Free Car Valuation
What is your car worth?
Your car's real market value, instant and free. We match it against the cars for sale here this week, then fine-tune for spec, mileage, condition and history. No depreciation guesswork, just live market data.
See how the pricing worksWhat you actually get
A dealer buys to resell, so their offer carries reconditioning, warranty, floor space and margin. In the UAE that gap runs 15% to 25%. On a car worth AED 100,000 that is the difference below, for a few weeks of answering messages.
20,000
Typical difference on a AED 100,000 car between a trade-in offer and a private sale on CarsClub, where listing is free and you keep the whole price.
How our UAE car valuation works
Three things decide whether a valuation is worth reading: what it is priced from, how asking prices become a number you can actually sell at, and what it admits when the data is thin. Ours does all three out loud.
See what moves the numberPriced from cars actually for sale in the UAE
Most valuation tools apply a fixed depreciation curve to a manufacturer list price. That breaks here twice over. There is no free public source of UAE list prices, and a car that lost 15% a year on paper can be worth far more or far less than that on a Dubai forecourt. We index every active listing on CarsClub by make, model, year and spec, then price your car against the ones that match it.
- Live
- every active listing, re-indexed nightly
- Local
- UAE asking prices, not global list prices
- Shown
- the comparable cars yours was priced against
From asking prices to a number you can sell at
Asking prices are not sale prices, so the market median is discounted to a transacting estimate before your own car is priced. Five adjustments then run in order: regional spec, mileage against what those same comparable cars are showing on the odometer, condition, accident history and service records. Every one appears on your result with the exact figure it moved, up or down.
- 5 adjustments
- each one itemised, none of them hidden
- A range
- a low and a high, never one false number
- Free
- no fee, no subscription, no obligation to sell
What we do when there is not enough data
Some models are barely listed here. Where the sample is small we say so, widen the range and label the confidence honestly rather than dressing a guess up as a market price. You can check our working either way, because the listings your car was priced against are printed on the same page. Run the chassis number through our free VIN check before you list, and use the car loan calculator if you are buying next.
- Sample size
- printed on every valuation
- Wider range
- when the comparables are few
- Confidence
- high, medium or low, stated plainly
What affects your car's value in the UAE
Two identical cars can be 30% apart on price in this market. These are the five things that put them there, with the figures we actually apply when we price yours.
Read the common questionsGCC spec vs American, Japanese and European spec
GCC cars are built for this climate: heavier cooling, higher grade air conditioning, dust sealing, and a local dealer warranty behind them. Imports usually have none of that, and the service record often starts the day the car landed. UAE buyers price that difference, and so do we, but only when your car is being compared against cars of another spec.
- GCC
- the baseline in this market
- Japanese
- around 12% below GCC
- European
- around 17% below GCC
- American
- around 25% below GCC
Mileage and the UAE 20,000 km a year benchmark
Twenty thousand kilometres a year is normal here, well above the European average, because of how far people commute between the emirates. We compare your odometer against what the comparable cars are actually showing rather than against a flat assumption, so a high reading on a model everybody drives hard costs you far less than it would on a fixed curve.
- 20,000 km
- a year is the UAE benchmark
- AED 150
- per 1,000 km above or below it
- 20%
- the cap in either direction
Service history and agency records
A full agency book is worth about 3% over a car with partial records, and a car with nothing to show loses about 4%. It is not the servicing itself buyers are paying for, it is being able to skip their own inspection. Keep the stamps and the invoices together and photograph them for the ad.
- Up 3%
- full agency book
- Baseline
- partial records
- Down 4%
- no records at all
Accident and chassis damage history
A recorded accident costs about 15%, even after a clean repair, and it applies to GCC cars as hard as to imports. Check what is on record with a VIN check before you set your asking price, because a buyer who finds it themselves treats it as something you hid.
- About 15%
- off the value, even after a clean repair
- GCC too
- local spec is no protection here
- Check first
- run the chassis number before you list
Colour, body type and SUV demand
SUVs hold their value best in this market, and the retention table below is market data saying so rather than an opinion. White and silver sell fastest in the Gulf sun, and a bold colour narrows the buyer pool, which usually narrows the price with it. Browse what is moving in SUVs, used cars or luxury cars.
