2019 Best Retained Value^® Awards

Winners were chosen based on:

- Highest projected residual value after five years, expressed as a percentage of "cash" True Market Value^® (i.e., True Market Value less applicable generally available customer cash incentives).
- Model awards are based on a computation, for each qualifying model, of: (i) the average cash TMV?? price over the first five months (if available; minimum of three months) for such model, and (ii) the average projected five-year depreciation computed for each of the first 12 months after the launch of such model.
- Brand awards are based on a computation, for each qualifying brand, of the sales-weighted averages of: (i) the cash TMV^® prices for the first five months (if available, minimum of three months) for all qualifying models of such brand, and (ii) the projected five-year depreciation for all qualifying models of such brand.

Model level qualifications:

- Only 2019 model year vehicles are eligible.
- Model must have been launched by December 31, 2018.
- Model must have sales in January 2019 that are not less than 25 percent of the average sales in that month of all other models that fall in its award segment.
- Edmunds must have TMV^® data for the model for a minimum of one month.

Brand level qualifications:

- Each brand must have qualifying models competing in at least four of the 18 award segments.