News Published on : 25-Apr-2022 17:28:15

Used car prices rose by almost a third (30.5%) in December 2021 on a year-on-year and like-for-like basis. New research by Zuto has uncovered the nations favourite make and model of car to buy second-hand from a Vauxhall Corsa to a Ford Fiesta. Vauxhall and Ford take up the top 4 spots for both men and the women making them the clear favourites for UK drivers as a whole. Audi and Volkswagen were also popular choices making an appearance in both of the top 10s. The main difference is Nissan which is more popular with women than with men. The Nissan Juke and Qashqai took the 5th and 6th spot respectively for women yet did not appear in the top for men. The Fiat 500 also makes an appearance on the women s top 10 and not in the men s. When it comes to the men the only make that features on their top 10 and not the women s is BMW with the 320D coming in at 10th place. The data from Zuto has also revealed the top 10 cars for different age groups: Ford and Vauxhall take the top 3 spots for every age category yet again and if not for 17-24 year olds choosing Volkswagen Golfs as frequently as they did they would have the top 4 in every group! Whilst the Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra remain the most popular models in most locations in the UK there are a few car models which rank higher in popularity in some areas than others. In London the Audi A3 is ranked as the 3rd most popular second-hand car model whereas it is ranked as the 7th most popular model in Norfolk. Additionally the Range Rover ranks as the 6th most popular model of car in Inverness-shire whereas in Scotland s County of Midlothian (home to its capital Edinburgh) the Range Rover does not make top 10 models. Similarly the Fiat 500 is 8th most popular second-hand model in West Yorkshire whereas it does not make the top 10 models in North Yorkshire. Highlighting that despite the short distance between locations the most popular models of second-hand cars can differ between regions. In recent years the cost of used cars has increased rapidly due to a shortage of semiconductor chips. Leading to a decrease in the production of new cars which has caused the demand for second hand cars to soar. With the reduction of new car production means that the supply of second-hand cars is limited which inflates the price of them. When looking at online interest over the past 12 months Zuto found that the Ford Fiesta ranked first with 301 0-00 searches followed by the Audi A3 (246 000) and then the Ford Focus (207 000).