Used car prices up £1,000 on last year, says BCA

Used car prices reached record levels at BCA in July, at an average of £9,513.

This is almost £1,000 more than the average price in July last year and 3.6% up on June’s figure.

It is the second consecutive month that average used car values have risen above £9,000 and sold values continue to outperform guide price expectations, despite some significant adjustments being made by guide publishers into July.   

Stuart Pearson COO BCA UK commented “We’ve continued to see record numbers of customers logging in and buying online and average values continuing to outstrip market expectations by a significant margin.

“To satisfy the increased demand, we’ve continued to enhance and expand our online selling programme by creating feature sales for the stock that customers are most interested in. Saturday sales at BCA now offer a much greater volume of stock, and, after a very successful launch event, we will be staging Sunday sales as a regular event in our sales programme from September onwards.

“There is an expectation that new car supply is likely to remain constrained for some time, which suggests that used car demand will continue to drive values up for some months yet.”

Cap HPI’s Live trade values reported an overall increase of 3.1% at the three-year point during the month of July, equivalent to more than £425 per car.

Used car values have been rising since April and have jumped by 16.6% in the last four months alone.