srolle

Need a data pull for upcoming sale / trade. PM me if you need to. Thanks in advance!

srolle

Brutally, these cars have already lost 40% of their value. I suppose that's what happens when dealers use them for their service loaner fleet. Perhaps also, sedans are in fact dying.

To lurkers considering A4 or Audi in general, you may want to think twice.

Obsidian3K

You're seeing 2017 cars at auction that have already depreciated 40%? That seems quite high, especially if they're just year-old dealer loaners. Are you sure that the cars you're seeing haven't been in an accident or something?

On the other end of the spectrum, all of the listings I've seen for similar cars from the dealers themselves have been for 10-15% discount off MSRP. Equally absurd (IMHO) as the numbers you've seen, just in the opposite direction. If I recall correctly, the standard rule of thumb for first-year depreciation is 20%, with various modifiers for place of origin, previous usage, specific-model popularity and reliability, etc.

DirkM

The 2017 A4 arrived about 2 years ago very early 2016, I got mine in April 2016 but they were at the dealers 4-6 weeks before that. 40% off at an auction for a two year old car doesn't sound that unbelievable.

Obsidian3K

Right, I'd forgotten the possibility that these cars might be approaching 2yo. 40% depreciation isn't so unreasonable in that situation, especially for cars that have gone to auction and so are presumably not in in the best possible condition.

KevinB656

I bought my 2017 in May 2016 and have 32k miles on it.