justinjsw

These 2004 brands are expected to retain the highest percentage of their original sticker price after 3 years. Compared with 2003 rank.
LUXURY BRANDS __________NON-LUXURY BRANDS
2004 2003_______________2004 2003
1. BMW 54.5 52.8_________1. Honda 53.7 49.7
2. Lexus 53.2 50.6 ________2. Toyota 52.6 49
3. Acura 52.1 52.4 ________3. Volkswagen 51.7 52.2
4. Mercedes-Benz 52 54.5__4. Nissan 50 45.8
5. Audi 51.2 49.2 _________5. Subaru 46.9 47.8
Luxury brand avg. 49 48.7__ Non-luxury brand avg. 42 41.8

TorontoTL

Thanks justinjsw, good to know how well Honda and Acura do. As a side note, when I traded in my 2000 TL for the 2004 TL I got slightly over 58% for the trade in!!!. Not bad for a four year old Acura. It had only 37000 kms. on it and in perfect condition. Can't beat that.

99TL_RENAMED

TorontoTL:

You mentioned that you got 58% for your trade in? I believe the 00TL was priced at CAD$37000 back in 2000...so you got about CAD$21K for your trade in? That's amazing...do you mind telling me which dealer gave you $21K for your 00 TL?

tycoon

Where did you get that info from? I wanna see not only top 5, but all. Good info

JeffPhx

Thanks Justin! I'm surprised that Audi is in the top five, I thought their resale value would be way down in the chart......? Nice to see Honda and Acura among the highest!!!

dabuda

thanks justin...looks like you cant go wrong with acura/honda or lexus/toyota...what happened to infiniti?

umbl0

Just traded 2002 TL 33k miles, had for 29 months. Dealer matched Carmax. Based on the original Mulroney sticker I came out with 66.4%. Not bad IMO. WDP '04 TL Navi. '04 TL is awesome. Will be posting picture in TL thread. :cool:

spc

Here another article about it:

http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...t_code=01697582

2004_Acura_TSX

I read about this on www.autonews.com

Its good to see Honda cars retain their values, but its nothing new.

Also, Infiniti looks like its getting better.

tycoon

Can someone copy and paste the rank resale value of all auto makers? When I try to get it, I get "To gain access to this area, you must be a print subscriber or purchase online access"...

justinjsw

Industry Brand Residual Value Rankings


RANK
BRAND
1 Honda
2 Toyota
3 Volkswagen
4 Nissan
5 Subaru
6 Jeep
7 Mazda
8 Ford
9 GMC Trucks
10 Dodge

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Only brands above the industry average were ranked. Below industry average were the following brands (listed in alphabetical order): Buick, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Hyundai, Kia, Mercury, Mitsubishi, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn, and Suzuki.

Luxury Brand Residual Value Rankings


RANK
BRAND
1 BMW
2 Lexus
3 Acura
4 Mercedes-Benz
5 Audi
6 Infiniti
7 Volvo

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Only brands above the luxury average were ranked. Below luxury average were the following brands (listed in alphabetical order): Cadillac, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, and Saab.

Note: All brands with vehicles in at least two segments and minimum annual volume of 40,000 units were included. As a result of this requirement, MINI and Porsche as well as other brands were excluded from the above rankings.

tycoon

Thanks justinjsw

C_TSX_Go

now i can rub this in the face of my infiniti friends that bash Acura!