Ford Ka tops used-car charts
The 2016 Ford Ka (petrol manual) is now the fastest selling used car in the UK according to Auto Trader’s live market tracker, the Fastest Selling Index.
The Ka’s top spot on The Fastest Selling Index, which live tracks the speed at which vehicles sell combined with a 1-100 retail rating determined by live supply and demand, was indicative of an increased demand for small, affordable hatchbacks with 70% of the list made up of such vehicles, the remainder being made up of ever popular SUVs.
The Renault ZOE EV, which was previously top of the Auto Trader Fastest Selling Index for four consecutive months, no longer features on the list having been replaced by internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. There is a 50/50 split between petrol and diesel vehicles indicating that the impact of the so called ‘demonization of diesel’ maybe softening.
Auto Trader’s director of commercial products, Karolina Edwards-Smajda, said: “Despite four months on top, our Fastest Selling Index has shown a decline in the appeal of used EVs with consumers moving towards the more familiar low cost, ICE hatchbacks and SUVs. Despite this slowdown though we continue to see evidence of growing consumer interest in EVs with the recently announced ban on the sale of ICE vehicles by 2035, rather than 2040, spurring a 144% surge in searches for EVs on Auto Trader.”
