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      02-25-2013, 06:58 PM   #24
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It's not that expensive cars depreciate faster, it's just that they tend to come with high margin, overpriced options.

The depreciation is the difference between what the car is worth and what you paid for it. Like paying for a $3000 leather seat upgrade, whereas it only cost the factory $50 over the seats that were already in there. Same deal with all of the over-priced upgrades. (Like rear seat entertainment. They want close to $4k for a 7" screen with DVD. You can buy a blue ray player, and a 80" TV for that price....)

Prime example is the Cadillac SUV's. They are nothing more than a regular Chevrolet, with VERY expensive upgrades. In a couple of years, the Caddy has depreciated to a point where it's marginally more expensive than the equilavent Chevy, but the depreciation is substancially more.
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