For the fourth consecutive year, American Honda Motor Company, Inc. has won the Industry Brand Residual Value Award, presented by the Automotive Lease Guide (ALG). Honda also received an individual segment award for the Odyssey in the Minivan category. This is the sixth consecutive win for the Honda Odyssey, according to an ALG news release.

Lexus, a division of Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., has reclaimed the Luxury Brand Residual Value Award by narrowly beating BMW, the winner for the past three years. Lexus also won the Near Luxury segment award for the IS 250/350.

Toyota once again took home the most Residual Value Awards this year by winning four individual segment awards: the Avalon for the Fullsize Car Segment, Tacoma Pickup for the Compact Truck Segment, 4Runner for the Midsize SUV Segment, and the Camry for the Midsize Car Segment. This is the sixth consecutive win for the Toyota Tacoma and the fourth consecutive win for the 4Runner.

General Motors won two Residual Value Awards, its first since 2000: in the Sports Car segment for the Pontiac Solstice, and in the Fullsize Pickup segment for the GMC Sierra/Chevrolet Silverado.

Automotive Lease Guide's annual Residual Value Awards, recognize those vehicles in each automotive segment predicted to retain the highest percentage of their original price.
This year's awards are based on 2007 model year vehicles. For the fifth year, ALG has also included awards for the brand with the highest predicted resale value of all industry and luxury vehicles.

Summary of 2006 Residual Value Award Winners
Industry Brand Residual Value Award: American Honda Motor Company, Inc.
Luxury Brand Residual Value Award: Lexus, A division of Toyota USA

Segment Awards Vehicle
Compact Car: Volkswagen Rabbit
Midsize Car: Toyota Camry
Fullsize Car: Toyota Avalon
Sports Car: Pontiac Solstice
Near Luxury Car: Lexus IS250/350
Luxury Car: BMW 6-series
Minivan: Honda Odyssey
Premium Utility Vehicle: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Compact SUV: Jeep Wrangler
Midsize Utility: Toyota 4Runner
Fullsize SUV: Mercedes GL-class
Compact Truck: Toyota Tacoma Pick-up
Fullsize Truck: GMC Sierra/Chevrolet Silverado

Industry Brand Residual Value Rankings (Rank Brand)
1. Honda
2. Toyota
3. Subaru
4. Volkswagen
5. Mazda
6. Nissan
7. Saturn
8. GMC

Only brands above the industry average were ranked.

Below industry average were the following brands (listed in alphabetical order): Buick, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Hyundai, Jeep, Kia, Mercury, Mitsubishi, Pontiac, and Suzuki.

Luxury Brand Residual Value Rankings (Rank Brand)
1. Lexus 2. BMW 3. Audi 4. Infiniti 5. Acura 6. Mercedes-Benz

Only brands above the luxury average were ranked.

Below luxury average were the following brands (listed in alphabetical order): Cadillac, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Saab and Volvo.

Note: All brands with vehicles in at least three segments and minimum annual volume of 40,000 units were included. As a result of this requirement, Mini and Porsche as well as other brands were excluded from the above rankings.

SOURCE: Automotive Lease Guide (ALG)





>>>For Sale? Clicky!<<<
-----The orginal Mr.Goodwrench on the JBO since 11/99-----

so i said to myself "my next car will be a lexus, audi, or infinity" and then this along with toyota's notorious reliability just may have made up my mind between the 3


On the other hand....you have other fingers.

I just bought a 20 inch widescreen ultrasharp flat pannel..I'm going to have to subscribe to the high quality porn places now......damn

well at least GM is the only american manufactuer on the list...

i can see why saturns are on there, used ION's are still kinda pricey compared to the cobalt.

Saturns mainly hold their value because of their polimer panels, which in return the car looks new.
But Ion never held as high in % as the S-series, mainly beacuse S-series were more in demand and their inhouse 1.9L were rock solid.



>>>For Sale? Clicky!<<<
-----The orginal Mr.Goodwrench on the JBO since 11/99-----

Well, nice to see Mazda near the top....should help me out when time comes around to sell it (if market trends remain)