The difficulties that come before those who want to buy a new car are endless. The increase in prices reached incredible levels when raw material and exchange rate hikes were added to the chip crisis that started during the pandemic period and came to the point of stopping production. For this reason, citizens have no choice but to turn to the second hand.
Keeping the pulse of the automobile industry in our country and in the world mycar.com, Zero km of vehicle owners living in Turkey. and researched purchasing behaviors related to second-hand vehicle preferences. The published report revealed how much interest there is in second-hand vehicles. Here are the details…
What is the latest situation in the automotive market? Here are the numbers
Automotive Industry Association (OSD) announced the market data for the period of January – October 2021. Here is the latest situation in the industry.
Used car market on the rise
According to the survey conducted in November with hundreds of participants, a large part of consumers prefer second-hand cars on the grounds that they are more economical. However, some citizens prefer to turn to new vehicles due to the high prices in second hand.
Research participants 71.7 percentIf they were to buy a vehicle right now, they would prefer a second-hand vehicle, while 28.3 percent had zero km. He says he will prefer a car. Those who say they would prefer second hand 58.9 percentBecause it is more economical, 19.7 percentThis area is trending as the value loss is less than zero vehicles.
However, these are not the only reasons. While 10.1 percent of the citizens act with the logic of keeping my feet off the ground, 5.8 percent‘i for exchange opportunities and 5.5 percent say they will prefer second-hand vehicles because payment alternatives are wider. Zero km. 41 percent of those who say they would prefer it to stay away from these cars because the prices of second-hand cars are almost as expensive as new ones.
The proportion of citizens who do not want to deal with maintenance costs 24.7 percent. Those who prefer new cars 21.1 percenti wants to be the first owner of the vehicle, 8.4 percentbecause their purchases are safer and 4.8Since it is comfortable and the latest technology, it prefers to use it from scratch.
The most interesting part is that most of the citizens who say they will buy new cars, take such a decision because of the prices in the second-hand market. One of the issues that citizens care most about is campaigns. 15.8 percent of the consumers are credit support campaigns, 9.6 percent interest discount, 5.5 percent exchange support campaigns, 2.7 percent one-year free maintenance campaigns, 2.1 percent additional guarantee campaigns, 0.7 percent said they wanted paint protection campaigns.
Zero km. When asked in which price range they would prefer to buy a vehicle, 38.7 percent of the consumers say they are between 180,000 TL and 200,000 TL, 35.2% are between 200,000 TL and 300,000 TL, and 10,6% are between 300,000 TL and 400,000 TL. 6.3 percent of them stated that they are considering buying a vehicle between 400,000 TL and 500,000 TL, and 9.2% of them are considering buying a vehicle of 500,000 TL or more.
So what do you think about this subject? If you are thinking of buying a used or new car, what are your reasons? You can share your views with us in the comments section.