Usually at the top of the most purchased cars, the Dacia Sandero is also one of the best-selling cars five years later. According to a study by Argus, the small and economical compact is in fact one of the recent cars that loses the least value on resale.
Pour a Sandero achetée 13,000 euros in 2018, the car and it resells 10,642 euros in the middle of five years later, in 2023. Soit with a decote de seulement 19%, selon les données compiled by the Argus from the prix pratiqués sur le Right corner. Even more profitable: the Duster. The Dacia SUV only reduces 14%, selling for 15,413 euros in 2023 when the customer bought it for 18,000 euros.
The Fiat 500, a good deal… For its seller
Behind the two Dacia models, the Fiat 500 was also a good investment in 2018. The small Fiat only has a 19% discount and is sold for only 2,902 euros less than its new purchase price.
“The Fiat 500 benefits from its numerous variants and an aggressive commercial approach that allows each version to maintain a high price,” specifies Argus in its press release.
Among the other models on which motorists will not lose too much money are the Volkswagen T-Roc, Golf and Polo, whose value drops between 25 and 30%.
French brands discount a lot.
On the contrary, French brands, which are among the best sellers on the market, offer less attractive resale values. The Peugeot 3008, for example, loses almost 16,000 euros between 2018 and 2023, the Renault Kadjar more than 17,600 euros.
“The volumes of French vehicles are very important. The Renault, Peugeot and Citroën brands are found massively, both in new and second-hand sales networks. Logically, to be able to sell them, professionals or individuals must review their prices downwards,” analyzes Nicolas Carron, director of the Valuation Experts team at Argus.
Methodology: For each model, the rate of change between the average new price in 2018 and the average used price observed in 2023 was calculated. Each model is ranked relative to the others based on this single criterion. The experts considered that after 5 years of use of a vehicle, the discount concept was significant.
Source: BFM TV
