Lincoln MKS, MKZ Among Fastest-Depreciating New Cars

Two Lincoln sedans – the Lincoln MKS, and the Lincoln MKZ (including Hybrid) – make the list of the twelve fastest-depreciating new car models available, according to iSeeCars.

The website’s findings come from an analysis of 14 million new and used car sales from August 1^st, 2015 and July 31^st, 2016. The study found that while there is an average 21.2-percent price difference between a new car and a used one, the twelve fastest-depreciating models had price differences of between 31.2 and 34.6 percent.

The Lincoln MKZ was the seventh-fastest-depreciating new car model, according to iSeeCars, its value dropping 33.8 percent over the course of a year. In US Dollars, that equates to a $14,177 sum being lopped off the original purchase price. The Lincoln MKZ mid-size luxury sedan was redesigned for the 2017 model year.

Even worse was the value lost for the Lincoln MKS; according to iSeeCars, the full-size luxury car lost 34.5 percent of its value over one year of ownership, putting it in second on the list. That equates to $16,039. Of course, the Lincoln MKS is no longer available, having been replaced with the all-new Continental earlier in the year.

Despite everything, don’t go feeling too bad for The Lincoln Motor Company; they’re in good company. Other cars to make the list included the Volvo S60, Mercedes-Benz C250, and Jaguar XF.