The Ford Ranger has long been known as a vehicle that tends to hold its value better than most, which is great news for those that purchase one new. After all, depreciation is typically the biggest ownership expense a vehicle imposes, and yet, many don’t consider it when they’re shopping for a new vehicle. This can certainly come back to bite one, financially speaking, when it comes time to sell a vehicle, but the good news is, a recent study highlighted the Ford Ranger as one of the top 25 vehicles with the lowest five-year depreciation.
That study comes to us from iSeeCars, which ranked the Ford Ranger 20th among all models in terms of having the lowest five-year deprecation. On average, the mid-size pickup lost 34.7 percent of its value versus the original MSRP, or $11,472. It falls behind the Ford Mustang, which ranked eighth after losing 29.2 percent or $9,325 of its value versus the original MSRP, on average, over that time span. The Porsche 911 topped this list with an average five-year depreciation of just 19.5 percent, or $24,428, while the average vehicle lost 45.6 percent of its value, or $17,395.
To come up with these results, iSeeCars analyzed over 800,000 five-year-old used vehicle sales conducted between March 2024 and February 2025. “Depreciation remains the most expensive aspect of buying a new vehicle, and the variation between vehicle types and specific models is something consumers should consider when researching their next purchase,” said iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer. “The difference between buying a hybrid versus an electric vehicle could be tens of thousands of dollars in lost value.”
This is nothing new for the Ford Ranger, as it previously won a Top 10 Best Resale Value Award from Kelley Blue Book back in 2022. In that study, the Ranger finished ninth among the top ten on KBB’s list of vehicles with the best projected resale value of 56.7 percent of its original MSRP over five years of ownership.
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