Car dealers report some of the toughest trading conditions in memory with car sales figures for March expected to see a big fall in numbers. With enquiry in March around 20 per cent of last year many dealers are braced for an even slower month in April, usually the worst sales month of the year. However, one area that’s doing well is car-sharing and car-subscriptions services – companies such as Go Get and Car Next Door reporting a surge in business – many customers concerned about using public transport due to contamination fears and new social distancing measures are accessing car sharing models to do essential shopping and other duties. Paying for the use of a car on the day you actually need it makes sense when in isolation against an ownership model with its ongoing costs like registration, insurance and depreciation especially when its sitting doing nothing for the rest of the week. As such there’s been a lift in the people looking to sell their cars.

I’m David Berthon

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