These 10 New Cars are Best at Retaining Their Value One Year After Purchase

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7. For some reason, most of the articles seem to be about new cars

When we know that most people don't drive new cars - the way things are, especially now, when people get a car they tend to keep it. The price of a new car is out of the price range of most - unless they buy it on time and end up paying much more for it. Plus, the depreciation is usually not worth it unless they decide to lease which is happening more often.

I read awhile back that the average age of cars on the road is 11 - and that may have climbed even higher by now! I drove my 2001 Pontiac until a little over a year ago - and I'd still be driving it now, but I'm in the Northeast where the road salt causes rust - so it finally wouldn't pass inspection. Other than that, it ran just fine and I had very few issues with it the entire time I drove it.