READ MORE UK set for NEW hottest day of year with exact date next week announced<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThe petrol cars are in short supply, people are asking crazy figures for these in the private sector. If I can get my hands on these cars right now I’m doing my best.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can definitely see them rocketing up in the future.\u201d With 188,382 second-hand EVs sold in 2024, it means a market share 13 times larger than 2019.<\/p>\n
Sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles and hybrids also grew, up 32.2 per cent to 92,120 units and 39.3 per cent to 306,114 units respectively.<\/p>\n
Combined, the number of used electrified vehicles changing hands increased by 43.3 per cent on 2023, with more than half a million of these ultra low or zero emission motors accounting for a 7.7 per cent share of sales.<\/p>\n
James Hosking, managing director of AA Cars, said: “With more electric and hybrid vehicles entering the second-hand market, buyers now have a wider selection than ever, helping to drive demand.<\/p>\n
“This surge underscores a key consumer trend \u2014 affordability is king. With household budgets under strain, many are opting for nearly new models over splashing out on a brand-new car.”<\/p>\n
Paul Burgess, CEO at Startline Motor Finance, said: \u201cAgainst this backdrop, the motorists we have surveyed this month are probably right in their assumptions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe supply of petrol and diesel cars into the used market is going to start falling quite quickly and this could lead to a situation where demand drives up prices.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Wong, Used Car Controller at Porsche Centre Bristol, says he can \u201cdefinitely see\u201d second-hand costs going up.Used…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,8955,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-46114","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-midlands-traffic-and-travel","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114391973087495075","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Used car drivers face big change due to new UK petrol and diesel rules<\/p>\n