Best Reliable Used Car with a Low Resale Value?

[nxh]

I was wondering what is the best reliable used car with a low resale value?

I dont mean acuras or hondas. Those have such a high resale value after 3 years.

Any ideas?

 

[vi edit]

Nissan.
Then Mazda.
Then any GM truck/SUV or midsize car with the 3.8L V6.

 

[vi edit]

I'd put Hyundai between Nissan and Mazda as well. Subaru would go above nissan, but resale values are pretty high on subarus.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Mazda Protege
Nissan Sentra

 

[vi edit]

Yeh, it would really help if tell what class of car you are looking for.

 

[Maverick]

mitsubishi has low resale....and they're pretty reliable. My friend got a 2000 galant for under 12000.

 

[vi edit]

I'd buy a hyundai, and even a ford before I bought a DSM vehicle.

 

[nxh]

i definitely agree with the mitsubishi purchase of the galant,
i bought a 95 in 2000 for 4000 and it still is in pretty good condition.

 

[nxh]

i'm looking for a midsized to compact car. I think although honda cars are highly rated, they are overpriced in terms of their resale value because nowadays cars are much more reliable than before.

 

[vi edit]

I'd say look at the previous generation nissan Altima or the Mazda Protege.

 

[ElFenix]

maybe a grand am or malibu

 

[vi edit]

Even though you can't get it with a V6, I'd take a previous gen Altima over a Grand Am/Malibu any day of the week. I'm not a fan of GM's 3.1L/3.4L engines and I'm REALLY not fond of the craptastic build quality of either.

 

[TheNemesis]

Geo Prizm!!

 

[Zenmervolt]

Chevy (Geo) Prism. It's the same as a Toyota Carolla, but the resale is a lot less just because of the nameplate.

If you want a small truck, look at the late-model Mazda B-Series pickups. They are mechanically identical to the Ford Rangers, but people don't want to pay as much for a "jap truck" so the resale value on the B-Series is lower than it ought to be.

Most Nissans are OK, but stay away from the Maxima's 1988 style (all the years that it had that style). I was looking at a very sharp one and my mechanic said that that particular generation of Maxima was a problem magnet.

ZV

 

[toph99]

any car with a 302, 305, 350, gm 3.8L V6, ford 3.0L V6. iron dukes(2.5L 4 banger) run forever but they're slow as hell. also mopar 80's-early90's 4 cylinders either ran forever or died early. my friend's dodge van lasted 330k km's before the tranny died, engine still runs like new though.

 

[geno]

Dodge Neon, it don't get much cheaper than that within the past decade

 

[RossMAN]

If you can find one go for a Chevy/Geo Prizm (rebadged Toyota Corolla).

 

[DougK62]

A 2.2 Cavalier. You can get one with low miles, in good condition, and only two years old for about $5000 or less. You can drive them into the ground and they'll just keep going. Best bang for the buck easily if all you want is A to B transportation.

 

[andylawcc]

hyundai's reliability improved immensely after 1999, so it would be a nice choice especially on the already-cheap Elantra. plus its good looking too.

I love the Galant too, I think it looks way better than camry, accord, and older altima.

 

[StattlichPassat]

Get a late-90s Camry for under $10k.