• Rising prices The odyssey of buying a used car in Spain

The used vehicle market ended 2021 with 1,989,662 operations,

which is 9% more than in the previous year, but also (only) 5.9% less than in 2019, the year before the pandemic.

Given that in the same period, passenger car and 4x4 registrations were only 860,000 units, for each new car sold,

2.3 second-hand models were marketed, according to data from the Ganvam and Faconauto associations.

60%, OVER 10 YEARS

In fact, this also means that

the best-selling car in Spain in 2021 was a used car more than 10 years old.

Six out of 10 operations corresponded to these models.

And a third, to vehicles with more than 15 years.

Although the segment of the market that grew the most were the models between five and eight years old: they rose 34.2%, to 173,699 units.

In the case of pre-owned, models up to five years old, the supply was drastically reduced by the microchip crisis.

The cut in production volumes in factories has prevented, for example, the renewal of the rental fleets, which injected 41.3% fewer vehicles to the second-hand market than two years ago.

To compensate for this anomaly, it was necessary to import more young cars from abroad.

These transactions grew 28.4%.

DIESEL ROLLS

Regarding the types of energy, far from the political proposals, the real demand of the customers appears:

59% of the cars that changed hands had a diesel engine.

Another 36% carried it on gasoline and only the remaining 5% used an alternative technology.

In fact, the only technologies that have any kind of support were even more minority: 10,300 units of used 100% electric cars;

and 12,900 operations in the case of plug-in hybrids.

That is to say, only 1.2% of the total market together with the two types.

The sector believes that

there is scope for growth in 2022, although it is important to remove older vehicles from circulation;

and enhance the presence of the pre-owned.

BY MODELS: WIN THE GOLF

And within this universe, what is the second-hand model preferred by Spanish buyers?

With data now up to the month of November, also with Faconauto and Ganvam as sources,

that privileged position corresponds to Volkswagen Golf, which also continues to be

the king in Europe in the new car market although in Spain it no longer even appears in the Top 10 that topped the Seat Arona.

During the past year, 58,886 used operations featured the German compact,

closely followed by the Seat Ibiza utility vehicle (56.0921 cars) and, already further behind, with the Seat León in third position (46,397 units).

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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