While car sales were generally in good shape in 2019 and growing even for used cars, the emergence of COVID unfortunately turned everything upside down. In particular, the closing of factories, as well as quarantines, which forced manufacturers to keep the doors of dealerships closed. As a result, sales have fallen, and the market is now having great difficulty recovering. However, the situation is slowly starting to improve, with a slight increase in the number of new car registrations. But that’s not all.

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Sales growth

And it is not for nothing that sales of used cars have also increased in recent months. This is very good news for specialists, who have looked gloomy so far. Indeed, in the month of November it is so 6% increase transactions, which were registered after a 2.8% drop last September. In total, no less than 441,424 cars changed owners last month alone. Very good performance, but not all vehicles are created equal.

Especially the last ones

Actually, it basically is used cars less than 10 years old who are experiencing real success, and especially those who are less than five years old. In fact, they account for no less than 7.5% of transactions, compared to 4.2% for those over ten years old. Cars with a Crit’Air sticker that is too high are the most neglected, unsurprisingly, while cars with a 1 or 0 sticker are particularly popular with buyers in November.

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