Honda, Acura take top honors in Edmunds' Best Retained Value awards
(April 21, 2012) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Honda and Acura took home the top prizes in Edmunds.com's second annual Best Retained Value Awards, which recognize the brands and new car models that have the highest projected residual value after five years, expressed as a percentage of their True Market Value (TMV) when sold new.
Honda won the 2012 brand award for non-luxury makes for the second consecutive year, while Acura took home the luxury brand award for the first time. Edmunds.com found that Honda's average projected retained value after five years is 47.9%, while Acura's average projected retained value is 44.6%. In each case, the percentage is based on the average five-year retained value of the carmaker's 2012 models that launched prior to the end of 2011.
"Honda has long had a reputation for dependable used vehicles, and that is reflected in today's booming used car market, " said Joe Spina, Director of Remarketing at Edmunds.com. "And with Acura beating out all other luxury brands, Honda's family of vehicles continues to expand the company's status as one of the best values available to car buyers today. "
Edmunds.com named 23 winners in its model-level categories, ranging from "Sedans Under $20,000 to "Large Heavy Duty Trucks." Ford led all carmakers with five model-level awards, followed by Honda with four.
All model year 2012 vehicles that were launched by the end of 2011 and that had unit sales in February 2012 that were at least 20 percent of the average unit sales for the models in its segment were eligible for this year's model-level Best Retained Value Awards. Edmunds determined each model's competitive segment based on its body type and the sales-weighted average MSRP of all available styles (excluding destination charges) of that model's body type. All makes that had over 100,000 unit sales in 2011 were eligible for this year's brand-level Best Retained Value Awards.
2012 Edmunds.com Best Retained Value Awards Model-Level Winners
Category | Year | Make | Model | ^Retained Value |
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Compact Truck | 2012 | Toyota | Tacoma | 57.3% |
Convertible $35K-$45K | 2012 | Lexus | IS 250 C | 46.8% |
Convertible Over $45K | 2012 | Ford | Shelby GT500 | 46.5% |
Convertible Under $35,000 | 2012 | MINI | Cooper | 48.9% |
Coupe $25K-$35K | 2012 | Ford | Mustang | 46.8% |
Coupe $35K-$45K | 2012 | BMW | 3 Series | 44.0% |
Coupe Over $45,000 | 2012 | Ford | Shelby GT500 | 47.5% |
Coupe Under $25,000 | 2012 | MINI | Cooper | 50.0% |
Hybrid | 2012 | Honda | Civic | 46.1% |
Large Heavy Duty Truck | 2012 | Ford | F-350 Super Duty | 48.6% |
Large Light Duty Truck | 2012 | Ford | F-150 | 48.4% |
Sedan $20K-$30K | 2012 | Subaru | Impreza | 45.3% |
Sedan $30K-$40K | 2012 | Lexus | IS 250 | 46.3% |
Sedan Over $40K | 2012 | Cadillac | CTS | 42.0% |
Sedan Under $20,000 | 2012 | Honda | Civic | 50.0% |
SUV $25K-$35K | 2012 | Honda | CR-V | 54.6% |
SUV $35K-$45K | 2012 | GMC | Acadia | 46.0% |
SUV Over $45,000 | 2012 | Acura | MDX | 44.2% |
SUV Under $25,000 | 2012 | Subaru | Forester | 44.6% |
Vans | 2012 | Honda | Odyssey | 43.5% |
Wagon $25K-$35K | 2012 | MINI | Cooper Countryman | 48.5% |
Wagon Over $35,000 | 2012 | BMW | 3 Series | 42.7% |
Wagon Under $25,000 | 2012 | Scion | xB | 47.3% |
Compact Truck | 2012 | Toyota | Tacoma | 57.3% |
Convertible $35K-$45K | 2012 | Lexus | IS 250 C | 46.8% |
^ - Retained Value is the projected residual value after five years, expressed as a percentage of the True Market Value (TMV) when sold new