When buying a new car, a good number of variables are taken into account. Although it sometimes goes unnoticed, the depreciation It should be one of them, especially now that the market is going through a unique moment and you have to look at every last cent. There are studies that help us to see the evolution of the price of cars and today we are going to talk about those that hold their value better during the first three years. In fact, some not only do not lose value, but also appreciate in that short period of time.
They are data from the American website iSeeCars, who has studied the devaluation of cars in three and five years. They have analyzed no less than three million sales in the United States and saw that, on average, the vehicles they depreciated 16.9% in the first three years. It is a figure lower than what was seen a year ago (it was at 23.8%) and speaks of the moment the market is going through, with the component crisis conditioning everything. When you can’t buy a new car due to production problems, the closest thing is a used vehicle with few kilometers.
And when there is a shortage, we know that prices rise, so much so that in some cases depreciation becomes appreciation. Indeed, we are seeing that three-year-old cars now sell for more than when they were bought new. And the main example in this study is the Porsche 911. The German sports car increases its value by 5.7% in the first three years. That means that whoever bought it in 2019 and wanted to sell it now could earn a lot of money. On average, there is talk of 11,373 dollars.
Although the study is made in usa and the behavior of the market is different than in Europe, it is striking to see the cars that have increased in value, since they are all for sale also in our market. Second on the list is the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, with a revaluation of 2.5%. It is followed by the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited, with an increase in its value of 2% and the three-door version closes the list with 0.3%. Another sports car, the Porsche 718 Cayman, is in fourth position with an increase of 1.8%.
As we said, a historical situation that hardly has precedent and that it is the result of the very particular moment that the market is going through. In fact, we have talked about those that are revalued in that three-year period, but there are also some that are depreciate less than 2%. They are cases like the Mercedes G-Class, the Honda Civic or the Subaru Crosstrek (equivalent to our XV).