One year of the Viking 48 Convertible run, 1983–2022
1988 Viking
48 Convertible value
A 1988 Viking 48 Convertible is worth about £103,000€119,000$139,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £84,000€97,000$104,000 and £116,000€135,000$155,000. Based on 12 comparable boats built between 1985 and 1991, 5 of them in 1988.
Likely range £84,000€97,000$104,000 – £116,000€135,000$155,000
5 boats built 1988 · 12 built 1985–1991 · listed since Jul 2021, in today's prices · any hours · every market alike · asking, not sold
The 1988 boats
Every Viking 48 Convertible built in 1988 that we have observed since Oct 2021, cheapest first in today's prices. Derived facts only: no seller, no listing, month not day.
3 of 5 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.
Either side of 1988
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.
The next three years
This boat's estimate carried forward along the model's age curve, if the market holds where it is today. The range is today's spread of boats, carried forward.
Keeping this boat one more year costs about £8,000 in value, before berth, insurance and maintenance.
Specification
What the listings say about the Viking 48 Convertible: each figure is the median, or the most common value, of the boats that state it, unless a source is cited.
- Length overall
- 14.79 mfrom listings: median of 26
- Beam
- 5.00 mfrom listings: median of 27
- Draft
- 1.40 mfrom listings: median of 9
- Engines
- Twinfrom listings: 19 of 20
- Engine power
- 1,650 hp eachfrom listings: median of 23
- Fuel
- Dieselfrom listings: 25 of 25
- Build years seen
- 1985–2022from listings: 26 boats
Questions about the 1988 Viking 48 Convertible
How much is a 1988 Viking 48 Convertible worth?
A 1988 Viking 48 Convertible is worth about £103,000 in today's asking prices, most likely between £84,000 and £116,000. Based on 12 comparable boats built between 1985 and 1991, 5 of them in 1988.
What do 1988 Viking 48 Convertibles ask?
The 5 boats built in 1988 that we observed asked a median of £96,500 in today's prices. Each boat is counted once, at its latest asking price; these are asking prices, not sale prices.
Is a 1988 Viking 48 Convertible cheaper than a 1989?
Yes, usually by about 8.5%: each newer build year of this model asks that much more, all else equal. The gap between individual boats is often larger, because hours, VAT status and where the boat lies move the price too.
How much will it lose next year?
About £8,000, or 7.9%, if the market holds where it is. That rate is fitted on 26 boats across the whole run, not a forecast of the market.
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.