On 2011-08-11, George wrote:

Agree, but you can easily verify it for yourself. I have been looking
for a vehicle and everything I found over the past year was $1000 ~
$1,500 less for a one year old same version with 20,000 or more miles.

So much depends on location and brand. In SFBA, used Hondas are more
valuble than used Beemers and Mercedes and hold their value MUCH
longer. Where I now live (CO) Hondas are red headed stepchilds.
Jeeps and Fords rule and 4x4 depreciate painfully slow. Buicks, OTOH,
drop like a rock, despite being in the top 5 fave brands. No across
the board rules.

nb