Driving past the VW dealership this morning, there's a VW Lupo nestling amongst the sea of used Golfs for sale.

It's on an 02 plate, in silver and would appear to be lowly spec' model as it has steel wheels with plastic trims. Presumably low mileage, the sticker price is £3,999.00.

This is a seven, possibly eight, years old car, yet the dealer must consider £4k is an achievable price for it.

It'll be interesting to see how long it stays for sale...

 

I always find used car prices very odd.

I know we’re all different and all have different priorities and requirements in a car, but I still find it hard to see how a 5 year old 1ltr Clio can be the same price as an 8 year old Range Rover.

 

Maybe the insurance for that Lupo only costs £2000 for a new driver whereas it costs £3000 for anything else.

5 yo Clio 8yo RR? How much do they pay you to take one of those POS on, then?

 

Car prices seem to be all over the place at the moment. Sold a Focus 1.6Tdi at auction the other month as a non-runner (requires Turbo) and I got £2500 for it. Sold one last week, same problem and got £4200 for it!

Same year, spec etc - go figure!

 

small cars have perceived low running cost and so always fetch a premium

the problem is that small cars were cheap at the start of their lives and this probably flies in the face of that.