Vehicle market
What cars, SUVs and pickups are being advertised for in Sri Lanka, and how that has moved since 2019.
2018 Suzuki Alto
Registered used · asking prices, last 30 days
- For sale now
- 11
- Typical mileage
- 68,157 km
- Time to sell
- 4 days
Dealers ask Rs 725k (16.1%) more. Their cars have 29,607 km less on the clock.
Price over time
Typical monthly asking price. Same model year throughout, so the line includes the car ageing.
- Past year
- —
- Since Sep 2026
- −365k (−7.5%)
- Below the Sep 2026 peak
- Rs 365k (7.5%)
Before the live crawl, prices come from Internet Archive copies of ikman, riyasewana and patpat, so early months have fewer ads. Months with fewer than 3 cars are drawn paler.
Every 2018 Suzuki Alto for sale now
Price against mileage; below the dashed line = cheaper than similar cars. Click a dot to open the ad.
By year made
Suzuki Alto, this condition, last 30 days. Pick a year to see its history.
| Year | Ads | Range of asking prices | Typical | Dealer | Private | 4 wk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998few ads | 2 | — | 1.98m | — | 1.98m | — |
| 1999few ads | 2 | — | 1.86m | — | 1.86m | — |
| 2002few ads | 1 | — | 3.29m | 3.29m | — | — |
| 2003 | 4 | 3.67m | 3.94m | 3.48m | +5.8% | |
| 2004 | 7 | 3.71m | 3.75m | 3.50m | −0.5% | |
| 2005 | 7 | 2.98m | 3.33m | 2.92m | +0.3% | |
| 2006 | 13 | 2.85m | 2.79m | 2.85m | unch. | |
| 2007 | 10 | 2.84m | 2.80m | 2.85m | −3.0% | |
| 2008 | 15 | 2.95m | 2.98m | 2.92m | −1.2% | |
| 2009 | 4 | 3.07m | 3.09m | 3.05m | +0.7% | |
| 2010 | 5 | 3.20m | 3.40m | 3.08m | −2.1% | |
| 2011 | 11 | 3.40m | 3.51m | 3.24m | −2.9% | |
| 2012 | 9 | 3.45m | 3.47m | 3.45m | +3.4% | |
| 2013 | 10 | 3.33m | 4.19m | 3.00m | −9.1% | |
| 2014 | 15 | 3.85m | 4.19m | 3.80m | unch. | |
| 2015 | 126 | 4.05m | 4.05m | 4.05m | −1.2% | |
| 2016 | 25 | 4.20m | 4.24m | 4.20m | unch. | |
| 2017 | 25 | 5.40m | 5.49m | 5.38m | −1.6% | |
| 2018 | 11 | 4.50m | 5.22m | 4.50m | −2.2% | |
| 2019few ads | 1 | — | 5.69m | 5.69m | — | — |
| 2021few ads | 1 | — | 3.49m | 3.49m | — | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 6.44m | 6.44m | — | −2.8% | |
| 2024 | 20 | 6.70m | 6.67m | 6.84m | −0.8% | |
| 2025 | 5 | 6.89m | 6.89m | 6.88m | +0.1% |
How fast they sell
Days from posting to the ad coming down, last 6 months.
Price cuts
Ads whose price came down, last 6 months.
- of ads cut their price
- 33%
- typical cut
- −6.8%
- until the first cut
- 3 days
- private / dealer
- 45% / 0%
By grade
Live ads in the last 30 days.
Where they are listed
Ads and typical price by district.
| Colombo | 6 | 4.95m |
| Kandy | 1 | 4.50m |
| Kalutara | 1 | 4.50m |
| Gampaha | 1 | 5.50m |
| Jaffna | 1 | 4.50m |
| Batticaloa | 1 | 4.45m |
- Sources
- ikman live, plus Internet Archive copies of ikman, riyasewana and patpat for the history.
- How cars are counted
- A car reposted, or listed on two sites, counts once. Prices far outside the norm are left out.
- What the price means
- Asking prices in ads, not what cars finally sold for. “Typical” is the median.