Positive start for the used market which closed the first month of 2024 with an increase, net of mini-transfers, of 12.5% for changes of ownership of four-wheelers and 7.9% for those of motorcycles compared to the same month of last year.
Results which scale, respectively, to +7.4% and +3% in terms of daily average, due to the presence of an extra working day in January 2024.
For every 100 new cars in January, 202 second-hand cars were sold, double that number.
Also particularly significant is the monthly balance of mini-transfers (temporary transfers in the name of the dealer awaiting resale to the end customer) which in January recorded an increase of 19.8% compared to the same month in 2023 (14.4% the daily average).
The data is reported in the latest monthly Auto-Trend bulletin, the statistical analysis carried out by the Automobile Club of Italy on Pra data.
Traditional diesel and petrol cars still prevail on the used market, but the share of petrol hybrids rose to 5.9% in January, with growth of 28.2%.
Second-hand electric cars are still at a loss, with a share of 0.6%.
In the mini transfers sector, however, the decline in diesel cars continues, which despite confirming themselves at the top of the rankings closed January with a share of 49.8% compared to the 52.6% recorded in the same month of 2023. Otherwise, the incidence of petrol hybrids rose to 7.8%, once again exceeding that of LPG cars (7.6%).
Finally, it is worth highlighting the increase in mini-transfers of diesel hybrid cars, which more than doubled the volume in the comparison between January 2023 and 2024. Positive balance in January for car disposals, but still too little impact to counteract the growth of the Italian fleet .
With a replacement rate of 0.71 (for every 100 new cars, 71 were discarded), four-wheeler cancellations recorded an increase of 12.5% compared to January 2023 (7.4% the daily average).
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