The research was based on a survey of 1,500 respondents. Ukrainians were asked to vote for the number of years they drive or plan to use one car. Here are the results.
It turned out that as many as 77% will not use the same car for more than 5 years. At the same time, 47% said they do not intend to change their car less often than once every three years.
Overall, the breakdown by years looks like this:
- up to 1 year: 8%
- up to 2 years: 18%
- up to 3 years: 21%
- up to 4 years: 6%
- up to 5 years: 24%
- up to 6 years: 3%
- up to 7 years: 4%
- up to 8 years: 2%
- up to 9 years: 2%
- 10 years: 12%
AutoPortal comment
On the one hand, the results are quite good (just like in Germany!), especially considering that the media constantly trumpet that Ukraine has one of the oldest car fleets in the world and has long turned into a dump of "euro plates" and "wrecks". However, several points need to be taken into account here. First, this statistics only reflects the intentions (desires) of Ukrainians, not their specific actions – that is, the accomplished fact. Second, apparently, not only ordinary Ukrainians looking for a new car took part in the survey, but also "resellers", plus managers of various dealerships who also put cars up for sale. In addition, the study likely involved mostly residents of large cities, where more money "circulates", and the car fleets themselves are much fresher compared to the provinces. Conclusion? This survey is interesting from the point of view of consumer intentions (desires), but it does not reflect the real state of affairs in the Ukrainian used car market.
Interesting findings from auto.ria
Another interesting detail that the authors of the study themselves noticed is that if such a frequency of car changes is real, then another problem automatically arises – the number of owners of old cars. Namely, if a buyer considers purchasing a car older than 10 years, there is only a 12% probability that this car will be from the first owner. Most likely, such a vehicle has already changed 3-5 owners, if not more. However, there is no problem in this, except for the case when one of the numerous owners kept the car not for himself, but for sale, that is, used it until the need for cheap repairs arose (in other words, he dragged it to the last, shifting responsibility and financial burden to the future owner).
