Volvo V40 depreciation
Across the 7 model years with three or more listings, a Volvo V40 on DoneDeal goes from a median asking price of €16,450 at 2019 to €5,075 at 2013.
142 DoneDeal listings across 9 model years, 7 of them with three or more listings (the ones the table prints). Fitted rate: about 16.8% of the asking price a year (R² 0.97).
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| Model year | Listings | Median asking | Value kept | Drop on the year newer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | €16,450 | 100.0% | — |
| 2018 | 21 | €13,995 | 85.1% | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 12 | €12,670 | 77.0% | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 36 | €9,950 | 60.5% | +21.5% |
| 2015 | 31 | €9,000 | 54.7% | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 20 | €7,375 | 44.8% | +18.1% |
| 2013 | 14 | €5,075 | 30.9% | +31.2% |
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 Volvo V40 figures say
The biggest single step down is into 2013: the median asks 31.2% less than the model year above it, on 14 listings.
It is down to half its 2019 asking price by the 2014 model year, 5 years of age.
At about 16.8% a year it falls faster than the typical model tracked here, which loses 14% a year.
Volvo V40 depreciation: common questions
How much does a Volvo V40 lose in a year?
About 16.8% of its asking price a year, fitted across the 7 model years with three or more DoneDeal listings (R² 0.97). 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 Volvo V40 cost in Ireland?
The median asking price of a 2014 Volvo V40 on DoneDeal is €7,375, across 20 listings, or 45% of what the 2019 model year asks.
Where do these Volvo V40 figures come from?
From 142 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 Volvo models, and the tracker
Other Volvo models with enough data: Volvo XC60 · Volvo XC90 · Volvo XC40 · Volvo S60 · Volvo V60
Priced about the same, other makes: Opel Crossland X · Honda Shuttle · Opel Insignia · Volkswagen Beetle · Volkswagen Scirocco · Citroen Grand C4 Picasso. 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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