In my last job, one of my fellow directors had a 156 V6. Bought new in 1999, just before they slashed ?3k off the list price. Did 110k miles in it and really had little more than routine servicing. Didn't take it to franchised dealer - used a good specialist who looked after it. After 3 years it still looked stunning. Unfortunately, he drove round a corner one day and into a deep puddle - engine cut out. Before help could arrive, puddle grey and car was flooded. With only third party insurance, we basiccally had to give it away!
Mind you, another directopr had a grey import Impreza Turbo at same time - that was more expensive to keep on road, worse for fuel, needed more repairs and looked pretty tatty at same age and mileage. Now, if depreciation was your thing, my then company car beat them both hands down (it cost roughly same at purchase but was worth more than twice as much on disposal...) - but then you might not have been happy driving a Renault Grand Espace diesel! Given we made and sold ladders though, it was far more use to us than any of the posey machines they had.....