Last year, 17% of used cars imported into Spain, almost one in five vehicles, had pre-purchase damage, which is a very high figure when compared to the 2% of original cars.
with damage prior to transfer.
In absolute figures, almost 800,000 commercial vehicles in their country of origin have been affected by accidents or breakdowns that are now rolling on our roads, in some cases without fully or partially resolving these defects, which incidentally has a negative impact. , the Spanish one, which is one of the oldest in Europe.
It’s data from
vehicle history provider in Spain and Europe, Carfax, whose managers explain that almost one in five vehicles had damage before purchase.
Sales of used cars and SUVs rose 1.8% year-on-year in January,
upon reaching 133,292 units, but it remains 17.1% below pre-pandemic levels, according to data from Faconauto (dealers) and Ganvam (official and independent distributors). For example, in the first month of 2023, 2.1 second-hand vehicles were sold for every new vehicle.
Data on accidents and breakdowns involving used vehicles on many occasions
do not reach the buyer due to willful omission by the seller, and the truth is that they would be decisive in many sales transactions if they were known in advance. According to a survey conducted by Carfax among nearly a thousand Spanish users, more than two-thirds of them, 68% of the participants, would avoid buying a used car that had had an accident prior to the purchase.
One in ten used cars sold in Spain comes from the import market. Fortunately for our safety and our wallets, three out of four Spanish buyers
access to a report on the condition of the vehicle of your interest before closing the terms of the sale transaction, which will undoubtedly prevent even more cars from arriving in Spain in unknown and undesirable circumstances for their new owners.
In countries like Germany, without going any further, one in three buyers is already a victim of car fraud
lack of protection and transparency of its legislation.
Source: La Verdad
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