Mercedes-Benz CLS depreciation
Across the 3 model years with three or more listings, a Mercedes-Benz CLS on DoneDeal goes from a median asking price of €38,900 at 2020 to €17,950 at 2015.
18 DoneDeal listings across 10 model years, 3 of them with three or more listings (the ones the table prints). Fitted rate: about 14% of the asking price a year (R² 0.96).
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| Model year | Listings | Median asking | Value kept | Drop on the year newer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | €38,900 | 100.0% | — |
| 2018 | 3 | €24,950 | 64.1% | — |
| 2015 | 3 | €17,950 | 46.1% | — |
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 (2020).
What the Mercedes-Benz CLS figures say
It is down to half its 2020 asking price by the 2015 model year, 5 years of age.
At about 14% a year it falls at the typical rate for the models tracked here (median 14%).
Mercedes-Benz CLS depreciation: common questions
How much does a Mercedes-Benz CLS lose in a year?
About 14% of its asking price a year, fitted across the 3 model years with three or more DoneDeal listings (R² 0.96). 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 Mercedes-Benz CLS cost in Ireland?
The median asking price of a 2015 Mercedes-Benz CLS on DoneDeal is €17,950, across 3 listings, or 46% of what the 2020 model year asks.
Where do these Mercedes-Benz CLS figures come from?
From 18 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 Mercedes-Benz models, and the tracker
Other Mercedes-Benz models with enough data: Mercedes-Benz E-Class · Mercedes-Benz C-Class · Mercedes-Benz A-Class · Mercedes-Benz CLA · Mercedes-Benz GLC · Mercedes-Benz GLE
Priced about the same, other makes: Cupra Born · Opel Astra · Peugeot 508 · Volkswagen Arteon · Audi Q2 · Kia Niro. 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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