勝利，勝つd in the hair モーターing that won't cost the earth: 最高の，を越す ten 転換できるs that 持つ／拘留する their value best

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Finally Britain has experienced some real summer 天候, with the 水銀柱，温度計 recently tipping 30 degrees in many areas.

Those scorching days may have tailed off this week, but there continues to be sunny bursts of 天候.

And as the sun comes out to play, many drivers hanker after a 減少（する）-最高の，を越す モーター to take advantage of any glorious summer 条件s Britain may experience in the coming months.

転換できる fun: As the 日光 攻撃する，衝突するs, more 運転者s will search out 減少（する）-最高の，を越す cars - but which 持つ／拘留する their value the best?

There is something beautiful about 運動ing around some of Britain’s fabulous roads, with the roof 負かす／撃墜する and sun （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing on your neck ? and it appears thousands of 運転者s agree. にもかかわらず the 限られた／立憲的な year-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 日光, Britain is the second biggest 転換できる market in Europe.

But which 転換できるs will leave you smiling along with the 日光 when it comes to selling?

In an 排除的 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） for This is Money, car valuation 専門家 Glass’s, has 収集するd the 最高の，を越す ten 転換できるs which have held on to the most of their 初めの value? - or residual value - in three years.

The residual value 代表するs the typical 貿易（する） price at three years of age with an 普通の／平均（する） of 36,000 miles on the clock.

Slower 価値低下 is good for new car 買い手s and while it means a more expensive 支出 for those buying second-手渡す it also bodes 井戸／弁護士席 for the 未来, as those cars that 持つ／拘留する their value 井戸／弁護士席 早期に on tend to continue to do so throughout their life.

In the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）, four used 転換できる モーターs are 利用できる for under £10,000 ? 取引 減少（する）-最高の，を越すs for the sunny 条件s. And half of the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） is made up with Audi models, as they remain 望ましい on the re-sale market.

But 耐える in mind that if you are looking to snap up a 転換できる 取引, spring and summer is unsurprisingly the worst period to go searching. It’s an 問題／発行する of 供給（する） and 需要・要求する - most people 利益／興味d in buying a 転換できる will buy when the 天候 is warm.

However, if you are looking to 購入（する） a 減少（する）-最高の，を越す for the 残り／休憩（する） of this summer and want a 長，率いる-turning モーター that will 持つ／拘留する its value, which three-year old 転換できるs have held their price the best?

10. Mazda MX5 (1.8i - 125bhp - 反対／詐欺 2d) ? 50 per cent (of 初めの value 保持するd)

初めの price: £15,195 - Price after three years and 36,000 miles: £7,650

Around for 井戸／弁護士席 over two １０年間s now, the MX5 harks 支援する to the classic British sports cars of the sixties and shows that you can have plenty of fun without having lots of 力／強力にする.

The classic 前線 engine/後部 wheel 運動 layout 確実にするs this car 扱うs like a dream and will leave you with a 抱擁する grin on your 直面する.

9. Audi A4 Cabriolet (A4 Cabriolet 2.0TDI - 138bhp - Final 版 Cabriolet 2d Multitronic) ? 50 per cent

初めの price: £30,422 - Price after three years and 36,000 miles: £15,530

The A4 was one of the most popular and 井戸／弁護士席-regarded four-seater cabriolets throughout the 2000’s ? and this ‘final 新規加入’ does nothing to 示す さもなければ.

にもかかわらず producing a modest 138bhp from its 2-litre engine, it is very economical, returning 人物／姿／数字s above 40mpg. One of the most elegant 転換できるs on the market.

8. Peugeot 308CC (1.6HDi - 110bhp Sport CC 2d) ? 51 per cent

初めの price: £19,687 - Price after three years and 36,000 miles: £10,000

Peugeot 開拓するd the クーデター/cabriolet (the CC in the 指名する) with the 206 CC 支援する in 2000, and whilst there have since been many other 製造業者s に引き続いて 控訴, Peugeot is still one of the leaders in this 円形競技場.

But whilst it rides nicely and 供給するs plenty of 支配する, it’s not a genuinely sporty car.?

7. Volkswagen Beetle (1.4 - 75bhp - Luna Cab 2d) ? 54 per cent

初めの price: £14,786 - Price after three years and 36,000 miles: £7,950

Like the Fiat 500, the Beetle is another re-imagining of a classic model.? However the 内部の is a bit of a 失望 compared to the funky exterior and it is rather cramped in the 支援する.

