Electrical delivers
The demand for used electric cars is decreasing. This is evident from the monthly market report of Automotive Mediaventions, the parent company of Gaspedal.nl and Autotrack.
For the second month in a row, more used petrol cars were searched for on the sales platforms Gaspedal.nl and Autotrack than in the previous month. With 54.3 percent of searches in November, the hunt was on for a second-hand petrol car. In October, petrol cars still accounted for 53 percent of searches. So a difference of 1.3 percentage points. That sounds like little, but these percentages often only fluctuate by tenths of a percent. This also makes it striking that in November only 7.4 percent of searches were looking for a used electric car. That percentage was almost a full percentage point higher in October – when it was already lower than in September.
The share of searches looking for a hybrid or plug-in hybrid decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 25 percent in November. For the first time in months, searches for non-used diesel cars were relatively more common (9.2 percent), although that share is only 0.1 percentage points higher than in October. An LPG car was sought in 2.0 percent of the searches. In October that share was still 2.2 percent.
In November, the average asking price of a second-hand car offered on Gaspedal.nl and Autotrack was €24,194. That is slightly lower than in October (€21,404). The average search price from site visitors was €19,258 in November (October: €19,345). The gap between the average search and asking price has therefore become slightly smaller, but is certainly not on the small side. Once again, used diesel cars are more popular than second-hand EVs.
Top 10 Most Searched Brands – November 2023
| Brand | Share in searches | |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 10.0% |
| 2 | Audi | 8.5% |
| 3 | BMW | 8.0% |
| 4 | Mercedes Benz | 6.2% |
| 5 | Toyota | 5.5% |
| 6 | Ford | 5.5% |
| 7 | Volvo | 4.6% |
| 8 | Peugeot | 4.5% |
| 9 | Opel | 4.4% |
| 10 | Kia | 4.2% |
Top 10 most searched for models – November 2023
| Brand | Fashion model | Share in searches | |
| 1 | Volkswagen | golf | 2.2% |
| 2 | Volkswagen | Polo | 1.9% |
| 3 | BMW | 3 series | 1.5% |
| 4 | Audi | A3 | 1.4% |
| 5 | Ford | Focus | 1.2% |
| 6 | BMW | 5 series | 1.0% |
| 7 | Toyota | Yaris | 1.0% |
| 8 | Ford | Fiesta | 0.9% |
| 9 | Volkswagen | Tiguan | 0.9% |
| 10 | BMW | 1 series | 0.9% |
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl