According to the VavaAI Price Index prepared by VavaCars, one of Türkiye’s leading online second-hand vehicle platforms, by analyzing public data with artificial intelligence; In January 2026, second-hand vehicle prices increased by 1.1 percent on a monthly basis. During the same period, an increase in exchange rates was also observed, with the dollar increasing by 1.2 percent, the euro by 2.8 percent and inflation by 4.8 percent. It was noteworthy that second-hand vehicle prices, which had been horizontal for a while, increased again in January with the movements in the dollar exchange rate.
While the price increase spread to all segments, demand was concentrated in low mileage segments. In the segment-based evaluation, it was seen that the trend was similar in all segments A, B, C and D. The lack of a significant separation between segments revealed that the price increase was a market-wide trend rather than individual categories. In the mileage breakdown, it was seen that the increase was more evident especially in low-mileage vehicles, and as the mileage increased, the price increase momentum remained limited. This outlook showed that buyer demand was concentrated on newer and less used vehicles. The parallel increase in list prices and actual sales prices indicates that there is a market trend supported by real demand. VavaCars Commercial Group President Serdıl Gözelekli evaluated this picture indicated by the data with the following words: “The price increase recorded in January reveals that, with the weakening of the effect of the campaigns for new vehicles on the market at the end of 2025, second-hand vehicle prices started to correlate with the dollar again in the first month of the new year.”
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