Residual value forecast for Mercedes-Benz: New E-Class with the lowest depreciation

Stuttgart - In three years time, the new E-Class will be the car with the highest resale value in the entire luxury segment. According to calculations by the market research institute Bähr & Fess Forecast in Saarbrücken, the new E 250 CDI will then realise up to 62.5 percent of its current new price, and it has therefore received the accolade of "2009 value retention champion" awarded every year by the motoring magazine Auto-Bild. Mercedes passenger cars occupy the peak positions in eight of the market segments analysed, and are therefore generally regarded as the cars with the highest value retention in Germany.

With the CLS 320 CDI Mercedes-Benz also occupies the second position in the luxury segment, as the specialists calculated a residual value of 61 percent for the four-door Coupé.

In both the medium and luxury class, Mercedes-Benz takes first place with the C 220 CDI Estate and the S 320 CDIrespectively. The specialists estimate that in three years time, these Mercedes models will achieve residual values of 64 and 57 percent.