Invest your money well, these are the 10 cars that depreciate the most and the least after purchase

Depreciation is one of those evils that lurks behind every car we buy, but we must be clear that Not all cars depreciate equally, making for smarter purchases than others, especially if in some way we value the purchase of a car as an investment. For this reason today we are going to meet The 10 cars that have depreciated the most and the least after their purchase in the last 5 years… and yes, there are interesting surprises.

To better understand what we mean when we talk about depreciation, it is explained in terms of the economic value that a car is capable of preserving over time. Namely, the lower the difference between the purchase price of the new car and the sale price as a used car, the lower its depreciation and therefore the best investment we will have made. There are many factors that depreciate a vehicle, but the main ones have to do with its reliability, cost of use and maintenance, demand, etc.

Losing up to 60% of the value of a car is possible, finding numerous factors that can mitigate or accentuate its depreciation

Although it is important to take into account depreciation in any purchase we make, in the car it is especially relevant, because as we will see below through this study carried out by iSeeCars, there are huge differences between brands and models in terms of depreciation. After analyzing US sales data on 3 million cars over the past 5 years, measured depreciation reaches 33.3%discovering that the cars that have depreciated the least are around 7%, but on the contrary those that have lost the most value after their purchase almost reach 60%.

The results obtained speak for themselves. The 10 cars that have depreciated the least in the last 5 years are:

1. Jeep Wrangler (7.3%)
2. Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (8.7%)
3. Porsche 911 (14.6%)
4. Toyota Tacoma (14.9%)
5. Honda Civic (16.3%)
6. Subaru BRZ/Toyota GR86 (18.2%)
7. Ford Mustang (19.4%)
8. Toyota Corolla (19.8%)
9. Nissan Verso (19.9%)
10. Chevy Camaro (20.2%)

If we go to the opposite side of this table, where they appear The 10 cars that have depreciated the most in the last 5 yearswe meet:

1. BMW 7 Series (56.9%)
2. Maserati Ghibli (56.3%)
3. Jaguar XF (54%)
4. Infiniti QX80 (52.6%)
5. Cadillac Escalade ESV (52.3%)
6. Mercedes S-Class (51.9%)
7. Lincoln Navigator (51.9%)
8. Audi A6 (51.5%)
9. Volvo S90 (51.4%)
10. Ford Expedition (50.7%)

It is striking that, in the cases of higher depreciation, we are talking about premium cars when not luxury, which after a period of 5 years have lost at least half of their value. This means talking about in just 5 years we can easily leave between 50,000 and 60,000 dollars down the road.

Font: iSeeCars