Car CostFiles

The real cost behind every car.

Every figure is sourced on screen: HLDI and IIHS loss tables, iSeeCars depreciation studies, Hertz and Avis SEC filings, NHTSA and Consumer Reports data. Estimates are labeled as estimates.

This site holds the full sources and photo credits for each episode. Every video description links to its page here.

Episodes

  1. EP03These 15 Cars Will Be Worthless by 2028ranked with iSeeCars' 2026 five-year depreciation study (950,000 cars), Kelley Blue Book's 2026 resale awards, Cox Automotive's Manheim index and forecasts, and the rental companies' own SEC filings. The five-year figures are what happened to 2020–21 model-year cars; "2028" is a projection: it extrapolates iSeeCars' observed five-year depreciation rates, and the video says so.
  2. EP02The Cars Fleets Keep Buyingranked with iSeeCars' 2026 longest-lasting-cars data, New York City's taxi registry, Vincentric fleet-value awards, and the rental companies' own SEC filings.
  3. EP0112 Cars Insurance Companies Hateranked by real U.S. claims data from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), Mitchell, and 2025–26 premium surveys. Index of 100 = average for all passenger vehicles.