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This year, more and more of its popularity in the used car market is being consolidated by diesel engines. More than 85% of imported pbadenger cars are equipped with a diesel engine, which represents an increase of 3.4 percentage points over last year, said portal "Delfi" to the Auto Association.
The age of the imported car also rose to 11 years, which is about a quarter of the year higher, and unchanged – Germany is a convincing country for pre-registration of most vehicles. Nearly half of imported cars come from Germany
In the first half of this year, the consumption of used cars has decreased by 6% and just over 23,000 cars from the same period. opportunity were imported on June 30, less than 1500 units per year. previously in the relevant period.
Where did these 1500 auto buyers go? 400 have bought a new car from the cabin, but the remaining 1,100 have chosen the car unchanged, as car prices might not be so attractive, estimates the automobile badociation.
Last year was a turning point in the auto market. On January 1, the prohibition of expropriation of a used car of less than five years was introduced in order to allow the relevant departments to verify the compliance of the purchase documents. car with the fact.
In the first half of this year, the average age of the imported car has been increasing for months. While there is a decrease in the number of cars registered in the age range of five to seven years, the share of imported cars over the age of 10 has increased by three percentage points.
The last year has been the victory of this age group. In 2016, only 45% of imported vehicles were over 10 years old. At present, they are already 58%. The age of the car goes hand in hand with its technological development and its safety equipment and its physical wear, which may be more than a failure to reach its intended destination within the stipulated time.
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The first half of this year shows that the top of the brand of used cars in Latvia has not changed – Volkswagen (VW ) with the market share of 16.5% is in the first place, Volvo with 14.4% in second place and Audi with 13, 5% – the third, followed by BMW with a market share of 11.7%. The dominance of these four brands is impressive – these brands account for more than half (56%) of all imported cars.
The model has virtually the same car models with two variants – Opel Astra lost the car of the most popular imported cars and gave it a place Volvo's flagship, XC90, disappeared last year of the TOP10. The other change is a slightly modified line item. The most popular imported used cars are Audi A4 (1227 units), VW Golf (1038), Audi A6 (1035), BMW 3rd series (960), VW Pbadat (914), BMW 5 Series (838), the Volvo V70 (803), the Volvo XC90 (520), the VW Touran (479) and the Opel Zafira "(449).
The Europe of the West is in competition
Competition is already beginning to emerge from Western Europe – from Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, etc. Recently, not so popular country of 39 Car Purchase Certainly, cars from Denmark and Sweden are one of the most commonly used cars for handling odometers because they only have a pocket for Latvian citizens , said the Automobile Association
Second place goes to France with only 10%
Diesel dominance increases
While new car buyers more often choose gasoline cars, second-hand car buyers are buying more and more diesel. More than 85% of imported cars are equipped with a diesel engine, 3.4 percentage points more than last year.
In the first half, 22 electric vehicles were registered, five more units than last year. Used electric vehicle registrations. The most popular were the Nissan Leaf with five cars registered, followed by the Citroen C-Zero with four, and the third place is the BMW i3 and Tesla Model S with three cars of each brand.
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