Monday, June 6, 2011

Used market: in May grew by 7.15%

The month of May has brought a breath of fresh air for the second hand market which has increased its volume of 7.15% compared to the same month last year. A detailed analysis of the period between January and May of this year may well count 2,022,467 changes of ownership, compared to 1,933,173 in the first five months of 2010, or an increase of 4.62%.

Despite this positive note, 2011 is proving to be swinging a year whereas the decrease of 1, 3% used that struck in March. The negative trend continued in March was also in April with a further decline of 2.63%, before returning to profitability in the next month. Summing up the first quarter ended with a 6.4%, although this figure was distorted by incentives last year that "junkie" at that time the used car market.

Overall after a few months of adjustment, according to industry experts, in 2011 the second hand market would be much better than last year. This particular economic situation is benefiting the sale of used cars from January to May increased by almost 5% at the expense of the new over the same period has lost about 15%.

According to data reported dall'Unrae (National Union of Representatives Foreign Vehicles), sales of new cars in the first 5 months of the year fell by 67%, thus weighing on the decline in sales reported by dealers as much as 22%, which translates into a loss of EUR 2.3 billion compared to 2010.

Fortunately, the sector's growth has allowed sellers of used cars to limit the damage, allowing you to at least cover the fixed costs, and to recover something of the new small margins. Summing up the situation in a quick calculation Charity in May 2011 compared to the same period last year there was excellent performance of Nissan and Ford have won respectively 23.7 and 23.4 percentage points.

The trail was followed by positive German groups led by Audi (+18.05%), followed by Volkswagen, which showed a good +14.23%, while Mercedes and BMW have grown by only 5.11% and 2.72%. Well the houses beyond the Alps led by Renault with a great +14.86%, which pulled off a little Citroen (+14.62%) and Peugeot (13.67%).

Performs quite daunting but for the Italian houses that continue to disappoint with a decrease in the use of Fiat, fell by half a percentage point, but Alfa Romeo has fallen even 14 points from last year, while Lance has limited the damage, recording a - 0.10%.

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