A bargain at times. Yes, but not on the buyer’s side in recent months but on the seller’s side. Like that of this Smart Brabus, put back on the market through a Simplicicar agency.
“The client had purchased it in 2019 for 14,000 euros, so it had 20,000 kilometers,” explains Yoni Dayan, founder of this automotive advice and purchase-sale network. He just sold it, for 17,500 euros with almost 45,000 kilometers on the odometer.
More expensive used than new
Faced with the ever-longer delay of a new car, due to the shortage of chips and materials, some customers are no longer willing to negotiate the price of their future car. So much so that some recent second-hand models exceed the price of new ones, as recalled. the parisian Some days ago. A phenomenon that has persisted for almost a year.
Among the models in question: the Dacia Sandero. As a novelty in the Dacia catalog, the SCe 65 version in Essential finish is announced at 10,990 euros. In an advertisement on the Le Bon Coin platform, a professional with 15 kilometers on the clock is shown at 11,990 euros. It’s 1000 euros more.
“In concrete terms, models as diverse as Dacias, the new generation Peugeot 308 or Tesla’s Model 3 are currently, sometimes less than 12 months, more expensive on the market than their new price,” writes Emmanuel Labi, CEO of Autobiz. , a company specializing in data and automotive qualification.
300 euros more in a year
Without necessarily exceeding the price of new, the price spike affects the most recent vehicles to a large extent: +300 euros on average in a year, all models combined, according to Autobiz. The increase is now reflected in older models: cars over 8 years old have seen their price rise from 180 to 200 euros in a year.
“We lack supply”, summarizes Vincent Hancart, director of the specialist AutoScout24.
A sale… if the next car is already booked
This specialist points both to the difficulties of the new market and to certain dry channels (such as rental companies that regularly put up for sale large volumes of recent cars). So prices go up and selling times get shorter. At Simplicicar, the cars leave on average in two weeks.
But faced with this price increase, some buyers are giving up, in a largely uncertain economic context. Last month, the used car market fell by 14.6% in France compared to September 2021 (undoubtedly a euphoric month in the segment).
And the equation high price – lack of vehicles does not seem ready to be reversed. Yoni Dayan has more and more buyers trusting him with their vehicle for sale. But only on the condition that Simplicicar finds them a new car in parallel.
Source: BFM TV
