Take the Nissan LEAF SL 2015 model, selling at average price of $30k on Autotrader. Minus the $10k fed/ca rebate, and you are looking at a $20k car.
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I’m guessing you own or lease a Leaf.
I just did a search of all 2015 Leafs within 25 miles of my house, came up with 98 (that’s a lot!) with an average price of $31.7K. Even if you factor in a $10K rebate, that brings the price to $21.7K.
I did the same check for2013 Leafs, 2015 Jukes and 2013 Jukes.
2015 Leafs (98) – $31.7K average
2013 Leafs (13) – $15.3K average
Average drop: 30% (if rebate factored in)
Average drop: 52% (without factoring rebate)
2015 Jukes (7) – $28.2 average
2013 Jukes (11) = $19.2 average
Average drop: 32%
So from that aspect, you are correct that the Leaf is dropping as much as other small Nissans.
But for some reason you neglected to compare it to the Volt. Within 25 miles of my house:
2015 Volts (96) – $35.3K average
2013 Volts (3) – $20.4K average
Average drop: 19.5% (if rebate factored in)
Average drop: 43% (without factoring rebate)
So the EV with backup gas motor is holding up much better price-wise than the full electric. By a pretty wide margin.
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2 years old 2013 SL model is at $15k, so that’s a slide of $5k in 2 years, or 25%.
A new 2015 Nissan Juke SL is averaging $25k on Autotrader.
The 2 year old 2013 SL model is selling at $19k, essentially at 25% as well.
There’s a well known problem with the batteries of the first generation LEAFs from 2011-12, the 2012 SL are averaging for about $10k on Autotrader. Essentially another 25% drop from that 2nd to 3rd year. This is not seen in the Juke as the 2012s are going for about $17.5k. But then the 2012 Juke does not have a known defect.
So can one really use the steep drop seen in the 2012 LEAFs as a guide to anticipate a similar drop with the 2013 LEAFs?
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Why are you bringing 2012 Leafs up, as the article didn’t say anything about the 2012s being used in the calculation, and they specifically picked the 2013s in their figures.
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That Mitsubishi MiEV tops out at 60 miles on range, nobody buys it.
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I concur that the MiEV really isn’t even in the running. I’m not even sure I’ve ever laid eyes on one.
