Will used car prices crash in the next year?

For those that fancy the XKR give one a go. I went from an E92 M3 to and RS$ and tried an XKR in between as it was a bit cheaper (facelift one). It terrified me! absolutly scary in the wet. I handed the keys back shaking

Everyone likes the “new car smell”……..

Makes me feel nauseous. That’s all I can contribute to this thread. After 20 years of driving im currently on vehicle no5.

Loads of work vans, tractors etc but not many of my own

Almost all cars will be scrapped after an accident, and the remainder will rust after 20+ years

I don’t believe that is true. Most older cars are simply run into the ground, with less maintenance taking place (down the the bare minimum when you’re in banganomics teritory) until some slightly-more-expensive-and-critical problem emerges (clutch, DMF, cambelt, etc) and its simply not worth spending the money on fixing it and the car goes to the scrappy. Rust is an issue on pre-2000 cars, but most non-japanese things from the last 20 years are incredibly solid – I had a knackered old 2005, 200k mile signum (vectra) till 2022, it had no love in the last 5 years, but its bodywork didn’t have a hint of rust on it.

Yes, that would be nice, but I’d much rather have a 3-4 year old luxury car than a basic new one. But I’m happy for you to buy new ones so that I can buy them when you’re done.

I promise I won’t fart in the driver’s seat too much for 4 years. My wife on the other hand…

signum (vectra) till 2022, it had no love in the last 5 years, but its bodywork didn’t have a hint of rust on it

My mate had an Astra like that.

Think was just about held together by rust under neath.

You can tell very little about the condition of a car these days by looking up top.