The 1.4-litre engine can struggle to pull what is a 公正に／かなり 激しい car and the boot is small for a car of this size. But what it 欠如（する）s in sporty 宙に浮く and practicality, it makes up for in sheer fun.

The roof doesn’t 倍の away neatly, but rather perches on the 支援する in true sixties fashion ? something you’re likely to love or hate.

6. Audi S5 (3.0 - 328bhp - Quattro 転換できる 2d S Tronic ? 56 per cent

初めの price: £41,975 - Price after three years and 36,000 miles: £23,350

Another 範囲-topper, 論証するing that it is often the cars at the 最高の，を越す end of the line-up which 持つ／拘留する on to their value the most.

The S5’s styling may be understated compared to M BMW’s and AMG Mercedes but make no mistake, this is a pacey, yet practical, 減少（する）-最高の，を越す.?

5. BMW 1-Series (118d 2.0 - 143bhp - M Sport 2d) ? 56 per cent

初めの price: £26,265 - Price after three years/36,000 miles: £14,825

Sharp, 井戸／弁護士席 balanced 扱うing, 後部-wheel 運動 and 控訴，上告ing styling taking cues from larger cars within the BMW 範囲 確実にするs the 1-Series 保持するs a good 割合 of its value.

The 現在の 人気 of smaller ディーゼル engines 連合させるd with the M-Sport 削減する makes this the car to go for within the 1-Series 転換できる 範囲.

4. Audi TT Roadster (2.5T FSI - 335bhp - RS 2d) - 57 per cent

初めの price: £44,615 - Price after three years and 36,000 miles: £25,325

The TT has been with us for a long time now ? but its 控訴，上告 hasn’t faded. In-需要・要求する 平等に by both men and women, the TT RS roadster is one of the fastest cars in our line-up with a heady 335 break horsepower ? over a 100 horses above the 最高の，を越す-of-the-範囲 model when the car first 開始する，打ち上げるd 支援する in 1998.

This is the 現在の 範囲-topping model その上の to the 3 litre V6 model going out of 生産／産物 in 2010. It’s also got a clever engine, squeezing plenty of 力／強力にする from the moderately-sized 2.5 litre V5.

3. Audi A3 Cabriolet (1.6TDI CR ? 104bhp - S Line Cabriolet 2d) ? 59 per cent

初めの price: £23,880 - Price after three years and 36,000 miles: £14,175

The baby brother of the A5, the A3 has a 賞与金 and sporty feel ? 特に in S-Line 削減する ? which makes it a 望ましい second 手渡す choice. It’s also surprisingly practical ? the cloth roof doesn’t （問題を）取り上げる as much boot-space as a 倍のing hardtop would and it can fit two in the 支援する with 親族 緩和する.

The wide 控訴，上告 and 賞与金 image 確実にする strong RV’s for this model.

2. Audi A5 (2.0 TDI - 170bhp - Sport 3d) ? 60 per cent

初めの price: £27,940 ? Price after three years and 36,000 miles: £16,625

The 最高の，を越す of the five Audi’s on our 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） ? the A5 is 最高の，を越す of the bunch when it comes to value retention. While BMW has 選ぶd for a hard-倍のing roof for its 競争相手, the 3 Series, the cloth roof on the Audi doesn’t appear to have put 買い手s off.

The ディーゼル engine packs an impressive punch for a 2 litre, making it a good 妥協 between economy and 業績／成果.

1. Fiat 500C (1.2 - 69bhp - Pop 2d) ? 64 per cent

初めの Price (£11,210) ? Price after three years and 36,000 miles (£7,150)

The Fiat 500 最高の，を越すs the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する for 転換できるs that 持つ／拘留する their value best. The 500 has followed in the footsteps of the MINI by 存在 retro yet modern at the same time. It has pulled off the MINI’s other trick too ? 存在 a classless 乗り物 which 控訴，上告s to a very wide audience.

This wide 控訴，上告 is perhaps one of the 重要な 推論する／理由s it 持つ／拘留するs on to its value so 井戸／弁護士席 ? it’s a car in very high 需要・要求する. Unlike most 転換できるs, it 保持するs its B and C-中心存在s, which both 追加するs to the retro-chic 控訴，上告 and makes it いっそう少なく of a 妥協 than most 転換できるs.

This also means the car 保持するs most of its stiffness - most 転換できるs feel a bit ‘wobbly’ in comparison to a hard-最高の，を越す 予定 to いっそう少なく torsional stiffness - so 扱うs very 井戸／弁護士席.