THE fake counters is a real bull on the used car market. This is a fraudulent practice that aims to lower the car’s odometer reading in order to sell it for a better price because the buyer will think it only shows low mileage.

carVertical has analyzed the used car market and recently released the results of its research. transparency of the used car market no less than 23 countriesmainly in Europe but also including the United States.

Fake meters: beware of Eastern European countries

According to carVertical, on average, the second-hand market is significant 15.21% falsified odometers, with an average reduction on the odometer of 46,933 km. The motivation behind this fraudulent practice is that reduced mileage can increase the sale price by up to 25%.

However, this practice is not without its risks, as high mileage can sometimes be synonymous with serious breakdowns that can put your safety at risk. By manipulating the mileage displayed on the odometer, violators hide the real story car

Not surprisingly, the countries with the most falsified odometers are as follows located in Eastern Europe : on the first step of the podium we find Latvia, an average of 23.62% of counters were forged, an average of 47,431 km were shortened. In second place Romania accounts for an average of 19.6% of fake meters with an average reduction of 48,090 km. On the third place in the ranking we also findEstoniawith an average of 18.24% of damaged meters and an average reduction of 46,446 km.

Therefore, you should be careful if you want to import a used car from these countries. And beware, however, of some unpleasant surprises, such as in Sweden, where mileage fraud is less common (11.37% of used vehicles), but where the average reduction in mileage is 67,859 km, the most important of the countries studied!

Ranking of countries with the largest number of fake meters

Here are the TOP-23 countries where falsified meters are most common:

1. Latvia: 23.62% of meters were faked
2. Romania: 19.6% of meters were tampered with
3. Estonia: 18.24% of meters were tampered with
4. Lithuania: 18.13% of meters were forged
5. United States of America: 16.05% of meters are tampered with
6. Ukraine: 15.56% of meters were forged
7. Great Britain: 14.5% of meters are tampered with
8. Hungary: 12.68% of meters are faked
9. Germany: 12.59% of meters are faked
10. Poland: 11.98% of meters were faked
11. Serbia: 11.7% of meters were tampered with
12. Switzerland: 11.58% of meters are fake
13. Sweden: 11.37% of meters are tampered with
14. Czech Republic: 11.36% of meters are fake
15. Bulgaria: 11.34% of meters were faked
16. Italy: 11.03% of meters were tampered with
17. Slovakia: 10.95% of meters are faked
18. Denmark: 10.8% of meters were tampered with
19. Slovenia: 10.61% of meters were tampered with
20. Croatia: 10.33% of meters were tampered with
21. France: 9.6% of meters were tampered with
22. Finland: 9.55% of meters are tampered with
23. Belgium: 9.01% of meters were tampered with

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