The dominant market sentiment is that these are a huge amount of performance for the money precisely because they depreciate hard from an ~$80k-$99k MSRP. Commenters call the depreciation 'like quicksand,' cite dealer asking prices near $50k, and frame the auction results as buyer-favorable value plays on horsepower per dollar.
Value proposition and steep depreciation
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