Seat Leon for sale in Shanghai (China)

Are you currently in the market to buy (or sell) a Seat Leon in Shanghai? Vehiclus surveyed the local used auto market of all towns in China to determine a pricing profile of various Seat models depending on their age, technical condition, optical condition, and mileage. In order to optimize your earnings when selling your Leon (or to be sure to not be ripped off when buying a Seat Leon) it is a good idea to learn most value-determining variables.

Supply and Demand of Seat Leon on the local auto market

Shanghai is a town with currently 22315474 inhabitants. However, it is hard to find more than three Seat Leon on the used car market . That's why the supply is little and the demand depends on various of factors e.g. maintenance costs, brand popularity, and used car pricing.

Price Devaluation Curve of the Leon in Shanghai

As seen below, cars of the make Seat and specially of the model Leon devaluate in a very normal fashion. The average price of the Leon will be lowered by up to 14% ($25,174) after only 1 year. After three years, the car usually is valued at 64% of its initial selling price ($17,615) while it will only be priced at 29% of the MSRP after 7 years ($7,301). The Leon's value after twelve years is only 10% of its original price depending on its condition of course.

Depreciation according to mileage

Another way to describe vehicle depreciation is to study the decrease of value over mileage. The Seat Leon depreciation curve below illustrates this phenomenon for the city of Shanghai. The Leon looses most of its value (ca 50%) within the first 30k kilometers of its mileage. The average price for a Leon at that usage level is $16,353. After that the depreciation plateaus: at 90k kilometers the Seat Leon is priced for $9,078 in Shanghai and for $3,886 at 180,000km .

Seat Leon price depending on condition (fair, good, excellent)

The last factor that significantly determines the selling price of a used car is the technical and optical condition of the vehicle. The table below shows the deflation of a Seat Leon according to its year and its condition.

Vehicle Year	Seat Leon Condition
	fair	good	excellent
2017	$15,789	$22,010	$28,231
2016	$13,885	$19,356	$24,826
2015	$12,116	$16,889	$21,663
2014	$10,482	$14,612	$18,741
2013	$8,983	$12,522	$16,061
2012	$7,619	$10,620	$13,622
2011	$6,390	$8,907	$11,425
2010	$5,296	$7,382	$9,469
2009	$4,337	$6,046	$7,755
2008	$3,513	$4,897	$6,282
2007	$2,824	$3,937	$5,050
2006	$2,271	$3,165	$4,060
2005	$1,852	$2,582	$3,312
2004	$1,568	$2,187	$2,805
2003	$1,420	$1,980	$2,539
2002	$1,406	$1,961	$2,515