http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/Motoring-issues/The-fastest---and-slowest---selling-used-cars-revealed-by-Glasss/

 

Interesting that TWO Škoda make it to the list of the most dofficult cars to shift. Peculiar that any of the worst cars on that list take longer to shift than a Roomster?! I love the Roomster but to most people it is for sure one of the most polarising cars out there.

Odd statistics.

  Demonstrators are used cars,  one previous Registered Keeper.  

Traded in Used Cars that sit unsold at Dealerships often go to Auction or into Trade in 21 days, so they are sold, but just maybe still In Trade.

 

Demonstrator Golf Mk7 R are not hanging around on forecourts for long. 

 

I wonder how many Private sales there have been on Citigo or Rapids,

but they are likely to sit un purchased for long enough on Dealership Forecourts as used cars.

Edited 29 August, 201411 yr by goneoffSKi

I agree there are probably some statistical oddities going on.

 

I guess a lot of these figures are based on pretty low number of sales.

The bottom of the list doesn't surprise me at all: http://www.topgear.com/uk/mitsubishi/mirage/road-test/driven

But how can you judge this sot of thing without, say for instance putting every car up for sale at book price? And how many were sold as part of the survey? And how and where were they advertised? And what mileage had they done, what condition were they in ect all play a part of course. I'd say this survey should be taken with a pinch of salt at the very least.

Chevrolet Orlando? Second easiest to sell? Who'd have thought it.

Not so surprised that the Rapid Spacetback makes it on there even if the stats used are far from balanced. The end product was so disappointing to what was promised with those teasers and tempters. Plus its massively over-priced for what it is, I think the Toledo is a cracking car but i'd have never, ever paid near £20k for it.

Hi All,

 

I can't believe that the Sabaru Outback takes an average of 66.9 to sell. My brother's one sold in 3 days and he had twelve calls thereafter.

 

Mind you i do laugh when i see another car in that list, the Mini Paceman on the roads, as I just want to jump out of my car and nick the 'e' from the middle so that it reads 'MINI PAC MAN'

 

regards

 

Paul

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi

 

I'm sure there are huge regional variations to these stats.  A Skoda roomster moves quickly around here.  And there are also variations with the same model.  A car like the Octavis vRS and vRS estate usually moves REALLY quickly, but if it's yellow it will hang around for ever!

 

Also the article mentions Glass's Guide as being the guru's of used car prices.  In Scotland they are now being used less and less in the trade as they're expensive (about £1,000 a year for the dealers), many bread and butter models are missing, and some of their prices are completely bonkers.

 

For example I just traded in a 2010 Insignia 1.8 Sri against my vRS - it had full service history, 33,000 miles on it, lots of extras such as Bluetooth etc and is as clean as a whistle with 12 months mot and 6 months tax.  I got £6,500 for it.  We Buy Any Car offered £5,850.  "Used car price guru's" Glass's said the value was £3,850.  Quite frankly if I could buy a car in that condition for that money I would just keep buying them - of course the truth if I wanted to buy a car like that for that money I couldn't find one.  So I'd be inclined to look at their conclusions with a healthy dose of scepticism.  Interesting yes but fact?  Maybe in one area of the country but not everywhere I bet.