Depreciation

bananarepublic

Does anyone know what cars have the worst depreciation. I am looking for a good motorway cruiser (sportish) which is circa 3/4 years old thats got most of its depreciation out of the way. I really wanted a 6 series but can't stretch to it but have seen an 03 Audi A8 4.2 Quttro with 68k at auction which was a bargain. Anyone else got any recommendations.

bazz26

All large engined cars like the A8, 7 Series or S Class will suffer from massive depreciation in Ireland simply because of the potential high running costs such as fuel and maintenance associated with them.

One car that comes to mind is the VW Phaeton, basically the same platform as the A8 afaik, which has pretty much zero image amonge that company.

A low mileage example and at less than half the price of a new one but sporty is not how I would describe it:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=772267&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20Volkswagen%20Phaeton%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=21810403&CFTOKEN=93413993

Or else something slightly older and cheaper:
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=651286

Or
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=793886
http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carID=800360

peasant

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=479035

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=754479

http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=car&carid=772267



EDIT
bazz beat me again ...

unkel

High end 3 to 4 year old cars still have an enormous amount of depreciation to come over the next few years. Also they will be very difficult to sell on at any stage of their life

Example: my '96 BMW 735 sold new for around the (equivalent of the) €120k mark*. When it was 4 years old it would have gone in a private sale for about €50k. I bought it when it was 7 years old (full BMW service history) for a bit over €10k

Figures for the Audi A8 are pretty similar. Mercedes S-Class depreciate a bit slower than the Audi and BMW competing models

The same depreciation curve is not applicable to other type cars like sports coupes (6-series). Key points are that the car has to be a saloon. It has to have a petrol engine bigger than 3 litres

*you could buy at least 4 houses in some areas of Dublin for that kind of money back then

Henry Ford III

Big French cars suffer the most horrific depreciation.