Quote Originally Posted by Saint-Just View Post
On the other hand, regardless of your previous experience, Autotrader is where many people buy and sell their cars, including professionals. So the figures quoted by Dave+63 support his assertion when yours isn't really backed up.

If your business experience is relevant, by all means share your knowledge but please back it up, as it translates in the real world.

My own professional experience is current, past and wholly relevant. We have access to all the relevant Trade pricing platforms that the industry work with and see the changes and trends every single day and in actual transactions completed in the retail and auction sectors. Autotrader is a fine customer facing website for looking at cars/retail asking prices but it has no relevance to the wholesale or Trade pricing trends I have referenced. We also have access to the Autotrader Trade side (the "rear" of the on-line site you would look at) where a wealth of data is available for industry only subscribers.

And as for the figures quoted by Dave+63 I'm afraid they are not relevant without factual context and specifics. The list/asking price for a car seen for sale on-line vs. it's retail asking price (be that privately or with a Trade reseller) some years later is just not an accurate metric. Also that Autotrader on line "comparison" offers no commentary on any specific trend and an asking price is, obviously, not a selling price.

Here are a few Trade insight links to read, should you feel the need to broaden your knowledge on the EV market per se;

https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publ...t-month/288053

https://www.am-online.com/news/deale...uptake-plummet

https://www.am-online.com/news/used-...-auction-sales

https://www.motorfinanceonline.com/f...ices-inflated/