Selling price for 2001 VW Passat 2.8 V6 - Munich

Hi,

I will be selling my car(imported from US and registered) in a few months and was trying to find out online (mobile.de, ebay etc) how much could be worth but the prices vary from 3500 to about 7000.

Any opinion is appreciated:

2001 VW Passat 2.8 V6 - B5 model Black metallic
Engine: Benzin 2.8 V6 ATQ 193 PS (140 kw) (260 km/h max speed) - tax is 189 Eu/year
Green #4 Env sticker (Engine is Euro 3)
143 K km (89 K miles)
Steptronic ( Automatic)
ABS, EPS, dual airbags
TUV done 1 month ago

Picture (at the moment I have only this picture from last year in US)

AC (Klima)
Sun Roof
Wood trim interior - black interior
Automatic doors/trunk/tank
8 speakers stereo with 6 CD changer and inside CD and tape player
Onboard computer display for temp, fuel consumption gears etc
Manual cloth seats
Arm rest
Cruise-control

Second driver /Third owner (second owner was a car dealer) The car is in flawless technical condition. Almost new all-season tires, breaks, fluids, filters changed 3 K miles ago. Full timing-belt service done 5 k miles ago so there is no other major service in the next 80 K miles.

Regards,

Viktor

You mean from Bulgaria , the plate is from BG (stands for Bulgaria ) nice try Vicktor.

You should get around 4833,oo euros but since the car is import from Overseas don't expect more than 3750-4000

Hope this helps

You can try KBB.com for a rough estimate. I mean its used to evalute cars in the U.S., but it'll give you a rough idea. The "fair" trade-in value is usually pretty close to wholesale value...

Good luck.

Hi Feim77 - I assume you voted the post down because of your very wrong assumptions.

No, the car is not from Bulgaria. I am. I lived in NC(USA) and FYI there are no front plates in NC so I put my own. (but you should know this as you are from FL)

Thanks Elements - Why do you assume the value will be reduced if the car is re-import?

For eg, cars in Germany are built for a better performance. I don't mean to say that the cars for the US are of a lesser quality, but the ones for German roads are just much better. Here, the cars are driven much faster than in the US. Which in turn demands for sturdier/costlier parts. My colleague at work is buying a reimported car from the Netherlands. A brand new Ford Mondeo and he is getting it 10K cheaper than the selling price here. Btw, he signed the contract 3 months ago and has not got his car yet. But he was well informed of the time it will take. I dont know what the big difference in manufacture for German and Holland roads will be. Maybe they have drum brakes and not disk or something in that manner.

Secondly, on an average, Germans maintain their car very well when compared to cars in America.

Hidden Mileage!!

Heheh - I would agree with the general idea of maintenance but not with the quality. And then comes case by case circumstance... ( car driven by a soccer mom few times a week compared to a car driven in munich by a person that has its own small painting business) Neither is mine

Back to my post - Thanks guys. I will have those remarks in mind when I sell it at the beginning of next year.

The advantage of buying a reimported car from another EU country is purely monetary as this scheme benefits from the different taxation approaches in the different contries. Some EU countries e.g. have very high luxury taxes; to still make the vehicle affordable for the average Joe the manufacturers accommodate and lower the NET sales price; as a private customer anybody is free to purchase a car whereever within the EU and register it at home - taxes only apply where the car is registered, hence you can benefit from a low NET price-tag. This might also explain the long delivery wait your colleague is experiencing: this scheme is officially only open to private individuals, so the reimporter is actually not a car-dealer in the sense that he buys cars and re-sells them, but he acts as an agent between the end-user and the manufacturer/car dealership in the country of sale, which requires him to be able to show the paperwork proving that there is indeed an individual end-user before he can place the order and eventually take delivery of the car.

The specs of a dutch VW/Audi/BMW/Merc ... won't be much different from a German one I suspect as it's within the EU, but a US model varies greatly from a EUR car in features, engine models (different emission regulations), lights etc. ...

Hey Victor,

When ever you do plan to sell it next year.. do let me know.
I was thinking of getting a car sometime early next year.. so from what I gather from you it seems pretty good...

Regards,
Ronnie

That approach would be a really interesting one from VW to maximise their profit. Build the same model car but from different parts depending on which country it is destined to be sold in....

Why would you import a German Car to Germany? That's like taking a Ford here and shipping it to the US!

He probably got the sending-over paid for...

Re: Ford, not really, at least not until recently with a limited number of models... Euro Fords are made in Deutschland and UK, and are really different to their US counterparts... relatively few US speced and build Fords get over here, other than those truck-type monstrosities...

Man, I must be bored today if I feel the need to comment this... :-(

it would be if it were true. It is, however, utter bollox. There is absolutely no difference between cars built for Holland and those for Germany. They are all ACEA models. Cars built for the US simply have to adhere to different technical standards but built quality will be the same (assuming they built in the same plant).

Yes, I had the shipping paid. Financially would have not made sense otherwise eventhough we are very happy with the car.