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Will safety rating affect a Kona's resale value?
I own a 212 Nissan Qashqai with just 11,000km. I was thinking of changing and I decided that it would be another Qashqai or else the new model Hyundai Kona Hybrid. The price of a new Qashqai e-power is so much dearer than my 212 it was costing me €20,000 to go for the Nissan 241/251 offer which is too much to spend for the mileage that I do. The pricing on the Kona meant a cost to change of €14,000. With the recent EuroNCAP Safety rating of just four stars for the Kona, I am now thinking that I should steer away from the Kona. Does safety rating have an impact on the resale value of a car.
Our answer:
Hi Paul,
First up, I don't believe that the Euro NCAP rating has any effect on resale value of a car, not unless a car has a drastically low rating for some reason.
Secondly, I urge you not to look only at the headline out-of-five rating applied, but at the in depth report available on the Euro NCAP website. It's also worth noting that the Kona was tested two years later than the Qashqai and the test procedure evolves. In reality, both cars are very safe indeed.
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