Nearly 4.8 million used car transactions in 2012 in the country

In 2012, the nation’s used-car trade volume reached 4.8 million, which was less than the 5 million that the experts had previously estimated, but it was also a satisfactory answer. Among them, the used-car trading network platform represented by Che Yipai, etc., contributed a precious 1% share of the used-car trade volume in the country. In the future, what kind of spark will the traditional second-hand car transaction model coexist with the e-commerce transaction model?

Recently, the China Automobile Dealers Association released data. Last year, a total of 4,791,400 used cars were traded nationwide, an increase of 10.60% year-on-year. The transaction amount for the year was 263.626 billion yuan, up by 25.01% year-on-year. Among them, private cars still dominated the used car market, with a total of 4.159 million vehicles traded, while the proportion of cars and SUVs continued to increase, which increased by 2.29 percentage points and 0.89 percentage points respectively. Judging from the regional market, Guangdong, Shandong, Sichuan, Beijing and Shanghai are among the top five. In Liaoning, the trading volume was 223,209, down 2.1% year-on-year.

Last year, the used car market traded 4.6554 million domestic-made cars and 229,900 imported cars. The premise of second-hand car transactions still used domestic cars as the mainstay, and the proportion of imported cars continued to increase. According to the age distribution of vehicles, 3-10 years of models traded 3,440,600 vehicles, accounting for 71.81% of the total transaction volume, which was a decrease of 3.5 percentage points compared with the same period of last year, and the proportion of models within three years increased by 3.01 percentage points. The trend of younger cars in the car market is significant. The China Automobile Dealers Association recently estimated that in 2013, the volume of used cars in China will increase by 20%-25%, close to 6 million to 6.5 million vehicles.

According to statistics, in 2011, the cumulative trading volume of used cars in China reached 4.33 million units, an increase of 12.47% year-on-year; the cumulative transaction volume reached 210.88 billion yuan, an increase of 18.56% over the same period of last year. Therefore, the China Automobile Dealers Association made an optimistic forecast for the 2012 second-hand car market that will achieve a scale of 5 million transactions.

With the maturation of the used-car market environment, domestic automobile manufacturers have regarded the used-car business as a new profit growth point and launched branded used-car business one after another. According to the statistics, Shanghai Tong used the second-hand car business officially launched in September 2002. At present, there are 80 dealers operating used cars at GM. The annual business volume is nearly 20,000; Shanghai Volkswagen established a used car sales company in August 2000, 2004. In July, the company officially launched the branded used car "Shanghai Volkswagen Select Specially Used Car" certification business; in August 2004, FAW-Volkswagen selected 16 dealers in 13 cities from its 347 franchised dealers across the country as the first batch. The opening of the "FAW-Volkswagen Approved Used Cars" model shop; Dongfeng Yueda Kia in June 2006 authorized the country's 31 dealers to carry out "Kia sincerity used cars" business. One Mr. Xue, who has been engaged in the recycling of used cars for many years, said that before 1998, the number of cars was small, and there were fewer models and higher prices in the market. During this period, basically one car was opened. Retired. From 1999 to 2001, private cars gradually became the mainstay of automobile consumption. Cars began to enter homes and grew rapidly. Some people may consider replacing vehicles after changes in their economic capabilities. The used car market should be born on demand.