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Your car is worth an average of just 34% of what you paid for it when it's 5 years old, according to Kelley Blue Book's kbb.com -- about $10,000 for that $30,000 new buggy.

To help guide shoppers, kbb.com picks brands and models that do better than that and decides on resale value winners. The very best: Honda CR-V, a small crossover SUV that's the best-selling SUV of any size or type in the USA. It's expected to be worth 46.8% after five years, kbb.com says.

A close second at 46%: BMW X5 XDrive35d, the diesel-power
Diesel-power version of BMW X5 utility vehicle is second only to Honda CR-V in holding its value, kbb.com says.
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version of the German automaker's midsize crossover-utility vehicle.

In fact, pickups, SUVs and vans -- which make up what the industry considers the truck category -- tend to hold value better than cars do, kbb.com says. Which means, no, the bigger rigs haven't gone out of fashion. They sell well new and are worth more used.

Here's kbb.com's list, published today, of the tops in resale value, sliced by brand, by category and by specific model, including the percentage of new price they should be worth in five years:

TOP 10 MODELS:

Honda CR-V 46.8%

Jeep Wrangler 45.2%

Toyota Tacoma 44.5%

BMW X5 44.4 (includes gas and diesel models together)%

Lexus RX 43.0%

Audi A5 42.7

Toyota FJ Cruiser 42.0%

BMW X6 42.3%

Lexus GX 41.5%

Subaru Outback 41.3%


BRAND:

Subaru 39.0%


LUXURY BRAND:

BMW 37.1%


CATEGORIES:

SUBCOMPACT CAR: Honda Fit 39.5%

COMPACT-UTILITY VEHICLE: Honda CR-V 46.8%

COMPACT CAR: Mini Cooper 40.6%

MIDSIZE UTILITY VEHICLE: Toyota FJ Cruiser 42.0%

MIDSIZE CAR: Honda Accord 37.4%

FULL-SIZE UTILITY VEHICLE: GMC Acadia 37.3%

FULL-SIZE CAR: Ford Taurus 32.3%

LUXURY UTILITY VEHICLE: BMW X5 44.0%

NEAR-LUXURY CAR: Lexus IS 39.8%

HYBRID/ALT. ENERGY UTILITY VEHICLE: BMW X5 XDrive35d 46.0%

LUXURY CAR: Audi A5 42.7%

MIDSIZE PICKUP: Toyota Tacoma 44.5%

SPORTS CAR: Subaru Impreza WRX 42.7%

FULL-SIZE PICKUP: Ford F-Series Super Duty 38.7%

HIGH-PERFORMANCE CAR: Ford Mustang GT 39.5%

VAN: Toyota Sienna 37.0%

HYBRID/ALT. ENERGY CAR: Volkswagen Golf TDI 39.0%

WAGON: Subaru Outback 41.3%

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