What Used Cars Sold For in Greater Vancouver This Quarter: Spinny Cars Q3 2026 Price Report

1. The headline numbers: 55 cars, median $30,995

Between July 12 and September 18, 2026, 55 used vehicles sold at Spinny Cars in New Westminster, and the median listed price at the time of sale was $30,995. The mean was $31,210. The cheapest was a 2009 Toyota Yaris at $6,995 with 275,228 km; the most expensive a 2023 Tesla Model Y Long Range at $51,995 with 38,000 km. Every number here is computed from those 55 sales, and the price is the listed price when the car sold, not a negotiated invoice figure.

Source: Spinny Cars sales records, 55 vehicles, listed price at time of sale, all-in except tax and the $495 documentation fee. September covers the 1st to the 18th only.

The stock was mostly late-model: 24 of 55 (44%) were model year 2023 or newer and 15 (27%) were 2019 or older. Mileage was spread evenly: 19 under 50,000 km, 21 between 50,000 and 99,999 km, and 15 at 100,000 km or more (7 over 150,000 km). The September median dipped to $28,995 because of a run of Corolla, Camry and C-HR sales between $24,995 and $29,995, not a price cut across the board.

2. What sold, by make

Toyota accounted for 21 of the 55 vehicles sold, 38% of the quarter, at a median listed price of $29,995 and a range from $6,995 (the 2009 Yaris) to $49,995 (a 2026 RAV4 LE Hybrid with 40 km). Honda was next with 8, then Ford with 6 and Tesla with 4. Fourteen makes sold at least one vehicle; the table lists the eight that sold two or more.

One sale each, not shown: Lexus, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Polestar, Volkswagen. Medians for two-vehicle makes are the midpoint of the two prices.

Honda's median beats Toyota's because its sales were concentrated in newer Civics and Accords, while Toyota's 21 stretched from a 17-year-old Yaris to a nearly new RAV4. Body style mattered too: the 21 SUVs sold at a median of $35,995, the 26 sedans at $29,495.

3. Prices by model: Corolla, Camry, Civic, Model Y and more

Ten models sold at least twice, led by the Toyota Corolla and Camry with five each. The Corolla shows the widest spread, from a 2014 LE with 240,000 km at $9,995 to a 2025 LE Hybrid with 60,607 km at $31,995, because the nameplate covers both the budget end and the near-new end of the market.

Spinny Cars sales records, July 12 to September 18, 2026. Trim and drivetrain vary within each row; the F-150 median is rounded from $29,949.50.

Read the ranges, not just the medians. A Camry median of $37,995 says more about which Camrys we sold (three 2025 hybrids, two 2023 gas SE models) than about "the price of a used Camry". The C-HR cluster is the tightest: three 2021 and 2022 examples all sold between $24,995 and $29,999.

4. Price by model year and by fuel type

Newer sold for more, but not in a straight line: the 2022 group had a higher median ($38,995) than the 2023 group ($29,995) because the 2022 sales included a Lexus NX350, a Model Y Performance and a Dodge Charger, while the eight 2023 sales were mostly Corolla, Camry, Civic and bZ4X. With counts this small, composition moves the median more than the calendar does.

No 2017 vehicles sold in the period. "2016 and older" covers 2009, 2014, 2015 and two 2016 vehicles.

Fuel type split the market more cleanly. Gas vehicles were 34 of 55 sales (62%), hybrids 15 (27%) and battery-electric vehicles 6 (11%). Hybrids and EVs together were 21 of 55, or 38%, a high electrified share that reflects what Metro Vancouver buyers ask for and what we stock on our used hybrid page.

Fuel type as recorded in the sales file, with hybrids as a single category. Electric median model year is the midpoint of 2022 and 2023.

5. Where the money went: price bands, and what $10,000 to $20,000 bought

Forty of the 55 sales (73%) fell between $20,000 and $40,000, and the busiest band was $30,000 to $39,999 with 22 vehicles. Nine sold under $20,000 and only 6 above $40,000. The bands sort by age and mileage almost perfectly: the median vehicle under $20,000 was a 2016 with 155,145 km; in the $30,000s it was a 2023 with 49,250 km.

Shares are rounded. The $40,000-and-up median model year is the midpoint of 2023 and 2024.

What under $20,000 actually bought

Between $10,000 and $20,000 the eight sales were a 2014 Toyota Corolla ($9,995, 240,000 km), a 2019 Kia Sorento ($13,995, 126,799 km), a 2016 Toyota Prius C ($13,995, 157,100 km), a 2015 Ford Fusion Titanium AWD ($13,995, 120,442 km), a 2019 Volkswagen Jetta ($15,999, 187,124 km), a 2016 Honda Accord EX ($16,995, 155,145 km), a 2018 BMW X1 ($17,995, 79,055 km) and a 2020 Hyundai Kona ($18,995, 69,492 km); the 2009 Yaris at $6,995 sat below them. Seven of the nine had over 120,000 km, and the two under 80,000 km were the two most expensive. That is the honest shape of this end of the market: reliable nameplates with six figures on the odometer, or something smaller and older with fewer kilometres. See our guide to the best used cars under $20,000 in Vancouver.

6. Hybrid vs gas on the same nameplate, and what EVs sold for

On a two-to-three-year-old Corolla or Camry, the hybrid sold for roughly $2,000 to $11,000 more than the gas version, but the hybrids were newer or lower-mileage in every pairing, so the pure hybrid premium is smaller than the headline gap.

• Corolla: a 2024 LE gas with 40,171 km sold at $24,995. A 2022 LE Hybrid (66,202 km) and a 2023 LE Hybrid (90,124 km) each sold at $26,995; a 2025 LE Hybrid (60,607 km) sold at $31,995. A hybrid one to two years older with 26,000 to 50,000 more kilometres still listed $2,000 above the gas car.
• Camry: two 2023 SE gas models (82,654 and 92,942 km) sold at $28,995 and $29,995. Three 2025 hybrids (42,841 to 47,981 km) sold at $37,995 to $39,995. The gap is $8,000 to $11,000, but two model years and about 40,000 km sit inside it.

Across all 15 hybrids the pattern holds: they were the newest and lowest-mileage cars on the lot (median 2023, 51,150 km) and 11 of the 15 were Toyotas. The more you drive, the sooner the $2,000 Corolla gap pays back in fuel; the larger Camry gap is mostly a newer-car premium.

EV pricing: six sales, $29,995 to $51,995

Six battery-electric vehicles sold at a median of $38,495: a 2023 Toyota bZ4X LE (69,962 km) at $29,995, a 2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus (80,114 km) at $34,885, a 2021 Model Y Long Range (115,997 km) at $36,995, a 2024 Polestar 2 Premium Long Range (22,287 km) at $39,995, a 2022 Model Y Performance (67,241 km) at $45,995, and a 2023 Model Y Long Range (38,000 km) at $51,995. The three Model Ys alone spanned $15,000: on used EVs, odometer and trim move the price far more than the badge.

7. How this compares with Canada-wide indexes, and what it means this fall

Nationally, used prices are drifting down, not falling off a cliff. The AutoTrader Price Index reported the average used vehicle price in Canada down 2.6% year over year in Q2 2026 (new down 2.2%), with EVs the exception that got more expensive. Its Q1 2026 report put the national average used listing at $36,713, 0.3% below Q1 2025. Those are averages of asking prices across every listing in Canada, not a like-for-like comparison with our median of 55 sold cars at one dealer.

On the wholesale side, the Canadian Black Book Used Vehicle Retention Index, which tracks wholesale values of two-to-six-year-old vehicles as a percentage of original MSRP, stood at 127.5 in August 2026, down 0.3% from July and 7.6% below August 2025 (138.1). It has fallen every month since March 2026 and is well off its March 2022 peak of 165.0. Wholesale is what dealers pay, so a falling index leads softer retail prices and trade-in appraisals. Statistics Canada points the same way: its purchase of passenger vehicles index rose 1.9% year over year in June 2026, down from 2.5% in May, with both new and used vehicles contributing to the slowdown.

If you are buying this fall

• Budget around $30,000 to $40,000 for a 2023 or newer Toyota or Honda with under 50,000 km. That is where 40% of our sales landed, so you have the most choice and the most comparables.
• Add tax and the doc fee to any listed price. At a licensed BC dealer a passenger vehicle under $55,000 carries 7% PST plus 5% GST; a private sale carries 12% PST, per ICBC. On the $30,995 median that is $3,719 in tax plus our $495 documentation fee. Financed on the site's standard assumptions (84 months, 4.99% APR, $0 down, tax and doc fee included, on approved credit) the payment is about $498 a month.
• Treat the softening wholesale index as a negotiating fact, not a reason to wait a year. On a $30,000 car, six more months of gradual drift is worth less than the difference between a good example and a bad one. Our 2026 BC used car price outlook has the longer view.

If you are selling or trading in

• Late-model hybrids and Toyotas are the easiest cars to sell right now. They were 27% and 38% of our quarter and sat at the top of the price table. A 2020 or newer RAV4, Corolla, Camry or Civic hybrid is worth appraising in this market.
• High-mileage cars still sell at the right number: 15 of our 55 sales had over 100,000 km.
• Trade at a dealer if you are buying at the same time. PST and GST are charged on the price after the trade-in credit at a licensed dealer (Bulletin PST 116), roughly $2,400 of tax you do not pay on a $20,000 trade. Start with a trade-in value and compare it with the after-tax outcome of a private sale.

8. Method and limits

This report covers every used vehicle sold by Spinny Cars, 240 12th Street, New Westminster, in the Q3 2026 window from July 1 to September 18, 2026; the first recorded sale was July 12, the last September 18, 55 vehicles in total. For each we recorded model year, make, model, trim, fuel type, body style, odometer, sale date and listed price on the day it sold. Every median, mean, count and range was computed in Python from that file; nothing is estimated.

• Price means listed price at time of sale: the all-in advertised price (before 12% tax and the $495 documentation fee) on the listing when the car sold. It is not a negotiated invoice figure, and it is not an average selling price across Vancouver.
• One dealer, 55 units. Enough to compare fuel types and price bands, few enough that one Range Rover or one 2009 Yaris moves a mean, which is why we lead with medians.
• Our inventory is not a random sample of the BC market. Every car we sell is Spinny Assured, inspected on 150 points before listing, so our stock skews toward late-model Toyota and Honda, hybrids and clean-CARFAX vehicles. Older and higher-mileage cars are under-represented compared with the private market.
• Model groupings: Civic includes the Civic Sedan, hatchback and Type R; Accord includes the Accord Hybrid; RAV4 includes both RAV4 Hybrid sales. Three vehicles had no body style recorded and are excluded from the sedan and SUV medians only.
• External indexes are cited, not blended with our data, and are quoted as published and dated.

We will refresh this report every quarter; the next edition covers October 1 to December 31, 2026. The Spinny Assured page explains the inspection and warranty behind every one of these 55 cars.