, respectively. You can view the results on their website (https://www.alg.com/residual-value-awards/). Are you seeing this translate to higher values on YOUR lot?

Manufacturers with models that made the list include:

ACURA - 1 (RDX / Premium Compact Utility)

AUDI - 3 (A5 / Premium Midsize Car, A6 / Premium Fullsize Car, Q7 / Premium Midsize Utility 3 Row)

CHEVROLET - 2 (Camaro / Sports Car, Corvette / Premium Sports Car)

HONDA - 3 (Accord / Midsize Car, Odyssey / Minivan, CR-V / Compact Utility)

HYUNDAI - 2 (Accent / Subcompact Car, Santa Fe Sport / Midsize Utility 2 row)

KIA - 1 (Soul / Subcompact Utility)

LAND ROVER - 1 (Range Rover Sport / Premium Midsize Utility 2 row)

MAZDA - 1 (Mazda3 / Compact Car)

MERCEDES-BENZ - 1 (CLA-Class / Premium Compact Car)

PORSCHE - 1 (Panamera / Premium Executive Car)

TOYOTA - 5 (Avalon / Fullsize Car, Prius c / Alt-Fuel, Highlander / Midsize Utility 3 row, Sequoia / Fullsize Utility, FJ Cruiser / Off-Road Utility, Tacoma / Fullsize Pickup, Land Cruiser / Premium Fullsize Utility)

ALG is a TrueCar company and has been publishing the list since 2001.

 

[Jeff Kershner]

All I can say is, I wish Audi would pass that strong residual value on the A5 over into their Lease program. Unless something has changes in 7 months - it sure wasn't present when I was looking to lease one. Damn.