The positive season continues for the second-hand market which recorded double-digit increases in February, also due to the effect of the extra working day for the leap year.
Car ownership changes, net of mini-transfers (temporary transfers in the name of the dealer awaiting resale to the end customer) recorded an increase of 15.6% compared to February 2023 (+10.1% in terms of daily average), confirming how the The used market continues to attract greater support than the new market: for every 100 new cars in February, 185 second-hand ones were sold, rising to 193 in the first two months of the year.
Motorcycle passages are also growing, with an increase of 14.3% compared to February 2023 (+8.8% in terms of daily average).
The data is in the latest monthly Auto-Trend bulletin, the statistical analysis carried out by the Automobile Club of Italy on the Pra data, which can be consulted on the website www.aci.it.
As regards food, consumer preferences, for the umpteenth time, have fallen on traditional fuels (diesel and petrol);
however, the share of second-hand petrol hybrid cars stands at 6.3%, showing an increase of 72.4%.
The sales of electric cars are still at stake, although growing by 71.2%, they still do not exceed 0.6% share.
In the minivolturesi, diesel fuels confirm first place (49.7% share in February, down compared to the same month in 2023, when it was 53%).
The incidence of hybrid petrol fueling is instead at 7.9%, once again exceeding that of LPG fueling which stands at 7.5%.
Mini-transfers of diesel hybrid cars are increasing (+60.5%), but the share still remains below 2%.
In the first two months of 2024 compared to the same period of 2023, net transfers show increases of 14.1% for cars, 11.4% for motorcycles and 13.2% for all vehicles.
Reproduction reserved © Copyright ANSA