I'll put Kia just a slight notch below Hyundai but don't let that discourage you. Both get a lot less credit than they deserve. I'll address the resale issue in a moment, but for the price, these underdog brands offer most bang for the buck and frankly put its upscale rivals to shame in terms of quality and amenities. Since I can only speak of my experience of the US market, it might be news to some that in terms of quality, Kia/Hyundai have consistently beat every luxury brand other than Infiniti and Lexus.
The resale issue....for the most part, LC and NP enjoy a good resale here but one also overpays to buy them and then you get portion of that back when you sell. In comparison, when you don't overpay, you don't get it back. In depreciation alone, the cost of ownership of a new VX-R is around 3K per month. Try catching up with the depreciation if your VX-R is under a loan. While the rest of the duty-free world buys it for around $71K, AAA sells it for $86K. This $15K is the overpayment, a potion of which comes back in form of the elusive resale, in a way. The prices of remaining cars sold locally, are more or less in line with the rest of the duty-free world.
I'll put Kia just a slight notch below Hyundai but don't let that discourage you. Both get a lot less credit than they deserve. I'll address the resale issue in a moment, but for the price, these underdog brands offer most bang for the buck and frankly put its upscale rivals to shame in terms of quality and amenities. Since I can only speak of my experience of the US market, it might be news to some that in terms of quality, Kia/Hyundai have consistently beat every luxury brand other than Infiniti and Lexus.
The resale issue....for the most part, LC and NP enjoy a good resale here but one also overpays to buy them and then you get portion of that back when you sell. In comparison, when you don't overpay, you don't get it back. In depreciation alone, the cost of ownership of a new VX-R is around 3K per month. Try catching up with the depreciation if your VX-R is under a loan. While the rest of the duty-free world buys it for around $71K, AAA sells it for $86K. This $15K is the overpayment, a potion of which comes back in form of the elusive resale, in a way. The prices of remaining cars sold locally, are more or less in line with the rest of the duty-free world.