In January, 133,292 transfers were registered, 1.8% more than in January 2022 but 17.1% less than in January 2020, before the pandemic.
10-year-old cars continue to dominate the market with a total share of 57.5%, while diesel is the fuel of choice 55.6% of the time.
He used market It was a déjà vu in January for new vehicles, with a rise that, however, does not hide an uncomfortable reality: that two years later it is still below pre-pandemic levels. According to employer data Faconauto -dealers- and Ganvam -official and independent distributors-, in January were registered 133,292 transfers of used vehicles, a 1.8% more compared to the same month of 2022. However, compared to January 2020, they follow a 17.1% below.
Thus, last month there were registered 2.1 operations in the used market for each new vehicle sold. The main sales channel was that of vehicles from fleets of rentwith a 36% rise up to 10,463 units. At the same time, the units coming from the operators of renting improved a 7% up to 9,137 units.
Old cars, the most sought after
From Ganvam y Faconauto celebrate both increases in the channels coming from fleets, since that means a growth of the transfers of young vehicles -from one to three years-, which closed January raising a 10% up to 8,374 units, and of those of between five and eight yearswhich improved a 15% up to 13,992 units.
However, the star of the used market in spain they are still the oldest cars, the ones from more than ten yearswhat concentrated 57.5% of the operations registered last month with a total of 76,723 units.
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Raul Moralescommunication director of Faconauto, admits that the improvement in January is precisely due to the “arrival of units from fleets and leasing onto the market” and that, unfortunately, “it is to be expected that, in the coming months, we will return to the trend that we have been following since the pandemic: a drop in the transfers of young models and a strong protagonism of the models of more than ten”. Tania Puchecommunication director of Ganvam, adds that “the average age of the used car sold in January exceeded 11 years, which shows the need to implement measures to stop the aging of the park, encouraging the scrapping of the oldest and most polluting models”.
Regarding energy sources, the diesel continues to resist in the used market, concentrating the 55,6% of operations, although the trend is downward and operations contracted 3.3%. The Gasolineon the contrary, rose 6% in January up to 50,234 units. Regarding the electricaltransfers fell 7.1% compared to the same month in 2022 with a total of 703 unitsalthough the used ones went up plug-in hybrids 47% until 1,104 units.