Data Shows Luxury And Electric Cars Suffer The Lowest Resale Values

New-vehicle shoppers face a hodge-podge of numbers in the course of conducting their research, from horsepower and torque ratings to passenger and cargo volume measurements and fuel economy estimates. But the number-one number that packs the most punch in terms of a motorist’s financial bottom line is a car or truck’s predicted depreciation.

In a separate post we featured a list of which new vehicles can be expected to hold onto their original values the most tenaciously over time, led by the iconic Porsche 911 sports car, which is predicted to lose a mere 9.3% of its initial worth after five years. That’s according to a study of depreciation rates among 1.1 million vehicles that changed hands over the past year conducted by the online auto marketplace iSeeCars.com.