MINI tops used car residual values
Author: Robin Brown
Published: 20 July 2007
Lex has published its top 20 used-car list which highlights the most valuable cars in the market.
BMW´s MINI tops the table, as it did in 2006, with a retained value of 54% after three years/60,000 miles.
The Audi TT and Audi A5 are placed second and third respectively, while the A3, Q7 and Cabriolet also bperform well, boosting Audi as the most coveted brand.
Seven vehicles in the top 20 are SUVs, including the new Land Rover Freelander, Honda CRV and Mercedes M Class.
New models that are in current short supply have the best future residual value, with mass-market vehicles used as fleet cars suffering. The Audi A3 (7th) and the BMW 3 series (18th) are closest in the list.
Volvo’s C30 is the only true three door hatchback in the top 20 at number nine, while the hybrid Toyota Prius is in 15th place,
The Porsche Boxster has slumped to 14th, as models have become more common in the used market.
“Most used drivers aspire to the same credentials as a new car buyer, that of style, exclusivity and reliability and that’s why this list is the way it is,” said Steve Jones, Lex Pricing Manager.
“Those used buyers who can’t afford a new MINI or Audi TT may well be able to stretch to a used one in two or three years time so they will be in high demand, thus pushing up prices."
Full details follow:
| Ranking | Model | % of original cost new price |
| 1 | MINI (New) | 54% |
| 2 | Audi TT | 52% |
| 3 | Audi A5 | 51% |
| 4 | Range Rover Sport | 50% |
| 5 | Mercedes Benz SLK | 49% |
| 6 | Mercedes Benz C Class | 49% |
| 7 | Audi A3 | 48% |
| 8 | BMW X5 | 47% |
| 9 | Volvo C30 | 47% |
| 10 | Land Rover Freelander (new) | 47% |
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