I have a 2005 black SS with sunroof, but without the LSD and about 20000KM on it and I plan on maybe selling it to buy an STI. I love the car, but I want something a little faster that would also be good in the winter. Do you guys know what price I should ask for? or any of you guys interested in it? I live in montreal, quebec by the way

 

mine with minor body damage (dented hood/door) and 29,000mi is worth about 15,000usd

 

how do you find out? other then going to the dealer

 

www.kbb.com

That is a very good resource

 

kbb doesn't even list the ss models... wtf?

 

Private buyer would be your best bet, value of your car would be running around $15,000 CAN. (black/red book)

Cobalts don't hold any value. Besides it being my first bought car and that I love it, I would never sell it because you would get screwed on it.

 

Figure it to be worth about 50-60% of what you paid for it...add maybe 10% more if you sell it private party. That said, ask for more and hope to get lucky.

 

I have no idea why kbb STILL doesn't list the '05 SS on its site for trade-in value.

 

$18,000 You Can Ask For The Cobalt

 

Taken from www.nada.com site


Wednesday, April 19, 2006
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Average Trade-In Average Retail
Base Price
$16,650 $19,250
Mileage
20,000 miles $125 $125
TOTAL PRICE $16,775 $19,375*

 

Kelly Blue Book is a dealerships dream and a consumers nightmare.

Heres how they do things:
Private Party Value = Low
Trade In Value = 100% Bullshit Low
Retail/Dealer Value = Extremely High

When selling privately the book prices matter, as for trade in most dealerships will try to screw you. Book price must only matter on there cars, trade in value no longer exists since they can go buy POS cars at auctions.

 

until the '07s come out its worth $19600
you can ask what you want, but thats the depreciated value

 

the depreciation on a vehicle for the first year is roughly 30%, by the end of the third you your car has lost 50% of its value, and over the next 5 years it will loose another 30-40%

 

he was talkin 05' not 06' in stl area a dealer was sellin an 05' ss with around 20K miles for $17,054

 

i WISH the dealers around me would use kbb for trade ins. they use some other bs book pricing that's even lower than kbb . kbb is a good deal compared to what i usually get on a trade in.

 

I know, that's why I said private party add 10%. All depends on milage as well as condition, so I was trying to give a range. Of course, value may be even higher because this seems to be a failry in-demand car right now.

Add money if you have a transferable extended warranty, as well...or cash it in and buy yourself something nice.

 

thats the thing, put a higher number on it and see if it gets any bites

deduct value if you plan on trading it in