- Auto Trader has revealed which fashions offered quickest on common final 12 months
- The fastest-selling motors took between 13 and 18 days to maneuver on to patrons
- We reveal the quickest-selling automobiles of 2024 thus far – EVs dominate the rankings
If you’ve gotten ever tried to promote a second-hand automobile, you’ll perceive that it will probably typically be an arduous affair.
Taking photographs which can be complimentary to the automobile’s situation, writing an correct advert description after which posting it, adopted by the collection of telephone calls from tyre kickers and visits from potential patrons who need a take a look at drive – it will probably all be frustratingly time consuming.
But not if the automobile you are eliminating is likely one of the fastest-selling motors.
The 10 most in-demand fashions of 2023 took 18 days or much less to promote, in line with the nation’s greatest used automobile market, Auto Trader.
The 10 fastest-selling used automobiles in 2023 have been revealed: If you personal one, do not anticipate it to take lengthy so that you can discover a purchaser
And a Ford SUV was the best of all to maneuver on, with sellers putting a deal in a median of simply 13 days.
The used automobile platform has additionally revealed which motors are being snapped up quickest within the opening fortnight of this 12 months.
The automobile with the shortest promoting time of all final 12 months was the petrol-powered Ford Kuga.
On common, sellers of this family-friendly compact SUV shook on a cope with a purchaser inside 13 days of itemizing it on the market.
This is half the time it takes for the common period to promote throughout all fashions, Auto Trader says.
Its knowledge exhibits that, between promoting a automobile on the market and it being faraway from the web site, the common second-hand motor in 2023 took 31 days – a full month – to shift.
Slightly behind the Kuga in second place was the Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatchback hybrid, which took a equally spectacular 14 days to promote.
The A-Class Saloon – with the plug-in hybrid powertrain – proved the recognition of the nameplate by taking third spot with a median 2023 sale period of 15 days.
In reality, the premium German marque made up three of final 12 months’s prime 10 quickest sellers, with the GLA petrol SUV in tenth spot with a median sale time of 18 days.
| Make | Model | Body kind | Fuel kind | Age band | Average days to promote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford | Kuga | SUV | Petrol | as much as 1 12 months | 13 |
| Mercedes-Benz | A-Class | Hatchback | Petrol Hybrid | as much as 1 12 months | 14 |
| Mercedes-Benz | A-Class | Saloon | Petrol Plug-in Hybrid | 3-5 years | 15 |
| Kia | E-Niro | SUV | Electric | 3-5 years | 16 |
| Kia | Sportage | SUV | Petrol Hybrid | as much as 1 12 months | 17 |
| Kia | Niro | SUV | Petrol Hybrid | as much as 1 12 months | 17 |
| Audi | A3 | Hatchback | Diesel | 15 years+ | 17.5 |
| Skoda | Karoq | SUV | Diesel | 1-3 years | 17.5 |
| Audi | e-tron | SUV | Electric | 3-5 years | 18 |
| Mercedes-Benz | GLA Class | SUV | Petrol | as much as 1 12 months | 18 |
| Source: Auto Trader | |||||
The current Ford Kuga SUV was the fastest-selling used automobile of 2023, in line with Britain’s greatest second-hand automobile market, Auto Trader. A petroleum Kuga offered on common in simply 13 days of being marketed
The newest Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatchback was second on the record of speedy sellers. Used examples of the petrol hybrid offered on common in 14 days in 2023
The earlier technology model of the A-Class in saloon type was the third quickest-selling second-hand automobile, with the PHEV variant discovering a brand new proprietor in 15 days on common
Kia additionally had a trio of fashions within the quickest-sellers record, with the previous-generation E-Niro and present iterations of the Sportage hybrid and Niro hybrid taking between 16 and 17 days on common to discover a subsequent proprietor – ok for fourth to 6 spot within the fastest-selling league desk of fashions.
The prime 10 order additionally exhibits that six of 2023’s quickest sellers had been alternatively fuelled autos, together with two all-electric fashions, with the Audi e-tron becoming a member of the E-Niro within the rankings.
