Barretts Honda's Jazz tops residuals tables.

Barretts Honda of Canterbury are pleased to announce that the Honda Jazz is Britain’s best car for retaining its value according to Parker’s annual depreciation report which surveyed almost 300 model ranges.

As well as class-leading residual values, the latest Jazz – which went on sale in 2008 – offers many features of a bigger car such as load space, driving feel and high-spec equipment, but with the great fuel economy, low emissions and more affordable running costs of a small one, making it ideal for car leasing and contract hire customers.

And the Japanese carmaker can afford to be pretty smug at the moment, with its newly-launched CR-V set to boost the residuals at the larger end of the Honda model line-up. The 2.2-litre ES, likely to be the most popular variant, has a residual value of 39.1 per cent based on 3 years or 60,000 miles. Its nearest competitor, the Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0 Sport TDi, comes in at 38.9 per cent.

Residual Values
Residual values from CAP Monitor based on three years or 60,000 miles are:

• Jazz 1.2 S (90PS) 42%
• Jazz 1.2 SE (90PS) 43%
• Jazz 1.4 ES (100PS) manual 44%
• Jazz 1.4 EX (100PS) manual 44%

The Parker’s survey uses the value of cars, as if they were being sold privately, in good condition with 10,000 miles on the clock and compares this to their cost as new, 12 months earlier.

Small cars showed they are certainly the safest bet for depreciation, taking 35 of the top 40 places in the index.

The best performers of 2009

1. Honda Jazz (08 on) – £1379?2
2. Fiat 500 (08 on) – £1460?3
3. SEAT Ibiza (08 on) – £1552?4
4. Hyundai i10 (08 on) – £1650?5
5. Mazda 2 (07 on) – £1702?6
6. Kia Picanto (04 on) – £1760?7
7. VW Fox (06 on) – £1781?8
8. Suzuki Swift (05 on) – £1900?9
9. Toyota Aygo (05 on) – £2148?10
10. Mitsubishi i (07 on) – £2271

The biggest losers of 2009

1. Maybach 62 (03 on) – £127,526?2
2. Maybach 57 (03 on) – £115,253?3
3. Rolls-Royce Phantom (03 on) – £81,183?4
4. Bentley Arnage (98 on) – £66,040?5
5. Ferrari 612 Scaglietti (05 on) – £51,627?6
6. Mercedes-Benz SL Class AMG (02 on) – £51,381?7
7. Bentley Cont. Flying Spur (05 on) – £47,080?8
8. Aston Martin DBS (08 on) – £41,347?9
9. Bentley Continental GT Coupe – £40,110?10
10. Ferrari F 430 (05 on) – £37,188

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