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Recomputed 5 Nov 2026, 03:30 UTC

One year of the Carver 500 Cockpit Motor Yacht run, 1996–1999

1997 Carver
500 Cockpit Motor Yacht value

A 1997 Carver 500 Cockpit Motor Yacht is worth about £107,000€124,500$141,500 in today's asking prices, most likely between £103,000€118,000$133,500 and £114,000€133,500$147,500. Based on 10 comparable boats built between 1996 and 1999, 8 of them in 1997.

Gauge Estimate · 1997
Indicative · 10 comparable boats
£107,000€124,500$141,500

Likely range £103,000€118,000$133,500 – £114,000€133,500$147,500

8 boats built 1997 · 10 built 1996–1999 · listed since Oct 2021, in today's prices · any hours (typical 1,372 h) · every market alike · asking, not sold

in pounds

VAT is not measured for this model yet (0 of 10 boats state it paid, 0 not paid), so it does not move the estimate.

Enter the asking price from a listing to see where it sits against the 1997 boats and the likely range.

likely rangeestimateyour price, off the scale£, today's prices
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The 1997 boats

Every Carver 500 Cockpit Motor Yacht built in 1997 that we have observed since Oct 2021, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.

asked $135,000 ≈ £98,500lying in the US · 1,372 h · seen Oct 2021, below the likely range
asked $150,000 ≈ £121,500 cut 9.1% · listed 5 monthslying in the US · 3,000 h · seen Jan 2023, below the likely range
asked $141,929 ≈ £106,000 cut 31% · listed 5 weekslying in Canada · 1,200 h · seen Oct 2026, inside the likely range
asked $144,900 ≈ £108,000 listed 3 weekslying in the US · seen Oct 2026, inside the likely range
asked $165,995 ≈ £134,500 cut 13% · listed 7 monthslying in the US · 925 h · seen Jan 2023, inside the likely range
asked $159,900 ≈ £123,500listed in the US market · seen Nov 2024, above the likely range
asked $174,900 ≈ £141,500lying in the US · seen Jan 2023, above the likely range
asked $234,900 ≈ £207,000 listed 2 monthslying in the US · 2,250 h · seen Oct 2022, above the likely range

3 of 8 sit inside the likely range (hollow diamonds). Each boat is placed at its ask in today's prices and labelled with the price as asked and the month we saw it; a cut shows its size, and how long we have seen the boat listed so far. How we measure.

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Either side of 1997

The rest of the run on the same scale, in today's asking prices. The bar is each year's middle half (from ten boats), the tick its median (from five). Years with a page of their own are linked.

1996—2 boats · no page yet
1997£111,0008 boats
1998–1999—none observed

We don't carry this boat forward yet: the Carver 500 Cockpit Motor Yacht has no published depreciation curve. A curve needs 20 boats across 6 build years; we have 10 boats across 2 build years.

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Specification

What the listings say about the Carver 500 Cockpit Motor Yacht: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.

Length overall
15.24 mfrom listings: median of 10
Beam
4.67 mfrom listings: median of 10
Draft
1.40 mfrom listings: median of 5
Engines
Twinfrom listings: 6 of 6
Engine power
590 hp eachfrom listings: median of 6
Fuel
Dieselfrom listings: 10 of 10
Build years seen
1996–1997from listings: 10 boats
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Questions about the 1997 Carver 500 Cockpit Motor Yacht

How much is a 1997 Carver 500 Cockpit Motor Yacht worth?

A 1997 Carver 500 Cockpit Motor Yacht is worth about £107,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £103,000 and £114,000. Based on 10 comparable boats built between 1996 and 1999, 8 of them in 1997.

What do 1997 Carver 500 Cockpit Motor Yachts ask?

The 8 boats built in 1997 that we observed asked a median of £111,000 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.

Are these sold prices?

No. Every figure here is built from asking prices seen on public listings. Boats usually sell for less than they ask; we do not yet measure by how much, so we never print a sold price as ours.