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These Are The Most Resold New Cars After One Year Of Ownership | Carscoops

The study showed that popular premium models from BMW and Mercedes-Benz are being ditched the most

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Additionally, it's not always about maintenance money.

Rather..."I want a new one every year."
A coworker of mine told me his brother in law bragged about never ever having bought a set of tires.
How? He traded in his car every year or two. The tires never got worn enough to replace.

Meanwhile, my newest car is an '07 (Mini Cooper, bought in 2019)

 

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Found it! Behold and tremor in my Google search skills. 😀

These Are The Most Resold New Cars After One Year Of Ownership | Carscoops

The study showed that popular premium models from BMW and Mercedes-Benz are being ditched the most

www.carscoops.com

Did you bother to read any of this article? There is no mention whatsoever about expensive maintenance being a reason for this. The main reason they give is that these luxury brands use new cars as dealer loaners for customers and then sell them after a year. So it isn't even actual customers selling these new cars.

“While some might be surprised that these luxury brands top the list, these auto manufacturers offer their dealers incentives to buy new cars to use as loaner vehicles, which are then sold as used when they are still under a year old,” stated iSeeCars.com CEO, Phong Ly.

“This is a marketing strategy with a two-fold purpose. It puts brand-new models in the hands of current owners when they bring their cars in for service, increasing the likelihood that they will buy another car from that brand. In addition, it essentially increases the brand’s new car sales, which help to give them the ability to claim the title of ‘top luxury brand’, something that BMW and Mercedes-Benz compete for every year.”

The article directly refutes your claim with the following:

Then there’s the issue of perceived quality, where outside of BMW and Mercedes, all the other models on the list were ranked as average or worse in a J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Initial Quality Study.

BMW is rated with above average initial quality.

 

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Did you bother to read any of this article? There is no mention whatsoever about expensive maintenance being a reason for this. The main reason they give is that these luxury brands use new cars as dealer loaners for customers and then sell them after a year. So it isn't even actual customers selling these new cars.



The article directly refutes your claim with the following:



BMW is rated with above average initial quality.

Awww Spongie do you own a bmw?

I'm not looking to start a fight. The article had no real hard evidence as to the reasons cars were turned in as this isn't tracked. I'm just repeating what I heard. JD Power reports "Average to below average reliability on OLDER models" That's not a good place to start. The new ones are just falling apart.

If it makes you feel any better I'm 50 and drive a senior type Ford car that's 12 years old with a busted bumper dam/skirt.