Actually , a friend of mine just bought a 2004 brand new 2 door Blazer, he liked the car and got a hell of deal out on the car, so who cares about the depreciation if you are going to keep the carfor 6 or 7 years and put more that 100,000 miles on the car, heres a hint, all car depreciate, if you want to put your money into something that will make you money, go buy a house.
The current Cavalier dates back to 1995,
Malibu Classic from 1997
Astro from 1985
2-door Blazer from 1996
Venture from 1997
The Suburban and Tahoe are only from 2000
The Impala is from 2000
It's not just GM or Chevrolet...
Alot of other manufacturers have cars that have been in production for a long time, and they keep the car around because the tooling is paid for and it's profitable....
The Acura RL has been around since 1996, and it's still for sale.
So has the.....
Acura NSX dates back to 1990, thats just 5 years younger than the Astro, and the Astro is not $90,000.
The Audi TT is going into it's 5th model year, the previous generation 7 series ran from 1995 through 2001, thats 6 years. The Z3 ran from 1996 through 2002, thats 6 years too, the current Land Rover Discovery pre-dates the 2 door Blazer to the market by 2 years, it has been on sale since 1994, Land Rover also sold the Range Rover in the US that dated back to 1970, through 1994. The Crown Victoria has been around in it's current shape, with some minor updates, since 1992, thats 13 years kids. The Mercedes SLK dates back to 1997, same as the Venture, so does the Porsche Boxster, it dates back to 1997. 2005 will celebrate the Toyota Echos 6 year on the market. 2005 will also be the 9th model year for the $70,000 Jaguar XK8, The previous generation XJ sedans were based on a platform that dated back to 1989, they just eneded their production run in 2003, and the cars still look dated, even when they are all new. Remember the Mitsubishi Diamante? That "floater "has been stinking up the US market since 1992. The previous generation 4-Runner was on the market for at least 10 years.