To buy a car right now you must have much more money than before the pandemic and above all, much more patience. Despite the best efforts of manufacturers, the lack of microchips and other components, idle vehicle production around the world, which means: delays ie in the most extreme cases exceed a year On some models according to some Alicante dealers. A problem recorded especially with minibuses and pickup trucks. minibusesa product that is increasingly in demand due to fashions such as increased distribution or “camperization”, but where manufacturers have lowered their priorities.
For the remaining models the situation has not improved so far this year and the most frequent waiting times by the dealers consulted are as follows: six to nine monthswith some exceptions that reduce this period to four months.
The result is that while home sales or Gezi break records and they have already reclaimed everything they lost during the pandemic, records Industry’s own employers such as Faconauto, Ganvam or Anfac”scrub“.
As for the province, despite the recovery recorded in August when the number of operations increased by 36%, the recorded volume for the year decreased by 5.34% compared to 2021 figures, what will be the third consecutive year of market contraction? especially in the first eight months. 21,688 passenger cars sold and SUVs in Alicante, 55.5% less than in the same period of 2019while it is 48,830 according to the figures of the mentioned organizations.
“is it a lot annoying have to tell this to customers entering No car. We have been like this for two years and the situation is not improving. Deadlines range from six to nine months and if there are no further delays”, Cimotor’s (Citroen) manager, Jorge Sanchez. A problem that gets worse in minibuses. “No, and they give cakes when someone comes out. I have ten clients to call “When there is some second hand,” explains the businessman.
“I have a client been waiting for a year a van and the most common is five, six, seven months”, confirms Movilsa’s (Ford) manager, Ruth Candelapoints out the problems this situation creates in dealers. For example, in their case, they chose to propose. courtesy cars to some customers, with the resulting costs when the ordered vehicles have just arrived.
The manager of Sala Hermanos (Seat, Volkswagen, Cupra) is a little more optimistic. Benito Cabrera ensuring that 70% of deliveries are made in about “three or four months”As problems pile up, the remaining 30% see deadlines being delayed. “In reality, that three or four month wait was always there, but the dealers had stock and the customer didn’t notice it. Now that’s what has changed,” Cabrera explains. buyers “learned” and they already assume that when they want to renew the car they have to go early. “Problems arise when there is a need, after a major breakdown, or when the lease expires,” says the executive.
After three years of bill reductions due to a lack of vehicles, dealers now fear that the problem has shifted to the demand side. this economic uncertainty Beginning to be felt in the volume of customers coming to the facilities caused by inflation and war, decline of future operations this will extend the bad line of the sector. It’s a bad streak that lasts three years and forces companies to juggle to keep their businesses.
Second hand
The lack of new vehicle stock is driving an increasing number of customers to the second-hand market, which is causing the number of existing vehicles to become scarce. “Many customers now second hand – cars under four years old – but they are also very difficult to obtain”, assures Jorge Sánchez. According to the person in charge of Cimotor, in the case of minibuses, more than 20,000 euros are currently paid for vehicles with more than 200,000 kilometers.
As a result of this phenomenon, fleet is aging significantlywith the problems it may cause
Strong increase in average car prices
The famine has caused car prices to rise significantly since the end of the pandemic. According to the INE, the increase in costs is already close to 10% since March 2020, although data on the average price per transaction submitted by the Tax Office indicate an increase of more than 20%. In addition to the higher material or shipping cost, some of this increase in average price is due to the fact that manufacturers are prioritizing the manufacture of models or top-of-the-line series that leave a larger margin than the base models.
Source: Informacion
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