The sale of used vehicles in the Canary Islands has fallen in April by 13 percent compared to the same month of 2021 with a total of 6,205 units sold, according to data from the Faconauto (dealers) and Ganvam (official and independent distributors) associations.
In the accumulated of the first 4 months of the year, operations with used vehicles decreased by 4% in the region, to stand at 26,701 units.
Operations by age groups
In an analysis by age groups, all age segments without exception registered a negative sign, although sales of models between 1 and 3 years old registered the largest decrease in April, with a drop of 46.3%, as a result of the lack of stock given the impossibility that companies and rental companies have to renew their fleet and, therefore, to supply the used market with offers of these young vehicles.
In fact, sales of used vehicles by companies and rental companies plummeted by 31.3% and 44.7% during the past month.
Only the importing channel -with 6.7% of operations- grew in April, with a total of 8,999 units, which represents an increase of 48.3%.
Sales of vehicles over 15 years old, in which the market continues to be sustained with 38.5% of operations, reversed its trend in April by falling 4.2%, to stand at 51,646 units.
For their part, operations with models between 10 and 15 years old decreased by 27.1%, to 31,310 units sold.
The fall in sales of these models over ten years old responds to a large extent to the fact that operations between individuals -which feature these older vehicles- decreased by 26.6% in April.
Regarding energy sources, the data from the sector's associations continue to show a decline in traditional engines, so that operations with used diesel vehicles -which represented 58.7% of operations in April- contracted by 18.9% during the past month; while gasoline vehicles, for their part, fell by 19.1%, to stand at 47,707 units, concentrating 35.6% of the total.
In the accumulated, the falls are moderated, softening to 7.4% the decrease in sales with used diesel and 6% those of gasoline.
As for alternative propulsions, second-hand pure electric models grew by 64.3% in April, reaching 1,124 units. These models, although they barely represent 0.7% of the market, accumulate an increase of 54.3% in the first quarter, to 4,138 units.
For their part, plug-in diesel/electric vehicles registered a total of 127 units sold (+42.7%) during the past month, compared to 1,325 units of plug-in gasoline/electric vehicles (+78.6%).
In the accumulated, they register an increase of 119.5%, with 709 units, and 65.8%, with 4,077 units, respectively.
Similar evolution at the national level
At the national level, sales of used passenger cars and SUVs fell in April for the third consecutive month, due, among other factors, to the impact of the microchip crisis.
Specifically, they registered a total of 134,005 units sold, which represents a decrease of 17.3% compared to the same month last year, according to data from the associations.
So far this year, operations with used vehicles have decreased by 5.3%, to stand at 586,574 units.