Much older (15+ years) examples of Audi’s A3 hatch and the present Skoda Karoq diesels accomplished the highest 10 order, suggesting loads of second-hand patrons nonetheless need oil burners regardless of the enormous decline in new diesel registrations final 12 months.
The previous-generation Kia E-Niro – an all-electric crossover – was not solely the fourth fastest-selling used automobile of 2023 (16 days) however it’s the quickest to be offered in 2024, taking simply 15 days
Kia’s current Sportage (left) and Niro (proper) hybrids proved common amongst second-hand patrons final 12 months, Auto Trader says. Year outdated variations of each took a median of 17 days to promote in 2023
Erin Baker, editorial director at Auto Trader, stated: ‘2023 was one other sturdy 12 months for the used automobile market with automobiles flying off retailers’ forecourts very quickly in any respect.
‘Britons love for SUVs exhibits no indicators of slowing down with seven of the highest ten fastest-selling automobiles final 12 months coming from this physique kind.
‘This consists of each the Ford Kuga and Kia Niro – two automobiles that ship a sexy package deal of options, all spherical versatility and aggressive pricing.’
While registrations of recent diesel automobiles plummeted once more in 2023, there was nonetheless loads of demand for used variations. Older examples of the Audi A3 diesel (over 15 years outdated) had been among the many fastest-selling second-hand automobiles, taking a median of 17.5 days to maneuver on
Skoda’s Karoq with the diesel engine was additionally common in 2023, with a median used sale time of 17.5 days
Audi’s debut electrical SUV – the e-tron – was the ninth fastest-selling used automobile of 2023, Auto Trader knowledge exhibits
One 12 months outdated examples of the Mercedes GLA took a median of 18 days to promote in 2023
EVs dominate the fastest-selling automobiles of 2024 thus far… however for one main cause
As nicely as revealing which second-hand motors sped out of used showrooms quickest final 12 months, Auto Trader has additionally run the numbers of the quickest-selling fashions within the opening fortnight of 2024.
And out of the highest 10, 5 of the quickest being moved on are electrical autos.
However, the used automobile gross sales platform says that is almost definitely a results of used EV costs crashing throughout 2023.
In reality, unique knowledge shared with This is Money exhibits that some year-old EV fashions crashed in worth by a 3rd in comparison with a 12 months earlier, such was the decline in demand for second-hand battery automobiles.
| Make | Model | Body Type | Fuel kind | Age band | Average days to promote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kia | E-Niro | SUV | Electric | 3-5 years | 15 |
| Toyota | Prius+ | MPV | Petrol Hybrid | 3-5 years | 16 |
| Mercedes-Benz | EQC | SUV | Electric | as much as 1 12 months | 16 |
| Audi | e-tron | SUV | Electric | 3-5 years | 18 |
| Tesla | Model 3 | Saloon | Electric | 1-3 years | 21 |
| Hyundai | IONIQ | Hatchback | Petrol Hybrid | 1-3 years | 21 |
| Audi | Q2 | SUV | Diesel | 3-5 years | 21.5 |
| Kia | Niro | SUV | Electric | 1-3 years | 21.5 |
| Skoda | Karoq | SUV | Petrol | as much as 1 12 months | 22 |
| Vauxhall | Corsa | Hatchback | Petrol | 1-3 years | 22 |
| Source: Auto Trader | |||||
The Kia E-Niro – which was the fourth quickest to promote in 2023 – is the quickest to shift within the first two weeks of this 12 months, with the common vendor discovering the following proprietor in 13 days on common.
The Mercedes EQC and Audi e-tron SUVs had been third and fourth within the order, whereas the Tesla Model 3 (21 days) and newest Kia Niro EV (21.5 days) additionally made the highest 10.
‘Despite the ban on the sale of recent petrol and diesel autos now being pushed again to 2035, shoppers are nonetheless seeking to make the transition to electrical particularly as costs for common used EVs such because the Tesla Model 3 begin to attain the identical worth level with their historically fuelled counterparts,’ Baker added.
Across all makes and fashions electrical autos are at the moment the fastest-selling gasoline kind within the UK, taking 36 days to promote, in comparison with 41 for petrol and 42 for diesel, Auto Trader added.