GoFastTSI

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I'm looking at a 2002 BMW 740il with 33,000 miles going for $19,995. If that isn't horrendous depreciation, I don't know what else is.

I8ABMR

In the future I will buy a CPO vehicle. I am tired of eating the depreciation on a new vehicle. I would rather pick up something nicer with 15-20k miles on it. I do ove the new car smell but that only last 1 year

theanimala

Exactly my thoughts, which is what I have done for years now. Bought my GS400 2 years old for 50% of the price of a new one, and last year about a 3 year old Audi A8L for $50K less then new, 39K miles, CPO warranty. I figured for the same amount of money I could have bought a new Accord.

Regarding the Jag, I do really like the 04+ models, but I much preferred the A8L for it's interior and all-wheel drive. Now the 2010 Jag XJ coming out... well that is very sweet. I wouldn't doubt if I see a 2011 model (never do a first year model in my book) in my garage, 4 years from now.

UDel

http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/auto...cars-to-avoid/

The Jaguar XF was on the list of the 5 clunkers to avoid in this article due to its poor reliability and high cost of repairs, the Volkswagen Toureg was number one not surprisingly.

FisforFast

I personally think the article is irrelevant. The XF has been around for barely a year now... it takes at least 3 years to build some accurate reliability charts. High costs of repairs is to be expected with any European brand, though. However, I don't see why the MKS is on this list. It's very well built (initial quality), cheap to maintain (maintenance is included for 3 years as far as I know, even on wear items), and overall Lincolns are reliable cars even though the interiors don't age very well... but even here it's a bit too early in the model's run to determine that.