2006 Mazda 3 trade in value ?

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I'm shopping for a new car and want to trade in my 06 Mazda 3. It has 26600 miles, standard transmission, AC but no power locks or windows. Kelley Blue Book and NADA both say around $9000 or so depending on the condition (which is good). Does this seem reasonable or too optimistic?
 
Fora change, those values are not far off.

Manheim Auctions is a dealer-only auction. They are the place many trades wind up. A used car dealer has to buy a car at, or just under MMR (Manheim Market Report) for it to make sense.

According to MMR - a 2006 Mazda 3 has an average auction price of 10,155. I assume most of the cars are better equipped than your base model though. I adjust that down about $500 for the extras to get a projected MMR of approx 9600.00. So a dealer would want to buy that car for no more than about 9200 to be on the safe side and allow for in-house reconditioning.

So - $9000 is not far off.
 
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