I don't see why not. There are two prices. The new car is a luxury and almost only thing about "new" is a status symbol. The moment you hand over the money and drive out, it lost a lot of its value - if you want to sell it now, you're going to get the real value back. And that's what the second price is - the real value of the car.
The parent comment was talking specifically about what people pay and not about the price tag at the new car dealer.
The new and used car markets are nearly separate. Few people set out to purchase a car open to both possibilities. If they were comparable then the prices would be more similar. Look at houses for an example of that. New and used houses tend to share the same market, and also tend to have similar prices. If you're looking at a new car and trying to see how it might sell, you want to compare it to other new cars.
The parent comment was talking specifically about what people pay and not about the price tag at the new car dealer.