- SUVs
- the strongest body type in the UAE
- White and silver
- the fastest colours to sell
- Bold colours
- fewer buyers, and a longer wait
Three steps, about sixty seconds
- 1
Tell us the car
Model year, make, model and the spec it was built for. Trim is optional and it sharpens the match when you know it.
- 2
Add mileage, condition and history
The odometer reading, the honest condition, what the service book shows and whether anything is on record. Thirty seconds of accuracy is worth more than a hopeful guess.
- 3
Read the figure and the working
You get a low to high range, every adjustment itemised with the amount it moved, and the live UAE listings your car was priced against.
Cars that hold their value best in the UAE
Share of value still standing after five years, fitted from asking prices across every model year of that car. Each row links to what is listed right now.
Fitted nightly from current market data. A model needs at least eight cars across four model years before it appears here.
Car valuation in the UAE, answered
The eight questions sellers ask us most. If yours is not here, the valuation itself shows its working, including how many comparable cars it found and what each adjustment did to the figure.
List your car freeIt depends on the model year, the mileage, the spec it was built for and its accident and service history. A 2019 GCC spec SUV with 90,000 km and full agency records can be worth 20% to 30% more than the same car in American spec with a repaired chassis.
The calculator on this page prices your car against comparable cars listed online right now, then adjusts for each of those factors and shows you every adjustment it made.
Yes, completely. There is no fee, no subscription and no obligation to sell through us. You get the figure, the breakdown behind it and the live listings it was priced against.
Listing your car afterwards is also free, and you keep 100% of the sale price.
An online valuation is an estimate, and any tool that claims otherwise is overselling. What separates a useful estimate from a guess is what it is built on: a fixed depreciation formula knows nothing about your car, while a price read off live local listings knows what buyers in this market are being asked for the same thing this week.
We show you the sample size behind every valuation. If your car is priced against 40 comparable listings we say so, and if it is priced against three we say that too, and we widen the range to match. A final price still depends on the inspection, the paperwork and the day you sell.
GCC spec cars are built for this climate: bigger radiators and cooling packs, higher grade air conditioning, dust and sand sealing, and a warranty the local dealer will honour. An imported American car often has none of that, and the service history usually starts the day it landed.
In practice UAE buyers price American spec around 25% below the GCC equivalent, Japanese imports around 12% below and European imports around 17% below. Those are the adjustments this calculator applies, and it applies them only when your car is being compared against cars of a different spec.
The UAE benchmark is about 20,000 km a year, which is higher than Europe because of the distances people commute here. A car sitting on that line is priced normally.
Every 1,000 km above what is typical for that car costs roughly AED 150, and every 1,000 km below it adds about the same. The adjustment is capped at 20% of the value in either direction, because past a point an odometer reading stops being the thing that decides the price.
Yes, and more than most sellers expect. A recorded accident costs about 15% of the value even after a proper repair, because the next buyer has to explain it to the buyer after them.
It applies to GCC cars exactly as hard as to imported ones. If you are not sure what is on record, run the chassis number through our free VIN check before you list.
A dealer buys to resell, so their offer has to leave room for reconditioning, warranty, floor space and their own margin. In the UAE that gap is usually 15% to 25% below what the same car sells for privately.
A private sale takes longer and means answering messages and arranging viewings. On a car worth AED 100,000 that work is worth AED 15,000 to AED 25,000, which is why most sellers list first and take a dealer offer only if they need the money this week.
Yes. The loan has to be settled before ownership transfers, so you ask your bank for a liability letter, the buyer settles the outstanding amount directly with the bank, and the bank releases the chassis so the transfer can go through at the RTA or the relevant emirate authority.
Most buyers have done this before and it is routine. Tell them early, because a mortgage discovered at the transfer counter is what kills a sale.
Resale value by make and model
Prices by model year, and how much of its value each car keeps, worked out from the cars listed on CarsClub now. Pick yours to see its page.
Updated nightly. A model appears here once enough of it is listed to price.
Bentley
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Dodge
Ferrari
Ford
GWM
Honda
Ineos
Jeep
Jetour
Mitsubishi
Rolls-Royce
Find out what your car is worth today
It takes about a minute, it costs nothing and there is no obligation to sell. You get a real range, every adjustment behind it, and the live UAE listings your car was priced against.
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