Author notes that depreciation has the greatest impact, in which case the F-150 is in a whole different ballpark than most luxury cars; trucks have a much gentl

Author notes that depreciation has the greatest impact, in which case the F-150 is in a whole different ballpark than most luxury cars; trucks have a much gentler depreciation curve than luxury cars. A truck may retain 80% value after 3 years, where a luxury car may retain 50% or less. Edit: I should also note that variation between depreciation curves on luxury cars is also much greater.