@f0332c2d More generally, if you want to own a new-ish car, there's basically always a model you can pick up that's a good bet to not depreciate for a few years. The previous time I was shopping for a car, I almost bought a mazdaspeed 3 or a Saab 9-2X for that reason, but decided against it because I figured I'd just keep the car for decades, which makes the depreciation curve irrelevant, but I was right on which models you could sell for the same price years later. 

 what did you wind up buying years ago.  I have a 2012 Mazdaspeed3 that I bought new.