Some vehicles keep most of their sticker price long after the dealership plates come off, while the typical new car sheds more than forty percent of its worth. Independent studies from iSeeCars and Kelley Blue Book tracked five-year ownership costs across the market to find the rare exceptions. Here are twelve models that buyers keep the longest without watching their investment evaporate.
1. Porsche 718 Cayman: The Smallest Drop In The Study
The Porsche 718 Cayman lost just 9.6% of its value across five years in an iSeeCars depreciation study, a decline worth about $6,988 and the smallest percentage drop of any vehicle in the ranking.
The average new vehicle in the same study gave up 41.8% of its price over the same stretch, making the mid-engine sports coupe an outlier among daily drivers rather than an exception limited to exotic supercars.
2. Porsche 911: A Sports Car Built To Keep Value
Five years after purchase, the Porsche 911 has given up only 11.1% of its original sticker price, according to the same five-year depreciation analysis that tracked the broader new-car market, a dollar loss of roughly $15,533.
That gap against the market’s 41.8% average depreciation rate places the 911 second only to its smaller Cayman sibling in the rankings, evidence that Porsche’s resale strength runs across its entire sports-car lineup and not just one standout model or trim level.
3. Chevrolet Corvette: America’s Best Resale Sports Car
The Chevrolet Corvette depreciates 18.7% across five years of ownership, per the same nationwide resale-value ranking, a loss of about $13,365 and less than half the market’s typical decline.
No other American-brand vehicle in the study holds its price better, giving the mid-engine Corvette a resale profile that competes directly with European sports cars costing tens of thousands of dollars more to buy new, despite carrying a far smaller price tag at the dealership.
4. Honda Civic: The Cheapest Way To Lose The Least
Owners of the Honda Civic see it shed 22.9% of its value over five years, according to the same iSeeCars ranking of top resale vehicles, a dollar loss of just $5,828.
That figure is the smallest dollar amount lost among all twenty-five vehicles in the ranking, proof that strong resale value is not limited to expensive sports cars but extends to one of the best-selling compact sedans in the country.
5. Toyota Tacoma: The Truck That Tops Every List
Kelley Blue Book projects the Toyota Tacoma will retain 63.0% of its sticker price after five years, the highest figure of any vehicle in its 2026 Best Resale Value rankings.
Strong demand for midsize pickups and Toyota’s reputation for mechanical durability combine to push the Tacoma above every truck, SUV, and sedan on the list, including far pricier luxury models from rival brands that cost twice as much when new.
6. Toyota Tundra: Runner-Up To Its Smaller Sibling
The full-size Toyota Tundra holds onto 59.9% of its original MSRP five years out, landing second place in Kelley Blue Book’s annual resale-value list.
Only the smaller Tacoma scores higher, meaning Toyota’s pickup lineup claims both of the top two spots on the list and shows the brand’s strength extends from midsize trucks all the way up to full-size hauling capability, a rare feat for any single automaker to manage in one category.
7. Toyota 4Runner: An SUV That Beats The Average By Miles
The body-on-frame Toyota 4Runner keeps 58.0% of its MSRP after five years, according to the same Kelley Blue Book resale study.
That is well above the roughly 44.7% an average new vehicle retains over the same period, a gap the report attributes to loyal off-road buyers who keep demand high even for older model years, long after the original owner has traded the rugged SUV in for something newer and shinier.
8. Toyota GR Supra: Best Resale Value Among Sports Cars
Kelley Blue Book named the Toyota GR Supra its top sports car for resale, with the coupe projected to keep 56.0% of its value across five years in the same 2026 awards list.
That places the turbocharged coupe ahead of rival sports cars from other manufacturers and demonstrates that Toyota’s resale strength is not confined to trucks and SUVs alone, but extends into the far smaller and more specialized performance-car segment as well.
9. Mercedes-Benz G-Class: Luxury That Holds Its Ground
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class is one of just ten vehicles named to Kelley Blue Book’s 2026 top ten, earning the Luxury Full-Size SUV category win in the same award announcement.
Every model on that shortlist is projected to retain around 55% or more of its MSRP after five years, a bar the boxy off-roader clears despite its six-figure starting price and a design that has barely changed in decades of production.
10. Toyota Sienna: The Only Minivan That Made The Cut
The Toyota Sienna stands alone as the sole minivan in Kelley Blue Book’s 2026 top ten, winning its category outright in the same resale-value announcement.
Family haulers typically depreciate faster than cars or trucks, but the hybrid-powered Sienna outpaces a field where the average 2026 vehicle keeps only about 45% of its original value, a gap wide enough to save a family several thousand dollars at trade-in time down the road.
11. Ford Maverick: A Small Truck With Outsized Value
Ford’s compact Maverick pickup won the Compact Pickup Truck category outright and landed in the Best Resale Value top ten, according to the same Kelley Blue Book release.
The Maverick’s low starting price and hybrid fuel economy have made it one of the most in-demand small trucks on dealer lots, keeping resale prices firm even as supply catches up with the surge of orders placed since the model first launched.
12. Ford Ranger: Ford’s Second Truck In The Top Ten
The midsize Ford Ranger also cracked Kelley Blue Book’s 2026 Best Resale Value top ten, making it one of only two Ford models to earn a spot in the same award lineup.
Alongside the smaller Maverick, the Ranger’s showing signals that Ford’s truck division holds resale value competitively against the long-dominant Toyota pickups on the same list, a notable result in a midsize category Japanese automakers have controlled for the better part of two decades.
