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Updated:27/05/2022
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In the last year the price of vehicles has risen an average of 6%, mainly due to the semiconductor crisis and the lack of materials and components for their manufacture, in addition to the consequent increase in transport costs due to the war of Ukraine. But according to the Organization of Consumers and Users (OCU) the rise has been much more exaggerated when compared to the prices of five years ago, especially in combustion, gasoline and diesel vehicles, where this organization has detected an “unprecedented” rise. » 35%.
It is a rise “much higher” than the accumulated inflation in this same period, which reached 12.8%, as pointed out by the organization.
Among the causes of this increase are the penalties imposed by the European Union on car manufacturers for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the microchip crisis or the rise in prices of many of the materials and products used in their manufacture. .
Thus, even the cheapest model in the Spanish market, the Dacia Sandero, has gone from costing 7,035 euros in 2017 to 9,990 euros in 2022, 42% more.
Only two of the best-selling models of the 15 most important brands in Spain have kept their price below the accumulated CPI. It is the BMW X1 model and the Mercedes-Benz GLC, with an increase of 12.8% in both cases.
To deal with this escalation of prices from the OCU they recommend the search for models that are on sale or in stock, which can mean savings of up to 20%, or the commitment to electric vehicles or with a hybrid engine, «which in the middle term are cheaper. For example, the cheapest non-plug-in hybrid, the Mazda 2 model, costs 18,220 euros, 18% more than the cheapest model five years ago. Another example is the cheapest plug-in hybrid, the Renault Captur, has a price similar to the cheapest five years ago, around 30,160 euros.
Meanwhile, the cheapest electric, the Dacia Spring, currently has a price of 17,905 euros, 18% lower than the cheapest electric model five years ago.
The OCU has appealed to the European authorities to promote national microchip industries “that can guarantee a regular supply” of this type of component, ensuring “a stable price”. They also ask the Spanish administrations to expand the current network of fast-charging charging stations, with the presence of one every 50 kilometers, “which will favor the use of electric cars.”
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