Man buys new Toyota GR Corolla for $41,377, drives it for a month and then sells it for much less
Published on Sep 30, 2025 at 8:32 AM (UTC+4)
by Claire Reid
Last updated on Sep 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Kate Bain
This man parted with more than $41,000 to get a 2025 Toyota GR Corolla, and drove it for just a month before selling it for a lot less.
The Toyota GR Corolla went into production in 2022 for the model year 2023.
The 2025 model was given a facelift and was offered in the US with three trim levels: Core, Premium, and Premium Plus.
This model, which was recently sold online, was an entry-level Core specification, and it was just a few weeks old when its owner decided to put it up for sale.
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He made a big loss on the 2025 Toyota GR Corolla
It’s no secret that most vehicles depreciate in value pretty soon after they’re bought, just ask the owner of this 2023 BMW i7 xDrive60, who bought it for $131,945 two years ago and recently sold it for a huge amount less, or the Tesla driver who was given a lower-than-expected valuation for his EV.
The owner of this 2025 Toyota GR Corolla also recently discovered how hard price depreciation can hit.
He bought his GR Corolla brand-new for $41,377, with the car only being registered last month.
The car is finished in Supersonic Red with a black interior and sits on 18-inch gloss black alloy wheels.
Under the hood, you’ll find a 1.6-liter turbocharged inline-3 engine, paired with a six-speed manual transmission, which is rated at 300 horsepower.
However, it seems the owner of the car had a pretty swift change of heart.
Just weeks after splashing the cash on the vehicle and putting just 7550 miles on the clock, he decided to list it up for sale on Cars & Bids.
The almost-new car sparked a flurry of bids, but eventually sold for just $34,500, almost $7,000 less than what he paid for it.
And a real bargain for the lucky bidder who managed to snap up the nearly-new car at a great price.
Are affordable used cars a thing of the past?
While the new owner of this 2025 Toyota GR Corolla has undoubtedly bagged himself a bargain, a new study has revealed that truly affordable used cars are getting hard to find.
The study from iSeeCars, found the average price of a three-year-old car was just over $32,000, having risen from $23,000 back in 2019.
But finding a ‘cheaper’ car (those under $20,000) is a lot harder, with more affordable options making up just over one-tenth of the used car sites.
Compare this to just six years ago, when almost half of all used cars were sub-$20,000, and it seems like it could be a sign of the times.
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Claire Reid is a journalist who hails from the UK but is now living in New Zealand. She began her career after graduating with a degree in Journalism from Liverpool John Moore’s University and has more than a decade of experience, writing for both local newspapers and national news sites. Claire covers a wide variety of topics, with a special focus on cars, technology, planes, cryptocurrency, and luxury.
