Volkswagen Transporter for sale in Paris (France)

Are you in the market to buy (or sell) a Volkswagen Transporter in Paris? Vehiclus studied the local used auto market of all towns in France to determine a pricing profile of various Volkswagen models depending on their age, technical condition, optical condition, and mileage. If you want to maximize your profits when selling your Transporter (or to make sure to not overpay when purchasing a Volkswagen Transporter) it is a good idea to know most price-establishing factors.

Supply and Demand of Volkswagen Transporter on the local auto market

Paris is a town with a current population of 2138551 inhabitants. However, it is hard to find more than a dozen Volkswagen Transporter on the used car market . Hence, the supply is little and the demand depends on a multitude of parameters such as car model reputation, fuel mileage, and brand competetivness.

Price Devaluation Curve of the Transporter in Paris

As illustrated in the figure below, cars of the make Volkswagen and specially of the model Transporter devaluate in a very customary way. The mean asking price of the Transporter will be decreased by up to 14% ($25,021) after just one year. After three years, the car usually is valued at 64% of its initial asking price ($18,382) while it will only be valued at 29% of the original price after 7 years ($8,209). The Transporter's value after 12 years is only 13% of its original price depending on its condition of course.

Depreciation according to vehicle mileage

One more way to describe car depreciation is to examine the loss of value over kilometers driven. The Volkswagen Transporter depreciation curve below shows this phenomenon for Paris. The Transporter looses most of its resell price (approximately 50%) within the first 30k km driven. The mean price for a Transporter at that usage level is ca $16,098. After that the devaluation slows down: at 90k kilometers the Volkswagen Transporter is sold for $9,746 in Paris and for $4,755 at 180,000km of mileage.

Volkswagen Transporter price depending on condition (fair, good, excellent)

The last parameter that heavily impacts the selling price of a used car is the technical and optical condition of the vehicle. The table below illustrates the devaluation of a Volkswagen Transporter according to its year and its condition.

Vehicle Year	Volkswagen Transporter Condition
	fair	good	excellent
2017	$27,899	$28,228	$28,558
2016	$24,534	$24,824	$25,114
2015	$21,408	$21,661	$21,914
2014	$18,521	$18,740	$18,959
2013	$15,872	$16,060	$16,247
2012	$13,462	$13,621	$13,780
2011	$11,291	$11,424	$11,557
2010	$9,358	$9,468	$9,579
2009	$7,663	$7,754	$7,845
2008	$6,208	$6,281	$6,355
2007	$4,991	$5,050	$5,109
2006	$4,013	$4,060	$4,107
2005	$3,273	$3,311	$3,350
2004	$2,772	$2,804	$2,837
2003	$2,509	$2,539	$2,569
2002	$2,485	$2,515	$2,544