Our Clarity's come out near the top!

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JohnT said:
nr 17 - but it is not ranked that way - if you look at annual 'cost' it is almost the cheapest.
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Yeah, the #17 isn't a ranking as these are categories of vehicle types so I'm not sure why they even have numbers.

Anyway, these kinds of rankings are more click-bait than anything. The Prime is put in another category from the Clarity. Really? Also, Tesla fans aren't going to like the choice for best EV!
 
But how will I have $21,587 5-year depreciation cost? I only paid $20,899 total for my 2018 Touring after accounting for the $7500 tax credit and TTL....

So it will be worth ($688) in 5 years?

;)
 
Bender said:
But how will I have $21,587 5-year depreciation cost? I only paid $20,899 total for my 2018 Touring after accounting for the $7500 tax credit and TTL....

So it will be worth ($688) in 5 years?

;)
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If that's ridiculous enough, my Clarity is on a lease and at the end of 3 years, the closed end lease contact says it will be worth $14,400.

So in 3 years, if the car has not given me grief (many times experienced that with BMW, Merc, Land Rover), I will be paying off the contract to keep her....

I wonder if @Bender is correct - the car will be worth under $1k in 5 years???
 
4sallypat said:
I wonder if @Bender is correct - the car will be worth under $1k in 5 years???
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The parenthesis denotes a negative value.

I was, of course, joking. I would guess they used MSRP + delivery charge for the base model and then multiplied by ~60% (leaving a 40% value after 5 years) to estimate depreciation.
If the vehicle actually has 40% of msrp value after 5 years, I will have $5800 depreciation over those 5 years.


Your lease's residual value seems near 40% for only 3 years, but I am assuming you got the tax credit applied at the start of the lease.
 
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