[andrew28]

https://hondanews.com/releases/five-honda-models-earn-2019-kelley-blue-book-best-resale-value-awards


Forbes also had an article written yesterday about how Honda is winning the hybrid game.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christeague/2019/01/22/hondas-winning-in-the-hybrid-game-three-reasons-why/

 

[mgldan]

How am I supposed to interpret this award when the market for resale has yet to be established? They're still selling new 2019 Insights!

What I want is a study of how the resale value for the winners from 5 years ago looks compared to other cars that didn’t get the award.

 

[mgldan]

Long day I guess. Here's the page: https://www.kbb.com/new-cars/best-resale-value-awards/best-resale-hybrid-car/

They claim the Insight will retain 53.7% in resale value over 3 years and 37.7% over 5 years.

 

[insightfully]

This is nice news for the Insight among other hybrids in the category (37.7%). Accord Hybrid 5-yr resale value came in 2nd at 37.5%, Toyota Hybrid came in 3rd at 34.7%

However it seems shockingly low when compared to the full "2019 Top Ten" list across all vehicles, where the 5-yr resale value ranges from 50.0 to 62.2%
https://www.kbb.com/new-cars/best-resale-value-awards/best-resale-top-10-cars/

I didn't realize that KBB predicts hybrid resale values to be ~half that of the "2019 Top Ten" - of which are trucks and SUVs are the majority listed.