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Originally Posted by Fett4Real
Thats not the point...the point is that the cars newness actually hurts its value...imagine you total the car right now and have no GAP coverage...you take a $10k hit because of this.
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Not really. The ACV (actual cash value) that insurance companies use for payouts aren't as dictated by market value as you'd expect. Plus you won't necessarily need gap coverage if you put a nice chunk of money as a down payment anyway. The initial depreciation hit is expected with any car, and the twins aren't magical unicorns that are immune to it.
Obviously everyone hopes that their car holds its value as well as possible regardless of what you drive, but you can't really concern yourself with the market value of the car too much one year into ownership unless you have intentions to get rid of it fairly quickly. And if that's the case, then you should've leased it. Besides, a lot of the cars that are marketed toward the enthusiasts but aren't out of the average American's reach that end up holding their value end up not doing so for a few years after its release, especially once the demand goes up from people who missed their opportunity to get one earlier. So it's a little too early to say that the twins are losing (not "loosing") value at a fast rate.
And even if it does in fact end up being the case... it's a ~$25k car produced in large enough quantities to be acquired if someone wants one without really having to fight over the car since it's not really limited in numbers. It's not quite the recipe for strong resale value.