VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE: BUYER'S GUIDE
Median Price: £12,811 • Highest Price: £87,029 • Lowest Price: £784 • Sell-Through Rate: 78%
Source: Bring A Trailer
How much is a Beetle worth?
In our experience, we've seen plenty of Beetle's go under the hammer and based on analysing every sale you can expect to pay £12,811 for one in average condition - that places it amongst the cheapest 30 - 40% of collector cars across our database.
As Volkswagen's go, a Beetle is on the lower end relative to other Volkswagen models. In fact this model is £1,398 below the median Volkswagen price of £14,208.
What is the maximum to pay for a Beetle?
Across the 1339 Beetle's we've seen sell, the highest price ever recorded for this model is £87,029. It was sold by Broad Arrow in the US on 18 Aug 2022.
What is the lowest to pay for a Beetle?
The lowest sale of all time for this vehicle is £784, Historics sold this car in the UK on 18 Jul 2020.
What is the background of the make / model?
Volkswagen produced this model between 1946 and 2018.
Volkswagen was founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front. It became known for producing the Beetle, one of the most iconic cars in history. Today, VW is one of the largest automakers in the world, producing popular models such as the Golf, Jetta, and Passat.
How common is a Beetle?
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What is the [enter model]'s like to live with?
We know from reviews of this model by our 42,000+ strong community how this car performs across multiple variables. Those variables stack up to give a TCVScore which is a relative score of how good a car is across the 5 variables in comparison to all other cars.
For the [enter model], it scores a [enter score] out of 100 - that places it in the [enter position] of all cars in our database.
How the car scores across all variables is below:
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Why this article was created
Well, we've got one of the largest databases of sold classic car prices in the world so we thought we ought to help and put that data to good use. To be clear though, this article is not intended to be a full tour of every nook and sill of the Beetle, rather it's meant to act as an introductory guide and overview of the market for this model.
It is here to provide you guidance on how much you should and shouldn't be paying for one based on the 1714 we've seen previously.
If you're after more detail, we've got you covered. Click the button below to be taken to a the price guide for this model so you can see every single sale, price trend over time and lots more.
How this article was created
This article was created by looking back at sales of Beetle since the beginning of our database in 1992. We've scanned over 30 auction houses and results from over £15 billion of sold cars around the world to understand the where the market is at for this car.
The Classic Valuer takes that data and analytics which enables it to generate these articles at scale, for further information regarding the Beetle please visit the price guide linked below.
About The Author
Giles Gunning
Giles is CEO of The Classic Valuer - one of the world's largest databases of sold classic cars in the world going back over 30 years covering over 11,000 models. Giles and The Classic Valuer are regularly referenced in key classic car publications including Classic & Sports Car.
Giles grew up around the iconic historic motorsport venue at Goodwood and enjoys his 1972 Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior around the Sussex roads. His primary car goal is to purchase back a selection of his grandfather's car's including his 1931 Riley Brooklands.
