Vauxhall Grandland is most in-demand used car

Used Vauxhall Grandlands are selling more quickly than any other model, according to data from Auto Trader.

One-year-old examples of the SUV were sold in seven-and-a-half days, on average, during March.

Auto Trader says the speed at which used cars are selling is continuing to accelerate, taking an average of just 25 days to sell in March.

This follows the rapid pace recorded in January (31 days) and February (28 days) when used cars sold faster in 2025 than any other year on record.

Richard Walker, Auto Trader’s data and insight’s director, said: “The accelerating speed at which cars are moving off forecourts faster is an encouraging sign for the used car market.

“However, this record speed of sale does suggest that for many retailers there’s room to optimise pricing to fully capitalise on the robust levels of consumer demand.”

The Grandland was closely followed by the one-year-old Mercedes-Benz GLC shifting off retailers' forecourts just in eight and a half days. In both cases it was the petrol hybrid powertrain that was in the highest demand.

The top three is rounded off by the one-year-old petrol version of the Jeep Avenger which took on average eleven days to exchange hands between retailers and buyers.

Every car in the top 10 fastest sellers list was fuelled by petrol or diesel (inc hybrids), while almost all the slowest selling cars were electric or plug-in hybrids.

Half of the top ten fastest-selling cars were ‘nearly new’. While this highlights a keen appetite for certain newer models, Auto Trader’s data reveals nuance in the used car market, with 80% of the slowest-selling used cars also in the ‘nearly new’ cohort.

The Nissan Leaf was the slowest-selling car in March, taking an average of 101 days to sell. It was followed by the plug-in hybrid VW Golf, which took 98 days to sell, on average.

Fastest-selling cars in March on Auto Trader:

Slowest-selling cars in March on Auto Trader: