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The surprising success of the license-free car, which breaks sales records

2021-10-26T17:37:50.429Z


With + 73% of new vehicles sold between January and September 2021, the cart explodes the counters. The license-free car is on its way for a historic year. With its 45km / h on the clock, the little car accessible from the age of 14 if you have an AM license is in full acceleration. Marketed for the first time in 1984, it increasingly attracts the French with a 73% increase in new vehicle sales in volume over the first eight months of the year. Read alsoDid the points permit reduce road fatalit


The license-free car is on its way for a historic year.

With its 45km / h on the clock, the little car accessible from the age of 14 if you have an AM license is in full acceleration.

Marketed for the first time in 1984, it increasingly attracts the French with a 73% increase in new vehicle sales in volume over the first eight months of the year.

Read alsoDid the points permit reduce road fatalities?

As evidenced by the figures of AAA Data, which specializes in processing data from the French vehicle fleet, nearly 16,044 unlicensed cars were sold in France between January and September 2021 against 9,626 over the same period in 2019. D where does this enthusiasm for motorized quadricycles come from? For Marie-Laure Nivot, AAA Data market intelligence manager, "

we are undoubtedly witnessing very, very strong development in the mobility market

" with the "

Covid effect

" as a

trigger

.

"

The health crisis has changed behavior in terms of travel and

has increased the demand for individual vehicles

", explains Marie-Laure Nivot

.

Covid requires, the vehicles that have benefited the most from this context of mistrust in public transport are carts, mopeds and used cars. The used license-free car market is also experiencing an increase in volume of 23% in 2021 compared to 2020. On the supply side, other factors have helped to boost the market: “

We broke the cart market codes

”, explains the market intelligence manager AAA-Data. Greener, more glamorous, "o

n think, for example, of the arrival of the Ami electric model launched by Citroën, very popular with young audiences and which has met with great success in Paris

”.

From moped to cart

Is the unlicensed car so often associated with the image of the means of transport of the elderly or drivers punished with the precious pink paper changing sides? “

15 years ago, it was more of a vehicle for the elderly in rural, isolated areas, but that is changing,

” confirms Alison Whitaker, Marketing & Communication manager of the European leader in wireless cars. Aixam permit. "

The need for autonomy and the lack of travel options for those living in underserved areas are all reasons for the success of the cart,

" she said. Strong in demand both in rural and urban areas, the

“yogurt pot”

car

is very successful in the departments of the North followed by Paris, Bouches-du-Rhône and Var, according to AAA Data.

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But what piques curiosity is especially its success with young people. Even with an entry-level price of 8,990 euros and an average basket of 12,500 euros, Aixam confirms the enthusiasm of parents for this type of vehicle considered "

affordable

" if we remove the cost of the license for example. In fact, to drive the small vehicle, only possession of the AM license is sufficient, which is obtained in eight hours of driving school training. In addition to its accessibility in terms of driving, there are increasingly attractive formulas and subscriptions that are more aimed at parents, often at the origin of these first investments. Finally comes another determining factor, that of security. According to Alison Whitaker of Aixam: “

For obvious reasons of safety and comfort, parents prefer to see their children in a car without a license rather than on a scooter

”.

After the success of mopeds now comes that of carts.

Source: lefigaro

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