Dutch people spend on average almost €46,000 on a new car

Until May this year, the average purchase price – and not the asking price – of a new passenger car was almost €46,000. Dutch people paid an average of €45,993 for a new passenger car, according to figures from RDC and Bovag.

If we go back in time five years, we see that the average price paid for a new passenger car in the Netherlands has increased by about 36 percent since then. In 2018, the average price of a car purchased in the Netherlands was still €33,928. In five years, the average purchase price has increased by €12,065 (35.6 percent). Does this scare you? Then we can reassure you: it can be much more intense. For example, in 1975 no less than 48 percent more was paid for a new car than five years earlier. In 1980, a new car was on average 68 percent more expensive than in 1975.

Up to and including May this year, an average of €35,879 was paid for a new passenger car with a petrol engine. The average purchase price of a car with a diesel engine in that period was more than double that: €83,632. A new car with LPG machine (Dacia!) changed owners this year for an average of €22,592. In the Netherlands, an average of just under 40 grand (€39,944) was paid for a new car with a hybrid drivetrain, while a plug-in hybrid was sold for an average of €64,448 this year.

And what was the average price paid for a new electric car this year? Quite a bit. Even almost half more than for a petrol car: €52,919. Logically, hydrogen cars still have the highest purchase price on average: €76,694.

Did you also buy a new car this year? Were you far below or far above the average purchase price?

Average purchase price of new passenger car in the Netherlands (1970 to May 2023)