Which Opel Mokka X trim depreciates the fastest?
With the all-new Opel Mokka on the horizon, the discontinued previous generation model provides buyers with an attainable pre-owned proposition within the popular compact crossover market. Today we look at which Mokka trim depreciates the fastest.
First introduced locally in 2014, the Opel Mokka and city car Adam formed part of a new model introduction plan from General Motors South Africa. With respectable sales, the Mokka was considered relatively successful for Opel locally and was updated in 2017, now badged the Mokka X as Opel attempted to remain within the market after the exit of General Motors in May of 2017. As one of the last Opel products to not have its engine, gearbox and platform from the PSA Group, the Mokka as we know it, would not last much longer as a PSA-developed version was in the works.
For today’s comparison, we are using Mokka X models from 2017 and 2018 with less than 100 000km on the odometer to determine which model depreciates the fastest. When the updated Mokka was released locally in December of 2016, with four variants sold. These include the entry-level Enjoy specification in both manual and automatic guise as well as the flagship Cosmo specification with both a manual and an automatic gearbox.
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The Mokka has not been sold locally since 2019, however, there were just over 20 models listed on AutoTrader that qualify for our comparison, with at least three examples of each model used to determine the resale value.
2017/2018 Opel Mokka X Enjoy manual
New Price: R317 500
Average Current Price: R214 928
Value Retained: 67.69%
The Enjoy manual variant of the Mokka appears to have the worst resale value when compared with other models in the range. This may have a lot to do with the fact that the Enjoy auto models are the best in terms of resale value, therefore driving down sale and demand for the entry-level manual model.
2017/2018 Opel Mokka X Enjoy auto
New Price: R328 400
Average Current Price: R232 275
Value Retained: 73.15%
The shift, if you will pardon the pun, towards automatic vehicles within the local market has been rapid and unprecedented during the past decade, which may go a long way to explain why both the Enjoy and Cosmo auto models were the most numerous during our research for this article.
2017/2018 Opel Mokka X Cosmo manual
New Price: R357 400
Average Current Price: R249 500
Value Retained: 69.80%
With just three Como manual models qualifying for our comparison, this is the least popular Mokka model in today’s piece, which is understandable as one might assume that those that opted for the top-spec Cosmo model would most likely have wanted an automatic for its added ease of use.
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2017/2018 Opel Mokka X Cosmo auto
New Price: R368 100
Average Current Price: R256 870
Value Retained: 69.78%
The Cosmo auto model was the most popular within our used selection criteria, making up some eight of the twenty cars that qualified for our year and mileage parameters. Its residual values are incredibly close to other models in the range, particularly when comparing it with the manual version of the Cosmo model.
Which one depreciates the fastest?
Having looked at the data, it would appear that the entry-level Enjoy manual variant within the Mokka X range depreciates the fastest, some 2.09% worse than the next model, the Cosmo auto. The Enjoy auto model has a 3.35% better value retention versus the next best Mokka model, the Cosmo manual.
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