What is the point of people buying a car? That is emotional and involves the appearance, power, torque? Or is it not important at all and runs are indeed such things as comfort, price / performance, seats, interior space, fuel consumption, tax and depreciation? A cursory glance at the Dutch network says it? For most people it is not an emotional choice. Often there is still a household are involved: for example, the personal considerations and are best placed to assess. Apart from issues such as tax and depreciation. And on that last one has an interesting examination of ocassionsite Vroemm.nl shed light: namely, there are rather large differences in depreciation on cars.

Differences between models can be as high as thirty percent at a sale after three years. Even within particular classes, there are important differences. Thus Vroemm says: "Consumers may become a huge cost savings realized his car. In general, smaller petrol-driven cars and the most value for the larger diesel models driving the least. "

Top ten fixed value cars
The website has done to the market value of 100 popular cars of the moment. Based on that one has compiled a list of the most inflation-proof cars. The Toyota Aygo tops the list. After three years of car ownership and 20,000 miles driven per year, this car has an average value of 78% of its original price. The Toyota Aygo is the ranking followed by the Suzuki Swift and the Mini. It is striking that in the top 10 are mostly small cars from Asian manufacturers. The laggards are the rankings of the Renault Laguna, Alfa Romeo 159, Citroen C5 and the large MPV Renault Espace and Chrysler Voyager. These cars spend three years on average after only about 47% of their replacement value on.

Based on 20,000 km per year and three years for each car ownership in May 2009 will see a list like this:

1	Toyota Aygo	7.804%		51	Mercedes A-Class	5.765%
2	Suzuki Swift	7.621%		52	Nissan X-Trail	5.759%
3	Mini Mini	7.356%		53	Nissan Micra	5.746%
4	Fiat Panda	7.224%		54	Toyota Avensis	5.727%
5	Toyota Yaris	7.090%		55	Mercedes E-Class	5.651%
6	Hyundai Atos	7.048%		56	BMW 3-Series	5.600%
7	Daihatsu Cuore	7.039%		57	Volvo S80	5.592%
8	Mitsubishi Colt	6.820%		58	Skoda Octavia	5.579%
9	Peugeot 207	6.810%		59	Volvo V50	5.578%
10	Suzuki Wagon	6.751%		60	Citroen C4	5.529%
11	Suzuki Alto	6.620%		61	Volkswagen Lupo	5.527%
12	Ford Ka	6.613%		62	Ford Focus C-MAX	5.527%
13	Toyota RAV4	6.580%		63	Daewoo Matiz	5.512%
14	Fiat Grande Punto	6.496%		64	Hyundai Santa Fe	5.500%
15	Toyota Corolla verso	6.439%		65	Hyundai Accent	5.483%
16	Suzuki Grand Vitara	6.426%		66	Audi A6	5.471%
17	Hyundai Tucson	6.352%		67	Volvo S40	5.456%
18	Toyota Corolla	6.283%		68	Opel Zafira	5.455%
19	BMW 1-series	6.267%		69	Volvo S60	5.443%
20	Audi A3	6.216%		70	Mitsubishi Space Star	5.437%
21	Ford Fusion	6.163%		71	Land Rover Freelander	5.433%
22	Mercedes C-Class	6.150%		72	BMW 5-Series	5.417%
23	Honda Civic	6.136%		73	Volkswagen Passat	5.360%
24	Seat Altea	6.127%		74	Ford Galaxy	5.329%
25	Renault Twingo 2	6.125%		75	Kia Sorento	5.326%
26	Opel Meriva	6.117%		76	Seat Cordoba	5.285%
27	Hyundai Getz	6.115%		77	Opel Astra	5.279%
28	Citroen C2	6.064%		78	Renault (Grand) Scenic	5.265%
29	Skoda Fabia	6.050%		79	Ford Focus	5.250%
30	Opel Agila	6.029%		80	Nissan Almera Tino	5.247%
31	Volkswagen Golf Plus	6.026%		81	Alfa Romeo 147	5.235%
32	Seat Leon	6.026%		82	Peugeot 307	5.162%
33	Renault Clio	6.007%		83	Seat Toledo	5.154%
34	Volkswagen Jetta	5.991%		84	Citroen Xsara picasso	5.133%
35	Volkswagen Polo	5.991%		85	Opel Vectra	5.075%
36	Ford Fiesta	5.957%		86	Nissan Almera	5.071%
37	Volkswagen Touran	5.922%		87	Seat Alhambra	5.043%
38	Seat Ibiza	5.910%		88	Nissan Primera	4.936%
39	Opel Corsa	5.903%		89	Renault Megane	4.930%
40	BMW X5	5.896%		90	Ford Mondeo	4.902%
41	Volkswagen Golf	5.893%		91	Jeep Grand Cherokee	4.901%
42	Kia Rio	5.883%		92	Chrysler PT Cruiser	4.893%
43	Citroen C3	5.855%		93	Fiat Stilo	4.891%
44	Peugeot 106	5.848%		94	Saab 9-3	4.854%
45	Volvo XC90	5.840%		95	Peugeot 407	4.842%
46	Fiat Bravo	5.803%		96	Renault (Grand) Espace	4.807%
47	Audi A4	5.798%		97	Citroen C5	4.676%
48	Hyundai Matrix	5.784%		98	Chrysler (Grand) Voyager	4.657%
49	Volvo V70	5.775%		99	Alfa Romeo 156 / 159	4.635%
50	Fiat Punto	5.771%		100	Renault Laguna	4.596%

Differences in vehicles
That the top 10 most stable value vehicles largely consists of small cars does not mean that all small cars are solid value. For example, after a Citroen C2 car ownership is equal on average only 61% of its original price and a Nissan Micra worth even just 57%. Within the biggest selling medium-sized cars are also substantial differences. For example, a Volkswagen Golf on average 59% of its value after three years, while a Renault Megane same mileage and year after only an average value of 49% stake. In a new value of 25,000 euros, this means after three years still a considerable savings of about 2,500 euros.

The survey shows that in the current market a diesel average a 5% to 9% higher depreciation than the petrol variant has the same model. That diesel is less inflation-proof, it applies to almost all models examined.

Depreciation and car expenses
Depreciation or amortization is one of the largest expenses of a car owner. A potential car buyer assumes this is often limited in the choice of a new car. One important reason is that until recently good and reliable data on costs are difficult or require fee to obtain. The website has changed this situation. Apart from the depreciation charge you Vroemm.nl for each car, the total projected monthly costs. This is in addition to depreciation also included: repair, maintenance and tires, road tax, insurance and financing.

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