Ugh, so this sort of thing pisses me off:
I believe a 2015 Grand Caravan CVP (as base as it gets) MSRP'd for $19 999.
Well this used-car dealer has one (with 77 000kms) on sale for $15 998. That's a mere $4000 less than what it sold for when new. And a Grand Caravan is one of the most heavily depreciating non-luxury vehicles you can buy.
https://www.carvista.ca/vehicles/2015/dodge/grand-caravan/winnipeg/mb/38686726/?sale_class=usedThey (or some other dealership) probably took it in for a mere $6-7000 on trade.
To compare, when we bought our van in 2017, it was a 2012 (so 5 years old at the time) with 50 000kms. It was far from base, being an SXT with 2nd row Stow N Go Captains Chairs, rear climate controls, rear power windows, U-Connect system, rear DVD screen, etc. It was a nicely equipped van, and had fewer kms than the one in the ad that I linked to. And it cost a mere $12 500.
It just pisses me off that a A TON of these used car places price their used cars so obscenely. And I bet you my daughter that if you were to walk in there with a trade, they would lowball the heck out of you.
I see a TON of cars with Car Vista stickers on the back. They're obviously a high volume used car lot, and they seem to deal with only newer vehicles. It's just their pricing that sucks.
Compare that to the place we bought our Altima and DGC from (The Car Store on Main), which is also a used-car only lot, but at least their pricing is reasonable, and to my knowledge hits the mark.