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At least for Germany, it is pretty much impossible to really know the average price of a new car. This is mostly due to so called "Händlerzulassungen", which me
by deng 7y ago
At least for Germany, it is pretty much impossible to really know the average price of a new car. This is mostly due to so called "Händlerzulassungen", which means the dealer will actually buy the car, register it for a day, and then sell it as officially "used". This is why at least in the official statistic, only 30% of all new cars in Germany are sold to private citizens. Dealers do this because they are then more flexible w.r.t. pricing, and also they often get bonuses for registering a certain amount of cars in a quarter.
- mikeash 7y agoI don’t think that’s done in the US. At least I’ve never heard of it, and if a dealer tried it with me I’d probably walk out, assuming they were scamming me somehow.
- vonmoltke 7y agoGenerally states require a vehicle to be driven for a certain amount of time before it can be sold as used. I'm also not sure that dealers are permitted to register cars that they are not using as service loaners.