Hatchbacks Constitute 57 Percent Of Cars Resold Across Top Cities In India: Report


MUMBAI:  Quikr, India’s number one online classifieds platform released the second edition of the Quikr Online Classifieds Used Cars Report, highlighting significant trends from the online used cars market in India. The report reveals that the demand for hatchback cars bought and sold the highest compared to any other type of car listed on the platform.

Amongst other findings, the report also states that premium cars such as Aston Martin and Lamborghinis are bought and sold twice as fast as other economy cars. The Quikr Online Classifieds Used Cars Report shares trends about consumer’s car brand preferences, used car transactions and other key insights about the online used cars market.

 As hatchbacks constitute 57 percent of the total number of cars sold across India’s top cities, the highest distribution of cars came from Ahmedabad followed by metro cities. Across cities, the average age of a resold car is 4 years old and most cars are listed for sale after 60,000 kilometers. 

 Other key trends from the report:

* The Top 5 models bought and sold by *listing on the platform

 Maruti Suzuki is the most popular brand preferred by buyers and sellers

* Most popular colour preferred by users

  White and silver are the most popular colours for the cars being bought and sold

*Ad listings across cities

Delhi NCR has the highest number of car ad listings by buyers and sellers

* Highest selling brands across different cities/regions

Mumbai has the highest share of Sedans being sold than any other city

 Chennai has the highest share of SUVs being sold than any other city

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