BMW 5-Series depreciation
Across the 20 model years with three or more listings, a BMW 5-Series on DoneDeal goes from a median asking price of €71,450 at 2026 to €6,950 at 2005.
598 DoneDeal listings across 26 model years, 20 of them with three or more listings (the ones the table prints). Fitted rate: about 13.9% of the asking price a year (R² 0.94).
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| Model year | Listings | Median asking | Value kept | Drop on the year newer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | €71,450 | 100.0% | — |
| 2025 | 31 | €63,990 | 89.6% | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 18 | €55,450 | 77.6% | +13.3% |
| 2023 | 41 | €40,880 | 57.2% | +26.3% |
| 2022 | 52 | €38,942 | 54.5% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 33 | €33,950 | 47.5% | +12.8% |
| 2020 | 28 | €29,475 | 41.3% | +13.2% |
| 2019 | 70 | €24,970 | 34.9% | +15.3% |
| 2018 | 88 | €21,225 | 29.7% | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 58 | €21,498 | 30.1% | −1.3% |
| 2016 | 30 | €13,945 | 19.5% | +35.1% |
| 2015 | 27 | €11,950 | 16.7% | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 17 | €8,950 | 12.5% | +25.1% |
| 2013 | 18 | €8,200 | 11.5% | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 15 | €6,450 | 9.0% | +21.3% |
| 2011 | 18 | €5,875 | 8.2% | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 10 | €6,350 | 8.9% | −8.1% |
| 2008 | 5 | €3,799 | 5.3% | +40.2% |
| 2007 | 3 | €3,050 | 4.3% | +19.7% |
| 2005 | 3 | €6,950 | 9.7% | — |
Most of the fall is done by year 15 — the year-on-year drop stays under 10% after that (18 listings at that age).
Asking prices from public DoneDeal listings, not sale prices. Model years with fewer than three listings are left out. “Value kept” is measured against the newest model year with three or more listings (2026).
What the BMW 5-Series figures say
The biggest single step down is into 2008: the median asks 40.2% less than the model year above it, on 5 listings.
It is down to half its 2026 asking price by the 2021 model year, 5 years of age.
At about 13.9% a year it falls at the typical rate for the models tracked here (median 14%).
BMW 5-Series depreciation: common questions
How much does a BMW 5-Series lose in a year?
About 13.9% of its asking price a year, fitted across the 20 model years with three or more DoneDeal listings (R² 0.94). That is an average over the whole curve: the first years fall harder than the later ones, which is what the value-kept column above shows year by year.
What does a five-year-old BMW 5-Series cost in Ireland?
The median asking price of a 2021 BMW 5-Series on DoneDeal is €33,950, across 33 listings, or 48% of what the 2026 model year asks.
When does a BMW 5-Series stop losing value quickly?
Around year 15. After that the year-on-year drop stays under 10%, measured over 18 listings at that age. Buying past that point is where the depreciation curve stops doing most of the work.
Where do these BMW 5-Series figures come from?
From 598 public DoneDeal listings recorded by DD Price Tracker, grouped by model year. They are asking prices, not sale prices: what sellers want for the car, which is the number a buyer negotiates down from. Nothing about a seller is stored.
More BMW models, and the tracker
Other BMW models with enough data: BMW 3-Series · BMW X5 · BMW 1-Series · BMW 4-Series · BMW X3 · BMW 2-Series
Priced about the same, other makes: Mercedes-Benz EQE · Hyundai Santa Fe · Volvo XC60 · Mercedes-Benz GLB · Lexus NX · Kia Sorento. A price neighbourhood, not a class — they are grouped by what the newest listed year asks, not by size or body.
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