KBB has released its list of the 2013 vehicles that will have the best resale values. The list comes from estimates of the resale values of vehicles over the first five years of ownership based on the depreciation of older vehicles, either the same vehicle, or comparable ones. Obviously this is all conjecture, but KBB has been in the business of valuing cars for a long time, so they know what they’re talking about when they talk about depreciation. And if they’re wrong, they write the book on car values, so they can just set values wherever they want them and there’s nothing you can do about it.
The list of best resale values for new cars features a lot of Toyota and Honda cars, which will make my mother very happy since those are the only brands she is willing to buy. Toyota did lose in one important category. The Ford Fusion Hybrid was estimated to have the best resale value for a hybrid vehicle, beating all of the Prius models. Toyota’s Lexus RS450h did win the hybrid SUV category, so the company saved some face there.
The full list of all of the 2013 model year cars with the best projected resale values by category is below. Some of the categories seem a bit odd, for instance why is the luxury car section the only one broken up by price rather than size. Probably because KBB doesn’t want to admit that the Hyundai Genesis will have a better resale value than the Panamera and have to defend the position that it is, in fact, probably a smarter purchase. and how is the Camaro SS a high performance vehicle and not a sports car? It’s almost like Beyonce winning best video of the year after she lost best female video of the year.
Subcompact car with the best resale value: 2013 Honda Fit
Compact car with the best resale value: 2013 Honda Civic (shown above)
Midsize car with best resale value: 2013 Honda Accord
Fullsize car with best resale value: 2013 Toyota Avalon
Hybrid car with best resale value: 2013 Ford Fusion
Electric vehicle with best resale value: 2013 Chevrolet Volt
Compact SUV with the best resale value: 2013 Jeep Wrangler
Midsize SUV with best resale value: 2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser
Fullsize SUV with best resale value: 2013 Toyota Sequoia
Hybrid SUV with best resale value: 2013 Lexus RX 450h
Minivan or van with best resale value: 2013 Toyota Sienna
Luxury compact SUV with best resale value: 2013 Infiniti EX
Luxury midsize SUV with best resale value: 2013 Porsche Cayenne
Luxury fullsize SUV with best resale value: 2013 Lexus LX
Entry level luxury car with best resale value: 2013 Lexus IS
Luxury car with best resale value: 2013 Lexus GS 350
High end luxury car with best resale value: 2013 Porsche Panamera
Midsize pickup truck with best resale value: 2013 Toyota Tacoma
Fullsize pickup truck with best resale value: 2013 Toyota Tundra
Sporty compact car with best resale value: 2013 Honda Civic Si
Sports car with best resale value: 2013 Chevrolet Camaro V6
High performance car with best resale value: 2013 Chevrolet Camaro SS
Source: Autoblog.
