What three year olds are getting cheaper more slowly than others?

6 July 2018

The leaders of the secondary market to preserve the value

When choosing a car, buyers pay attention to many different factors: price, brand image, maintenance costs, comfort, size, practicality, power and so on. However, many conceived and how much the car will cost by the time when it will have to sell, otherwise Toyota would not have us in such demand. What experts have identified models that are getting cheaper slowly. Really Toyota is the leader?

The study is based on prices for a three-year machine. However, the starting point was taken the price of new cars, it would be more logical, as the sales price in the first year of operation. In What a position argued by the fact that after a sharp fall of the ruble in late 2014, prices soared, so the same model just a few months could increase by 30 %. By the end of the first year of operation the cost has stabilized, which should have a positive impact on the accuracy of statistics.

The car market was divided into three price segments: vehicles with residual value up to 500 000, in the range from 500 000 to 1 000 000 from 1 000 000 to 1 500 000 rubles and more expensive cars 1 500 000 rubles. This breakdown will not only be more convenient from the point of view of selecting the machines, but when building the rating: budget models and premium cars cheaper at different speeds.

500 000

In the budget segment, has done without sensations. The best car was the Renault Logan second generation. After three years of service, he lost only 1.3%. Moreover, in the first two years, it only adds to the cost! That's really really good investment for the year, cheap Franco-Romanian sedan allegedly rises in price by 18.6 %. Even the most advanced investors would envy such a record.

But find themselves in second place "Vesta" was a pleasant surprise for buyers of domestic models. At the same time, her relatives in the face of "Grants" and "Kalina" are registered in the outsiders: minus 28-30 % by the end of three years. But all faster cheaper Lifan Solano: he lost almost half the original cost.

Happy shopper "Logan": he knows that in three years will lose less than others

From 500 000 to 1 000 000

Guess the leaders in the segment of from 500 000 to 1 000 000 roubles not be so easy. The best purchase here was Suzuki Vitara second generation. Yes, we are talking about a compact crossover, rather than the more popular model of Grand Vitara. For three years she allegedly fell and the ruble!

Then with a slight lag moving Nissan Qashqai, Volkswagen Tiguan and Ford Kuga. About 8 % in three years lost the popular Hyudai Solaris. Here's another interesting fact: "UAZ-the Patriot" for the same period cheaper even slower than the Kia Rio, which is an absolute best seller of the market.

Worse things have Mazda 3 and the Hyundai Elantra are: they are cheaper at 27-33 %.

From 1 000 000 to 1 500 000

In the more expensive segment leaders also crossovers. For example, the Mazda CX-5 for the period from 2015 to 2018 became cheaper on 1 %. Slightly less profitable investment turned out to Kia Sorento (-7 %) and Ford Kuga (-11 %).

Even caught up on the last 14 BMW 3 Series has lost only 23% of the original cost for three years is a good indicator.

But the Toyota Camry did not meet expectations: let a 15 percent price reduction over three years for many models can only dream, however, the above statistics clearly shows that in the current environment, some cars and did manage to save the cost. So the myth of "rising in price over time," Toyota is not yet confirmed.

1 500 000

The real surprise was the victory of the Roadster of the Porsche Cayman in the most expensive segment. What data indicate that the three years it has risen by 11 %!

Note, however, that such machines on the market is very small, so the sample is probably very small. The fact that these data must be treated with caution, indicates another funny detail: that in the second year of owning the Porsche Cayman losing 11 %, but then by the third year has added the same 11 %.

Further, again followed by crossovers and SUVs: Hyundai Santa Fe (-6 %), Lexus NX (-10 %), Kia Sorento (-10 %) and Chevrolet Tahoe (-16 %). At the same time the BMW X3 and X4, the cheaper relatively quickly: at 35 and 31 percent, respectively.

And the most ruinous to the owner of the car was the expected Land Rover Discovery. And it's not that he would often break down in these three years. A three-year British SUV took off 40% of its price. Surprising this scenario is not: Discovery is traditionally the anti-hero of such ratings.

What can you conclude?

In CarPrice stressed that their ranking differs from others by the fact that it is based on the actual sales price of cars in the secondary market. Thus in such cases often used the amount for which the owners put their cars in the ads (you can ask all you want, another question is, how much the car will really go).

At the same time you must be aware that in the current circumstances, any estimates for a three year old machines almost meaningless: because of the fall of the ruble in 2015 new cars rose in price rapidly, so that in some cases, after three years, they even added to the price, which in normal conditions can not be.

On the other hand, if to speak not about the absolute values, but relative price dynamics, such statistics allows to compare different models. But how many then go to the dealership for a brand new Porsche Cayman, which became the leader of the rating?

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