Honda, Lexus Top Edmunds.com's Retained Value

  • April 8, 2011
Honda and Lexus take the top spot in Edmunds.com's inaugural Best Retained Value Awards, that spotlights cars and trucks with the highest projected residual value after five years. Honda won the 2011 brand award for non-luxury makes, while Lexus won for luxury brands.

Edmunds.com said Honda's average projected retained value is 50.4%, while Lexus' average projected retained value is 48.1%, both based on average five-year retained value of 2011 models that launched prior to the end of 2010.

Edmunds.com also named winners in 23 model-level categories. Both Honda and Lexus each had four more awards.

The firm says consumers can add value by including things like power sunroof, leather seats, and DVD entertainment, but safety features don't boost a car's retained value, per the firm.

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