Opel Astra for sale in Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Are you looking to buy (or sell) a Opel Astra in Buenos Aires? Vehiclus studied the local used automotive market of all metropolitan areas in Argentina to determine a pricing profile of various Opel models depending on their age, technical condition, optical condition, and mileage. To maximize your profits when selling your Astra (or to be certain to not be overcharged when buying a Opel Astra) it is of value to understand most value-determining variables.

Supply and Demand of Opel Astra on the local auto market

Buenos Aires is a city with a current population of 13076300 inhabitants. However, it is hard to find more than five Opel Astra on the used car market at the same time. Therefore, the supply is little and the demand depends on a multitude of factors for example car model reputation, fuel mileage, and brand competetivness.

Price Devaluation Curve of the Astra in Buenos Aires

As illustrated in the figure below, cars of the car manufacturer Opel and specially of their model Astra depreciate in a very conventional manner. The average asking price of the Astra will be decreased by up to 14% ($21,200) after just one year. After 3 years, the car typically costs only 63% of its initial asking price ($15,202) while it will only be valued at 27% of the original price after 7 years ($7,021). The Astra's value after twelve years is only 12% of its initial price depending on its condition of course.

Depreciation according to mileage

Another way to analyze car depreciation is to examine the loss of value over miles driven. The Opel Astra depreciation curve below shows this phenomenon for Buenos Aires. The Astra looses most of its resell price (approximately 47%) within the first 30k km driven. The typical price for a Astra at that usage level is $13,619. After that the depreciation plateaus: at 90k km the Opel Astra is valued for $7,865 in Buenos Aires and for $4,086 at 180,000km of mileage.

Opel Astra price depending on condition (fair, good, excellent)

The last value that significantly determines the selling price of a second-hand car is the technical and optical condition of the vehicle. The table below illustrates the devaluation of a Opel Astra according to its year and its condition.

Vehicle Year	Opel Astra Condition
	fair	good	excellent
2017	$22,007	$23,135	$24,262
2016	$19,353	$20,345	$21,336
2015	$16,887	$17,752	$18,618
2014	$14,609	$15,358	$16,107
2013	$12,520	$13,162	$13,803
2012	$10,619	$11,163	$11,707
2011	$8,906	$9,362	$9,819
2010	$7,381	$7,760	$8,138
2009	$6,045	$6,355	$6,664
2008	$4,897	$5,148	$5,399
2007	$3,937	$4,139	$4,340
2006	$3,165	$3,327	$3,489
2005	$2,582	$2,714	$2,846
2004	$2,186	$2,298	$2,410
2003	$1,979	$2,081	$2,182
2002	$1,960	$2,061	$2,161