This car depreciation calculator estimates a car’s resale value after a set number of years, based on its initial price and an annual depreciation rate.
Why cars lose value so fast
Cars are one of the fastest-depreciating things people buy. Most of that loss happens early: a new car can lose 15-25% of its value in the first year alone, then keep depreciating at a slower, fairly steady rate each year after.
How it’s calculated
The calculator applies the depreciation rate every year to the previous year’s value (declining-balance method), so the euro amount lost gets smaller each year even though the percentage stays the same. With a €25,000 car depreciating at 15% a year, it’s worth roughly €11,093 after 5 years — a total loss of about €13,907, with €3,750 of that in the first year alone.