[quote=svelte][quote=AN]It’s crazy how much the Leaf fall in value. You can pick up a Certified pre-owned 2013 Leaf SL with <20k miles for ~$16k. New, they're going for around $30k after tax rebate. 1/2 off in 2 years. I'm seriously thinking of picking up one and switch over to TOU. If I go with a 2012 model, I can pick one with only 26k miles for $10k.[/quote]
Well if they didn't want it to fall, they shouldn't have named it the Leaf. lol.
2013 Ford Fusion
Energi Titanium $25,600 /$23,100 / 9.8%[/quote]
Not telling the whole story here.
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.
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?
That Mitsubishi MiEV tops out at 60 miles on range, nobody buys it.
Everything else are fairly consistent with standard used car depreciation once accounting for the fed/state rebate.
