The best residual value cars

Depreciation can be one of the biggest costs of new car ownership and it is vital that you take the resale values into account when you are buying your new vehicle.

Parker's annual depreciation survey recorded the average resale values for 12-month-old cars with 10,000 miles on the clock. Small cars look the best best with 35 finishing of the top 40 places for residual values. 

Below are the results for each class, showing the top three depreciation-resistant models and how much they lost in value after one year and 10,000 miles.

Small cars:

1) Honda Jazz (08 on) £1,379 2) Fiat 500 (08 on) £1,460 3) Hyundai i10 (08 on) £1,650

Medium cars:

1) Seat Ibiza (08 on)  £1,552 2) Kia Rio (05 on) £2,458 3) Seat Ibiza (02-09) £2,642

Large cars:

1) Subaru Forester (08 on) £4,070 2) Mitsubishi Lancer (08 on) £4,148 3) Skoda Octavia (04 on) £5,009

MPV's:

1) Renault Kangoo (99-08) £3,505 2) Citroen Berlingo Multispace (08 on) £3,541 3) Citroen C4 Picasso (07 on) £6,175

Executive cars:

1) Audi A4 (08 on) £6,420 2) Honda Accord (08 on) £6,590 3) BMW 1-Series (04 on) £6,638

Luxury cars:

1) Mercedes-Benz CLC (08 on) £5,647 2) Audi A5 (07 on) £5,719 3) Mercedes Benz C-Class (07 on) £7,250

4x4's:

1) Honda CR-V (07 on) £2,982 2) Daihatsu Terios (06 on) £3,454 3) Suzuki Grand Vitara (05 on) £3,505

Sports cars:

1) Lotus Europa (06 on) £4,306 2) Mazda MX-5 (05 on) £5,960 3) Alfa Romeo GT (04 on) £6,350

Convertibles:

1) Daihatsu Copen (04 on) £3,652 2) Volkswagen Beetle (99 on) £4,329 3) Volkswagen Eos (06 on) £6,391