The second-hand car market in Colombia has been potentially driven by global crises that particularly affect the manufacture of new cars, and therefore their sales.
Today, what predominates in the relationship of brands with their customers are the waiting lists to acquire a new car. On average, a vehicle fresh from the dealership can take up to six months due to the scarcity of new cars that exists worldwide. world. This is one of the many reasons why the demand for used cars has increased and therefore also their price.
No more, in Colombia, for the month of February it was reported that the sale of used vehicles grew 8% and reached 99,843 transfers. Within the monthly report, it is found that the segments in which the most transfer procedures were carried out were automobiles (96,541), utility vehicles (33,376), utility vehicles, commercial cargo less than 5T (9,834), pick up (8,985) and taxis ( 4,746).
This good behavior of the used, which is on the rise, is mainly due to the affectation of the stock that new vehicles are having, given the global problems in the supply chain. Therefore, faced with a drop in the availability of new cars, reported by several brands, used ones are benefiting.
The fact of this is that the relationship of transfers compared to new vehicles shows a growing trend; According to Andemos, for every new vehicle that enters circulation, 5.2 used vehicles roll. While in 2019 it was 3.7 and in 2020 it was 3.8.