Porsche depreciation worse lately

It used to be that Porsches held their value quite well for sports cars. Now they seem to depreciate faster than they accelerate! Is this purely down to the recession or is there something else causing this?

Asked on 17 January 2012 by wildwilly

Answered by Honest John

Of course it's down to the recession. Less money means less money for fancy cars.

Tags: depreciation sports cars

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