Second hand used car what to choose? – Boursorama

(Photo illustration) The good reputation of SVU youth dope the used sales market. (AFP / FRANCOIS GUILLOT)

(illustrative photo) The good reputation of SVU youth dope the used sales market. (AFP / FRANCOIS GUILLOT)

Three and a half years on average, 77% diesel and 54,495 km on the clock, the kind used car costs 10,000 euros less than new. And sells three times more. Indeed, as noted by The Argus in 2015, 5.5 million cars have changed hands. A growing market of about 2% annually.

Monday, the General Directorate of Competition, Consumption and Fraud published a survey of 1,471 businesses in used cars, highlighting an abnormality rate of 47.11%. Among the failures of “false allegations about the concept first hand.” In breach of regulations, vendors offered “driving school vehicles or lease sold without mention of the use.” More dramatically, the DGCCRF the officers found in a car breaker “sold with 55,000 km on the odometer when audits (…) showed an actual mileage of 347,000 kilometers.”

THE SVU, STAR oF SALES USED

the study of Argus “on the basis of transactions made by professionals to individuals,” and relayed by Le Parisien, so precise that on average, the used car guy 42.7 months is roughly three and a half years, it sells for about 14,926 euros against 25,108 euros for a new vehicle, and that is, at 77%, a car fueled with diesel . Compared to the figures of the 2014 study, it sells all the same 566 euros more expensive.

Le Parisien points out cardboard SUV, these “urban 4×4″, which sell after 23 months (just two years), 72% of their purchase price. And daily made the connection between this model that appeals specifically to young people and the average age of the purchaser of a used vehicle: 42 years. For new vehicles, the customer has 13 more years.

The observatory company vehicle found in its annual survey that companies have resumed rising in 2015 the vehicle fleet purchases, then sold second hand. In 2000, these purchases accounted for only 37% of new vehicle sales in 2015 have exceeded the 50% mark, peaking at 52%. The phenomenon thus influences the market opportunities, including the most recent. “Registrations of less than a year and have increased 4.6% in 2015. Given two times more than the average,” says Le Parisien.

MARKS FRENCH acclaimed

(illustrative photo) in 2015, it sold three more used cars than new. (AFP / MYCHELE DANIAU)

On the occasion of growing market, the French car (but not really “Made in France”!) To the coast. Thus, 55% of cars sold were tricolor brand in 2015.

On the top of the podium, there is the famous Clio, now in its fourth model. In 25 years, 12.6 million were purchased on the used market. This strong performance of its model star in the market hand seconds, allowing Renault to occupy the top rankings in 2015 with 1.3 million cars exchanged a quarter of the annual market. Peugeot followed including one million 208 and Citroën with the range of DS (728,000 in 2015).

Among foreign brands, BMW and 3 Series, the Ford Fiesta, the Opel Corsa and Volkswagen Golf are among the champions of used sales.

“special mention for the 2CV Citroen.” notes Le Parisien, “After forty two years of production (1948-1990) and 5,114,961 copies sold, 10,000 Deuches secondhand still traded every year!”