Top ten depreciating cars of 2013

Thanks to some very clever men with many numbers on their computers, we're able to bring you the ten cars that have lost the most money over the last 36 months.

It won't be a surprise that it's mostly luxo-stuff topping this list, but the sheer number of pounds some poor (meaning rich) folk have lost after buying a new barge is absolutely TERRIFYING. £167k of depreciation in just three years, anyone?

Now click. Prepare to say a rude word out loud.

Cost new
£165,030

You lose
£89,595 over three years/36,000 miles

OK, so Mercedes has officially ended production of the SLS, but despite its relative rarity, the V8 gullwing still the tenth worst short-term automotive investment... in the world.

Save many pounds and take a FREE spin in one here

Data courtesy of CAP automotive

Cost new
146,035

You lose
£93,537 over three years/36,000 miles

It's perhaps the most beautiful four-door in the world, but even those stunning looks can't prevent the Rapide sinking like a stone. Still, just think - give it a decade and we'll all be able to afford one...

Relive our epic American adventure in the Aston Martin Rapide S

Data courtesy of CAP automotive

Cost new
168,285

You lose
£101,595 over three years/36,000 miles

You'll be sobbing into each one of those 564 horsepowers when it comes to sell up. You'll have lost the equivalent 16.9 Dacia Sanderos in just 36 months. A reasonably priced Romanian hatch ever 64 days. Ouch.

Still interested? Our review's here

Data courtesy of CAP automotive

Cost new
£160,050

You lose
101,595 over three years/36,000 miles

The beautiful V12 cabrio is the second Aston to make the top ten depreciators list. And not the last. Are we surprised? Not really. Would we buy one anyway? Yeah.

Want to know if drives as quickly as it depreciates? Read more here

Data courtesy of CAP automotive

Cost new
£191,754

You lose
£102,187 over three years/36,000 miles

007's own cabrio sheds 100 grand in just three years. Which, oddly, doesn't sound that terrible a price to pay for this much awesome. Aston, your cars hold money like a colander holds soup, but PLEASE don't stop.

Read more about the DBS here

Data courtesy of CAP automotive

Cost new
£225,900

You lose
£102,500 over three years/36,000 miles

The ‘Sanne looks as surprised as we were when we found it'd lose you £93.54 every DAY from the moment you bought it. Still, we can't imagine such a piffling sum would trouble many owners.

Still, it's a bloody good car, says Tom Ford

Data courtesy of CAP automotive

Cost new
£260,040

You lose
£103,120 over three years/36,000 miles

Despite losing well over a third of its value in the first three years, a second-hand ‘Vent remains fiendishly out of reach for those of us let to score big on the EuroMillions. Best stick to keenly priced Urracos.

Or maybe not

Data courtesy of CAP automotive

Cost new
£212,096

You lose
£103,120 over three years/36,000 miles

It probably has a lot to do with the weapons-grade F12 Berlinetta's launch last in late 2012, but still, that's a lot of cheese to wax on a Ferrari...

Here's why its successor is better...

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Cost new
£183,057

You lose
£117,970 over three years/36,000 miles

Even though the Scaglietti - pronounced skall-YET-e - went out of production back in 2011, anyone that bought the last-of-the-line 612 is in for a bit of a shocker if they're considering upgrading to an FF or F12 any time soon.

Still, James likes it

Data courtesy of CAP automotive

Cost new
£253,125

You lose
£166,668 over three years/36,000 miles

The 453bhp hyper-luxe two-door may get down the road like a walnut-and-leather avalanche, but bally Moses, it depreciates hard. That's an SLS's worth of lost pounds. Even so, we still want one. Deeply.

Just look at it

Data courtesy of CAP automotive