Re: Vehicle Depreciation Curves
Originally posted by cidley69
In market for used vehicle (ideally 2011-12 Acura MDX with under 100k km) and its kind of overwhelming, trying to figure out what is a good deal or not.
Budget ideally is $25K, but for $30-32 vehicles seem to get much nicer.
How much is average annual depreciation?
I've read 20% first year then 12% yearly after first, does this sound correct?
Lol no.
The 20% thing is a wives tale and mostly for 'Merican cars.
I'm willing to bet 10% first year and maybe 5-7 every year after. A typical Honda/Acura in my experience in good to excellent shape sees 40-50% depreciation in 5-6 years and 100km or so.
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