Up to 50,000 DKK / 2014-2016

Volkswagen Polo

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First registered 2014-2016, about 11 years old today.

Buy at 2014-2016
38.335 kr
Sell 3.5 years later, you get back
+24.072 kr
Value lost
14.263 kr
Fuel, 3.5 years
41.137 kr
Ownership tax, 3.5 years
3.220 kr
Repairs, 3.5 years
13.651 kr
Total, 3.5 years
72.271 kr
Per year
20.649 kr/year

Reliability

61%

passed its UK MOT test first time, below average for its age. Adjusted for how far these cars are typically driven.

Repair burden

1.30

an index of how often things break and how costly Volkswagen parts tend to be. Around 0.7 to 1.0 is typical; higher means more.

Fuel cost

11.754 kr/year

at 15,000 km a year and current Danish pump prices.

Ownership tax

920 kr/year

grøn ejerafgift, from this car's fuel consumption or CO2 figure.

What these numbers are built on

  • 467.717UK MOT testsroadworthiness inspections on this model at this age. The reliability and repair figures are read off them.
  • 13.376registered in Denmarkthe Danish fleet this row describes, from the Motor Register.
  • 852comparable foreign listingssecond-hand adverts from a market without registration tax, converted and then calibrated against real Danish asking prices.

How sure are we about the price?

high confidence. Based on 852 comparable foreign listings. The final number is adjusted with a correction factor of 0.47x found by checking a sample of Danish asking prices against our raw estimate. Read more on the methodology page.

How sure are we about reliability?

medium confidence (two sources, 0.60 standard deviations apart). UK and Norwegian tests broadly agree for this model and age band, without being close enough to call it strong agreement. Read more on the methodology page.