Top 5 American Cars with the Best Resale Value

If you spend time reading my articles you know that I'm and an American car guy. This article will be the top five American cars with the best resale value. Now that we have that out of the way, I'm going to explain how I determine the top five cars with the best resale value.

To determine resale value of a car, you have to take a number of things in to consideration. First of all the quality of the materials used to build the car or truck; next is the precision of the machining process. The popularity of the car using sales numbers, and a few other things that I won't get in to here.

With all that in mind I will go right to it. We all know that as soon as you buy that new car and drive it off of the lot it loses value. You should always look at the resale value of the car that you want to buy. Resale value is an important tool to help you save money.

The Chevrolet Corvette will do a great job of retaining it's resale value. It is common for the Corvette to retain it's value because of the time and effort that Chevrolet puts in to the development of it's iconic sports/muscle car. The Corvette will take the top of my list.

The Corvette has a base price range of $47,245 - $55,585. Over a five year period it retained 50% of it's value, not to bad for a car in this price range. Obviously cars with a lower sticker price will look to maintain their resale value better. Cars like the mini cooper, but that is not my speciality.

Sliding in to second position comes the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro with a sticker price of $21,773 - $32,395. Retaining 44% of it's value after a five year period. Chevrolet spent a lot of time getting this car just right, and in the process they have followed the Camaro tradition of being timeless muscle car.

The Camaro freaks waited a long time for this car, and it is paying them high dividends now. This car will remain a favourite of the muscle car community for a lot of years. Chevrolet done a great job on this car, and now it will return the favor by selling a lot of cars, and being a great buy for the Camaro guys.

In third place comes the Chevrolet Traverse. The Chevrolet Traverse retained a higher value then the Buick enclave retaining 33% of it's value over 5 years, with sticker price of $27,617 - $37,786. Coming in just above the Buick Enclave, due to costing less, and retaining more value.

The Chevrolet Traverse also holds a five star government safety rating. I always look for this when I do a car rating. The safety rating helps the car retain it's value; while giving the owner of the car a higher sense of safety while driving it.

In fourth position is the comes the Cadillac Escalade. With and invoice price from $58,433 - $81,046 this is an up scale car. A car for those who demand the utmost luxury from their vehicle. The Cadillac Escalade is not an economy car by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a very well built car.

According to Kelly Blue Book The Cadillac Escalade only retained 29% of it's value over a five year period. It is a very well built car that will provide the utmost luxury and comfort to the driver of it. This along with it's five star safety makes the Escalade a great buy for the discerning driver.

In fifth we have the Buick Enclave with a sticker price of $33,739 - $41,795. Depending on the amenities you want. Over a five year period this car retains 29% of it's value according to cars.com. This puts the Enclave in a comfortable fifth position.

The Buick Enclave is another car for people who demand luxury and high quality in their car. The Enclave also enjoys a five star government safety rating. This is one more thing that helps the car retain good value; the enclave is a great car for people who want a step lower in price from the Cadillac.

The Buick Enclave still has luxury without the heavy demand on your wallet. For those who still want to enjoy great comfort, but don't have 60 grand to shell out. The enclave is a great buy, and a one way yo get what your looking for in a luxury car.