Electric vehicles promise lower running costs—but what about resale value? We compared depreciation rates of BMW’s top electric models with their gasoline counterparts to find out which ones hold their value best.
BMWs are (generally) excellent to drive. But as a luxury marque, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that a BMW vehicle will, at least early on in its life, depreciate more than something from a more economy-minded automaker like Toyota or Honda. A common criticism of electric vehicles, similarly, is that they depreciate quicker than their gas-powered counterparts. We pull some data from iSeeCars, an automotive research firm specializing in resale value trends and vehicle analytics, to see how BMW EVs hold their value, and compare them to their ICE versions.
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