No I didn't say I was buying it as an investment so you're quite right if you thought I was ... the only way to make money on a NEW car is to be on the Ferrari or Porsche mega-customer list. Which I am definitely not.
The car I bought is for Mrs ATTAK, will do few miles and WILL depreciate. It will probably be the only car we have when I can't justify/afford having more than one car.
I have a pet hate of loosing money on cars, so I have a budget of about £10k for a car, so I look around and
buy something I like at that price that I can keep for 2 years and sell for the same amount as I paid for it, has worked up to now. It just seems a lot of work and afford to accumulate say £2k or £3k PA on interest and then loose it on a car via depreciation.
But that's just me, also every couple of years or less you can get a reasonably nice car that somebody else has taken a big hit on.