The automotive sector has been facing many difficulties during these last months, in fact, the shortage of chips and semiconductors would force many car manufacturers to review release plans with important repercussions on the market. From blocking new car production to late deliveries, according to some forecasts by AlixPartners, the shortage of semiconductors would put away the current year’s production over 3.9 million vehicles all over the world and, without a doubt, the effects of this situation would also fall on the second-hand market.
In fact, according to some analyzes by AutoScout24, a pan-European online automotive marketplace, the shortage of new vehicles would push the second-hand prices upwards: in Italy, from the beginning of the year to today, there has been a increase of 3.1% the average cost of cars – average price of € 17,670; in other European countries such as Germany, for example, the increase would have reached + 6.1%.
«It is a phase of great change for the entire automotive sector. While the manufacturers are forced to review their strategies, in the short term the attention of consumers for the second-hand market is growing, which guarantees almost immediate availability of the cars and a fleet of cars that meets all needs. An interest that could further increase also thanks to the incentives just allocated with the Sostegni-bis decree for the purchase of second-hand Euro 6 cars, against the scrapping of cars over 10 years. This is a replacement in favor of new generation cars, more efficient, which can contribute to renewing the Italian fleet, historically one of the oldest in Europe “he comments. Tommaso Menegazzo, marketing director of AutoScout24.
Nonetheless, consumer interest is slowly shifting towards i second hand vehicles and requests would have grown by 12% against a drop – of 14% – in the advertisements published by retailers; in this regard, it is no coincidence that ownership changes have increased during the month of June 2021 compared to the same month last year.
But what are the most sought after vehicles by Italians? From Volkswagen Golf to Fiat 500, in the gallery of this article you can browse the top 10 of the most popular used cars on AutoScout24.
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