…and financially it's stupid to buy it new!
Go to the dealership to buy a new car, means suffering a depreciation of the amount paid on average equal to 25% after 1 year from enrollment, of 63% after 4 and about of 71% after 5.
A factor that can affect the value is also the mileage: a petrol car travels on average between 10,000 and 20,000 kilometers per year, while a diesel varies between 16,000 and 30,000 km per year.
If the car has traveled less km than the average, there is a 1% revaluation for every 5,000 km not travelled., while in the opposite case a devaluation of 1.5% each must be calculated 5.000 km traveled in addition.
Here because the Italian car market in recent years has seen a marked increase in the sale and purchase of used cars, so much so that if on average for every new car registered, more are sold 1,6 used, in august each report reached 1,98 changes of ownership every new car registered.
Italians therefore seem to prefer second-hand, but when buying or selling, the classic doubt often arises about how to evaluate the price of a car. For this reason automobile.it, owned by eBay, created a tool for the evaluation of used cars immediately, simple and free.
With just a few clicks, the user will be able to know the value of his vehicle: just enter the main characteristics of the vehicle, as a brand, type, supply and mileage and in a few moments you will have an average reference value with the minimum and maximum prices of the market thanks to the comparison with the announcements of similar vehicles.
Finally, it was calculated that there are cars that keep their value more than others: this is the case of the Audi A3, that after 1 year retains nearly 84% of its initial valuation, and the Land Rover Freelander II which manages to keep almost 87% of the starting value. Unlike, the Renault Espace loses it 54,2% of its value already after the first year of life and the Citroen C1 even has a devaluation percentage of almost 60%.
Alex Gaetani
Source: Automobile.it press release