The Mirage is perhaps the ONE vehicle they make that I can understand purchasing, because it’s a brand-new vehicle with a warranty for like $11k.

Here’s a Leasehackr article on how to Lease an Encore for $135/month:

As far as I understand, the motor will primarily provide boost in transient conditions where the SPCCI motor might struggle. 

You’re 30 and consider that “ getting old?”

It’s actually pretty interesting, considering Subaru just dropped the turbo in this segment. Not to mention that the CX-5 is a great car if you’re considering a crossover, which virtually everyone is.

Um, the hordes of people buying this crossover? This is the hottest part of the car market right now. Stupid comment. 

When David Tracy offers to buy it.

Narrow-body 911s have now just jumped 1000% in value. In 2025, Porsche will make a special edition run of narrow-body 911 Carreras, limited to 356 produced, sold out before the public announcement even hit the blogs. 

Funny I don’t see a single Kia, Hyundai or Genesis on the depreciation list. Everyone on here said “don’t buy a Stinger it’ll depreciate like crazy because it’s a Kia” and this probably doesn’t take into account the Stinger specifically yet, but not a single one on here. No Kia K900, no Genesis...

Ahem!

Caterham Levante. Sure, not the “biggest” moter, in terms of liter size, but it is a supercharged 2.4l V8.

Yes, used cars are about playing depreciation curves against actual reliability and cheapest repairs. So that means American cars (best depreciation and generally cheapest parts) and Consumer Reports used car ratings (to find the ones that are reliable).

That said I agree with CR: the maximum depreciation is the first…

Not in my experience. I’ve bought several sub $5000 cars that didn’t need more than $300 in parts in the first year, and one of those was a 12 year old Saab convertible.

It’s hard because good cheap used cars gets passed on to family, or sold to close friends/colleagues/neighbor,  without ever getting on the market.

I know how fun it is to hate on something, but let’s be honest for a moment..

5th gen prelude:

I’m usually full of sarcasm and would mention something about an Audi AllRoad or a V10 M5, or anything David Tracy owns, but in all seriousness it’s time to give up your car if:

Never played out.

Have you gone into a dealer?

Remember a time when form followed function, and when there wasn’t a line on a BMW design that didn’t serve some purpose?