With recent Home Office figures revealing a near 50 per cent increase in vehicle thefts over the last five years (up from 75,308 in 2013-14 to 111,999 in 2017-18), a new mycarcheck survey highlights the shocking extent of online phishing scams.
A survey of 1,289 mycarcheck.com customers has revealed a significant shift in where people buy used cars. 27 per cent of those surveyed in February said they preferred to go to a main dealer or car supermarket, up from 13 per cent of those asked the same question a year ago. The trade has taken this market share from private sellers, down to 35 per cent from 48 per cent the previous year, with independent retailers unchanged on 33 per cent.
With fog and frost bringing treacherous driving conditions to much of the country, MyCarCheck.com has compared the buying risks associated with five of the UK’s most popular 4×4 vehicles.
Head of MyCarCheck.com, Roger Powell, said: “4×4 sales surge during winter, so we merged our data for November 2015 to February 2016 and November 2016 to January 2017 to highlight the different risks associated with the most popular used models.
To celebrate Halloween, MyCarCheck.com has listed the used vehicles most likely to have all three scariest warnings – write-off, finance and stolen. These vehicles are: 1) Ford Fiesta Zetec, 2) Vauxhall Astra SRI, 3) Ford Fiesta Zetec S, 4) Honda Jazz SE CVT, and 5) