46% after 5 years...not bad!

http://www.forbesautos.com/slideshow...thisSpeed=6000

 

Damn. Much better than the IS 300.

 

^ I hope the AWD is the same (if not better )

 

Huh, well not bad I guess. So those of use that paid under invoice and sell after 4 years should be looking at a sweeter deal huh?

 

The IS350 resale is high because of low production numbers and high demand for the more powerful version.

For those who want an IS300, or for those who want higher IS350 production numbers, such resale figues will be significantly lower if such changes occur!!!

 

which is one of the reason i bought the 350 knowing the resell value will be much greater than the 250 down the road. the same thing happened with bmws 325 and 330 series.

 

just export it to canada and sell it, probably make money

New is350 >$60k....after 5 years maybe $37k

SOme is300 are still selling >30

 

the link is for the IS350, i wonder what the resale % of the 250's will be? i plan on ditching this car in 7 months. only keep them for a year.

 

In Australia, the Is is equal first in resale value, after 4 years it's 48%.

Still i recon that's quite substantial.

 

48% is fantastic after 4 years. I would be interested in seeing the stats on the other cars, such as the 3-series, G35, etc.

Anybody have them for comparison?

 

How are they calculating a 5yr resale value when the car's only been out for 2 MYs?? They should say "expected 5 yr resale value".

 

its pretty easy to calculate it using number samples. and you can always use previous cars with similar numbers.

 

While not aG35 I bought a 1991 Toyota MR2 Turbo new for $24500 and sold it in 2006 for $18500. If my math is correct the depreciated value was in excess of 75%! Not bad for a 15 year old car. It did not hurt that it was in showroom condition with only 56000 miles on it.

 

I'm thinking if i were to sell my car at only 48% of purchased price, i would be better off to keep it cos it would definiately be of higher value due to me looking after it.

The 3 Series is rated at 46% and is ranked 9th.