Contest -- find the car with the largest depreciation.

NYSpeed Automotive
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I was eating a sandwich and thinking about cars that got super cheap.

So for fun, who can find a car for sale that has had the biggest $$$ drop from its MSRP.

No salvage, super modded, or other tricks to lower price.

I’m guessing it has to be something like a BMW 8 or CL65 type car??

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I’d say a better representation would be through % of original value. Because obviously the higher end cars will have a greater dollar value decrease.

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that would be weird because of inflation. plus my one makes for some interesting cars for nyspeeders to buy.

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7 Series? Phaeton? S-Class?

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850i without a doubt.

I think the sticker on mine was like $94,000 with delivery and tax. I paid $4k for it.

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/thread lol

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90k depreciation is pretty serious… I wonder if this can be beat.

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Agreed. % makes more sense than just pure dollars.

EDIT: mid 90’s SL600 is sub 20k and they were 120ish new, so that’s over 100k depreciation. 03 Murcielagos were close to 300k and are now well under 150k.

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welp, that only took 4 posts

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looks like the thread is not over yet. Murcielago might take it.

I’ve heard that some veyrons get sold used for $300k less than new, but can’t find one right now.

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Late 90’s XK8, one could easily be snagged for $6K-$8K . 10% of the original MSRP.

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GM eV1?

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This makes the most sense but on the other hand it’s a lot more fun to look at the higher end cars. With that being said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-Mercedes-CL65-AMG-Ultimate-Cheater-Phenominal-Condition-/370580126410?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item56484bfaca

Original MSRP $182k, BIN price of $27k.

Would love to have one of these in my garage some day.

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BMW 7 or 8 series… they’re worth more in scrap than as cars sometimes.

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I remember reading about a Rolls Royce that depreciated about $1200/week for the first 2 years.

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GM never sold one. So hard to calculate depreciation.

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How about most dep. in the shortest amount of time?

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Didn’t the guy (walker maybe) with the Porsche say his depreciated $4 per mile?

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996TT drop an average of ~$8500 per year for the first two model years.

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i never made that statement.

im pretty sure i picked up my car when the 996 was at rock bottom pricing cause now they are back up to 50k+ for one in similar shape/milage

my car retailed at 147k…LOLOLOL