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Used-car market report, November 2026: price cuts, value gaps and where cars are cheapest

Dealers are cutting asking prices at different rates across Europe. This first monthly edition also compares older cars, country prices and continuing adverts.

By the EuroCarIndex data desk · Published 4 Nov 2026

The model ranking shows how unevenly cuts are distributed within that overall picture. The Alpine A110’s 51% share came from 242 listed cars; the Kia K4 followed at 43% from 63. These are eligible model groups, not evidence that either model is hard to sell. Buyers can use the current price-cut tracker to check whether today’s listings still support a particular comparison.

What older cars ask (age gaps by fuel)

The fuel mix gives context to the age comparison. Electric cars accounted for 11% of Portugal’s listed stock, against 1% in Italy. Across the eight countries, the median electric asking price was €32,000, compared with €16,800 for petrol. Those unadjusted medians reflect different cars and ages; they are not a fuel-by-fuel measure of value retention.

For the age comparison, EuroCarIndex takes the median asking price of 2022 cars as a share of the median for 2025 cars, within the same model, fuel and country, then takes the median across models. Petrol’s 75% was above hybrid’s 71% and electric’s 69%; diesel stood at 67% and plug-in hybrids at 66%. Each model counts once, and the electric result covers 12 models. Different model baskets, mileage, specifications and generations can affect each fuel result.

The models with the biggest age gaps

The largest gap matched within one country was for the plug-in hybrid BMW 5 Series in Germany: the 2022 median was €29,800 against €64,000 for 2025, a 53% gap. The plug-in hybrid Volkswagen Tiguan in Austria followed with €23,000 against €46,500, a 51% gap. These are cross-sectional comparisons of advertised cars. A changed generation or mix of equipment can widen a gap, so it cannot be read as depreciation experienced by one owner.

Where cars are cheapest like for like

Italy led the country count with 29 models cheapest there, followed by Germany with 26. The index compares common registration years, mileage bands and fuels; a country’s raw median can instead look low because its listed cars are older. A country counts only when it is cheaper than every other qualifying country on each pair’s shared basket of registration years, mileage bands and fuels; qualifying countries need at least 30 matched cars covering at least 30% of the model’s cars, and models whose ranking changes with the basket are left out. A lower foreign asking price is not a calculated saving after import costs.

The same-car index

This first index follows continuing adverts for the same cars from week to week. It covers three weeks, from 10 Oct to 24 Oct 2026, and the 203 models tracked over exactly that period. The index fell for 97% of them and the median change was −0.5%. The early weeks were reconstructed and the latest weeks are provisional. The index measures repricing among adverts that remained visible, not a year-on-year market movement or the prices buyers paid.

How to cite

Suggested citation: “EuroCarIndex, European used-car market report, November 2026, eurocarindex.com, data of 3 Nov 2026.” The data are available under CC BY 4.0. Please retain the observation date when quoting a figure, because later editions may use a different stock of listings.

Method and limits

This report covers approximately 431,615 de-duplicated dealer listings across eight countries. Published groups require at least 5 cars from at least 3 dealers; some tables apply stricter thresholds. The age gaps compare different cars. The country index matches year, mileage band and fuel but cannot account fully for condition or equipment. Price-cut shares count recently tracked cars as uncut, which can depress the observed share where price histories are shorter. See the full methodology.

Next edition: early December 2026.