Whichever car you choose will suffer massive depreciation, which won't be mitigated by your low mileage...you only have to see the comments on this forum to see many people are wary of low mileage cars (i disagree with them but they will be potential buyers down the line too)...however if you are determined to spend so much on a car then IMO the Skoda would not see quite same cliff drop depreciation that the Hyundai, which happens with these far eastern makes when models change.
Look at out of warranty far eastern cars generally, almost given away ( the large Santa Fe/Sorento kick this trend because a different market segment where ability and space count more than current fashion), the problem as i see it is that many, not all, of their designs are current day design items when made and their designs seem to change faster than i do my socks, hence go out of date rapidly, the Skoda is a more traditional possibly conservative design ( handsome to my eyes) so won't look as old fashioned as quickly when it gets replaced.
I'm not saying the Hyundai will be a bad car, far from it, but you are asking about depreciation in particular, and like one poster in your other thread mentioned, my budget for your use would be much less, probably one third, i suspect that entire 1/3rd budget will vanish in the first year or eighteen months of depreciation with either of your choices.
Buying older does not mean unreliable, buy known good older cars and look after them and they are just as reliable, but car buyers have convinced themselves this is not the case and quite possibly some makes and models have proved them right.
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