Second hand car market thrives

21st May 2011

A new report states that last year only 8 percent of cars purchased in Poland were brand new.

The study, carried out by research agency TNS OBOP, found that out of all the automobiles bought in 2010, 92 percent were purchased from second hand dealers or independently, for example through second hand websites.

It also showed that at least half (55 percent) the cars bought were over 10-years-old and the average price paid was as little as PLN 12,400.

“The results of this study were not exactly what you would call optimistic,” said Magdalena Sawinska, a spokeswoman for TNS OBOP. “There has been a worrying decline in the number of new cars sold in Poland over the last few years an ...