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European Passenger Car Residual Value Trends
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Residual values across Europe are still rising as the
new car demand lifting the automotive industry.
There remains a lot of risks going forward, as already
discussed, but the sales rate per population shows there
remains pent up demand which should ensure that new
cars going out now should come back into the used car
market in 2019 with a reasonable degree of profit.
RVs in mainland Europe are expected to continue to rise
during 2017 in most countries recovering much of what was
lost during the economic crisis. However there will be some
% RV Index - 36 months / 90,000 kms
RV%
forecasters see a reduced car parc and continuing strong
120
115
110
105
100
95
90
2010
2011
EU Average
Italy
UK
2012
2013
2014
France
Spain
Index 100 = Values in 2010
2015
2016
Germany
Portugal
Source: ExpertEye AG
regional and segmental differences. The Spanish market has fully recovered from a residual value perspective and as such values are
stabilising in general although SUVs continue to increase. Italy has also seen strong increases in RVs which in part is due to the rising
economic sentiment as national pride seems to have overtaken the austerity frustration.
RVs in France and Germany have recovered at a much slower pace than Spain or the UK and therefore the growth through 2017 is merely
about the markets righting themselves. However with both countries holding general elections in 2017 and the recent Trump/Brexit shock
results we could potentially see both countries, as well as Italy, seeing some surprise results which in turn could have a short term negative
effect on RVs. RVs in Portugal may look depressed from the index but this is distorted by the 2010 index point by when Portugal had already
seen RVs rallying plus its automotive taxation system keeps the market sheltered from some of the more extreme conditions suffered
elsewhere. For the UK RVs are set to continue to fall as the unfavourable exchange rate pushes up prices for household essentials which will
put downward pressure on larger items like used cars.
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