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AUTO1 Group Price Index: 2025 starts with a 1.5% drop in used car prices
Berlin, 30 January 2025
Berlin, 30 January 2025 – The year 2025 started with a noticeable drop in used car prices. The AUTO1 Group Price Index, the European Used Car Price Report, showed a month-over-month decrease of 1.5% in used car prices, with the index moving from 137.3 in December 2024 to 135.2 in January 2025.
Year-over-year, used car wholesale prices decreased by 4.8%, with the index moving from 142.0 in January 2024 to 135.2 in January of this year. However, used car prices are still 14.0% higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decrease is in line with the market expectations. According to an online survey conducted by AUTO1.com among more than 7,200 of their European partner dealers1, the majority of European dealers (44.0%) believe that used car prices would decrease in 2025, whereas more than a third (34.6%) of the survey participants think that used car prices will remain stable this year, and 21.4% believe that prices will increase.
1 AUTO1.com ran an online survey in December 2024 on its platform with a total audience of more than 7,200 European partner dealers participating in the survey in its main markets (DE, IT, FR, ES, BE, NL, PL & SE): www.auto1-group.com
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Founded in 2012, AUTO1 Group is a multi-brand technology company that is building the best way to buy and sell cars online. Its local European consumer brands like wirkaufendeinauto.de offer consumers the fastest and easiest way to sell their car. Its merchant brand, AUTO1.com, is Europe's largest wholesale platform for car trading professionals. With its retail brand Autohero, AUTO1 Group is using its technology, scale and operational excellence to develop the best consumer experience to buy a car online. AUTO1 Group is operating in over 30 countries and generated a revenue of EUR 6.5 billion in 2022. Following its successful IPO in February 2021, the group's shares are trading on the regulated market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the trading symbol AG1 and the ISIN DE000A2LQ884.
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About the AUTO1 Group Price Index - The European Used Car Price Report
The AUTO1 Group Price Index shows the monthly evolution of used car prices across Europe. By analyzing AUTO1 Group’s database of around 3.6 million used car transactions Europe-wide, AUTO1 Group has developed a pioneering index to improve data transparency in the used car market and give insights into wholesale prices. The starting point of the AUTO1 Group Price Index is January 2015 with a reference value of 100. The AUTO1 Group Price Index is published on a monthly basis. Please find the methodology here.
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