Kia Optima depreciation
Across the 4 model years with three or more listings, a Kia Optima on DoneDeal goes from a median asking price of €12,950 at 2019 to €6,750 at 2015.
24 DoneDeal listings across 7 model years, 4 of them with three or more listings (the ones the table prints). Fitted rate: about 16.4% of the asking price a year (R² 0.87).
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| Model year | Listings | Median asking | Value kept | Drop on the year newer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | €12,950 | 100.0% | — |
| 2018 | 6 | €13,995 | 108.1% | −8.1% |
| 2017 | 5 | €11,000 | 84.9% | +21.4% |
| 2015 | 3 | €6,750 | 52.1% | — |
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 (2019).
What the Kia Optima figures say
The biggest single step down is into 2017: the median asks 21.4% less than the model year above it, on 5 listings.
At about 16.4% a year it falls faster than the typical model tracked here, which loses 14% a year.
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How much does a Kia Optima lose in a year?
About 16.4% of its asking price a year, fitted across the 4 model years with three or more DoneDeal listings (R² 0.87). 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.
Where do these Kia Optima figures come from?
From 24 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 Kia models, and the tracker
Other Kia models with enough data: Kia Sportage · Kia Ceed · Kia Niro · Kia Sorento · Kia EV6 · Kia Picanto
Priced about the same, other makes: Citroen C4 Picasso · Nissan March · Toyota Vitz · Hyundai i40 · Fiat 500 · Honda GRACE. 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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