New data from AutoTrader reveals that the average mileage of second-hand cars sold on its platform was 70,429km, for an average model of 2016, at an average price of R312,794.
The study – which covers January to December 2021 – shows that the Volkswagen Golf GTI has historically been the most viewed variant and remained the top searched variant in 2021 with over 3.2 million searches.
But, early in 2021 for a short period, this changed to the Toyota Hilux 2.8GD-6 . The most searched for model last year , was also the Toyota Hilux . Yet another important variation versus 2020 was the increased number of searches for electric vehicles , theIn total, over 540,000 searches of EVs were conducted in 2021, indicating an increase of over 110% year-on-year. As more electric vehicles get introduced into the market,recorded searches for the Porsche Taycan increased by over 900% last year while I-Pace searches rose by 62%.
Specific Body-Type searches rose substantially in 2021 – by 27% to over 102 million. This is indicative of consumers being more inclined to search for a preferred body-type and it’s also influenced by more brands having released various shapes of the “same” model, said AutoTrader. For example, the Mercedes-Benz A-Class and Audi A3 are both available as a hatchback or sedan while the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux come in both single, extended and double-cabs.generated 5.6% of all enquiries.Volkswagen Polo generated the seconid-year report. Ford Ranger whichof all enquiries but moved down one
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