The Resale Value
Edited weekly by the desk · last refresh 2 Aug 2026

Check car valuation, the fair way.

An Indian couple review a car valuation summary on a tablet outside a dealership, beside a red SUV

India's neutral vehicle valuation index. Get a fair-market price band for your car before you sell, insure, or trade it in.

10M+
Vehicle inspections analysed
4,200+
Make × model × year combinations tracked
Weekly
Data refresh cadence
Published
Methodology, open and auditable

A price band, not a guess.

Three steps. Under a minute.

Step 1

Tell us about your vehicle

Make, model, year, kilometres, city. 30 seconds.

Step 2

We compute a fair price band

Not one number. A low, expected, and high price with our confidence level.

Step 3

Decide with confidence

Sell, keep, insure, or refinance, knowing what the market truly says.

Neutrality is a feature, not a slogan.

Everywhere else you look up your car's value, someone stands to gain from the number they show you. Dealers underquote to buy low. Marketplaces inflate to attract sellers.

The Resale Value has no listing to close and no dealer margin to protect. We publish a fair-market price band based on real Indian transaction data, and we publish the method by which we calculate it.

Read our full methodology →

Same car. Three sources.
2020 Maruti Swift VXi · 45,000 km · Bengaluru
Dealer offer
₹4.6L
Incentive: buy low, resell higher
Marketplace listing
₹6.4L
Incentive: inflate to attract sellers
The Resale Value index
₹5.4L
Incentive: none. We do not buy, sell, or list.
The spread between the lowest and highest quote is ₹1.8L on a ₹5.4L car. That is the cost of not knowing.
Car valuation, explained

What is a car valuation?

A car valuation is the fair-market price a used car should sell for today, based on real transactions of comparable vehicles. It considers make, model, year, kilometres driven, city, and condition. A good car valuation gives a price band, not a single number, because every buyer, seller, and route to sale prices a used car differently.

Used car value

The price a used car changes hands at between an ordinary buyer and seller. Always a range, never one number.

Car value calculator

A tool that computes fair-market car value from inputs like year, kilometres, city, and condition. Ours is free and instant.

Fair-market band

The 10th to 90th percentile range of comparable recent sales. 80% of similar cars sold inside this band.

Frequently asked

How do I check car valuation for free in India?

Use a neutral car value calculator like The Resale Value. Enter make, model, year, kilometres, and city, and you get a fair-market price band in under a minute. No signup, no phone number, no dealer calls.

How accurate is an online used car valuation?

A good online used car valuation is accurate to within 5 to 8% of the actual sale price for mainstream models. Accuracy drops for rare models, very old vehicles, and cars with unusual histories. That is why we show a band, plus a confidence rating.

What affects the resale value of my car?

Five factors dominate: age, kilometres driven, service history, city demand, and route to sale. A private-sale price is typically 5 to 12% higher than an instant-buy quote for the same car. Colour, insurance status, and number of previous owners add a smaller correction.

Is a car valuation the same as an IDV?

No. A car valuation is a fair-market price for a private sale. IDV, or Insured Declared Value, is a separate figure used by insurers to cap claim payouts, and it is typically 10 to 15% below fair-market value. Our IDV tool is on the way.

See what your vehicle is worth, in 30 seconds.

Free. No signup. No dealer calls. Just the number.

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