i think you may have too much time on your hands mate! :P
but anyway, yeah it dont seem so bad now, i was gettin confused with the £24k my car cost new
you're right about the IS200, thats one of the reasons i bought it in the first place, cos it depreciated slower than the merc c-class, bm 3 series, volvo s60, audi a4, well basically all of them!
if those figures are right (and i'm sure they are) then why are people so stupid as to buy brand new mondeos and omegas, when you could buy a 1 year old one for less than half price
we should all go round car parks tellin new mondeo owners how stupid they are (now i'm the one with too much time!)