I did the PenFed payment saver loan on my 17. After 5 years the balloon payment is about 25k on what was a 100k MSRP car. I don't expect it to be worth a lot more than that. Maybe 30-35.

Hold on, let me get my crystal ball, be right back.

4 or 5 years on most vehicles is 50 or 55 percent of actual purchase price ....

Enjoy your awesome sports car...

In 2022 it will be worth exactly $9,451.27, assuming good condition, documented maintenance records, less than 3 farts retained in the passenger seat and a jar of peanut butter in the glove box.

Ant

Maybe you didn’t realize that the guy that posted that is the same guy that started this thread asking the question..

Since the c7 z06 has been out since 2015 model year...next year watch the price of 2015 c7 z06 s and that’s about what your four year 2018 version will be worth in 2022..give or take five percent.

usually a new generation introduction at most takes around five percent off the price....of the previous generation with the exception of the first few months when inventory on the previous generation tends to inflate as consumers rush to the latest and greatest model..

leasing companies usually find 3 year old cars in general depreciate 50 percent...in the private sector sales we can estimate five years for the same type of depreciation.

i would use that as a general rule for almost any vehicle.

the fourth year is close give or take five or ten percent as well.

and of course it depends on color, options and wear.

sometimes a garage Queen gets a few dollars more but what kind of ownership fun is that?

all that said...under 7500 miles a year? No accidents in popular color and options...I’ll reaccess my best guess of your 78k dollar c7 z06 at 47501 dollars in four years. (Kidding)

i think your question was a fair question.

i have over the past twenty years found the introduction of a new model does not destroy residual values although on the immediate introduction there is a 6month dip as consumers rush to sell existing corvettes to buy the latest and greatest...

then pricing rebounds a little on previous generation as the second hand buyers swoop in to get amazing deals on performance icons ...

the rear mid engine c8should find many generation corvettes for sale as this will truly be a totally new driving experience...

rear mid engine sports cars have a really different driving expeirence like the light turn in response...

its going to grab a lot of previous gen corvette owners as will the much closer line of sight to the road because of no engine under the hood..

sure the trunk space will be split in two and possibly slightly less...but that’s no big deal...

persoanlly i I think they 650 hp c7 z06 will hold its value exceptionally well the first few years of the near 500 how rear mid engine corvette...

the c7 z06 will out accelerate the standard c8 ...and for many that matters a lot...

even i I may go for a preowned c7z06 as one of the coolest deals for one of the coolest most powerful reasonably price deals if the c8 is as expensive as some rumors are touting...

i never bought a preowned car in forty forty years of buying new cars...

its certainly tempting...and I always say I will consider it and then I tend to just buy new anyway...

the c7z06 under fifty the way most of you guys keep them I say is a hell of a deal...

ok...fifty grand for a four year old c7 z06 sounds about right....maybe 52?

three years old probably 56 grand...maybe 58? Since your mileage per year is under 10k a year maybe a little more..

650 HP is why your cars may hold value better than originally expected..

plus the roof comes off...although I think manual versions will hold value a little better...

nostagia for rowing gears is a thing for Ferrari’s and porsches so it might hold true for the z06as well.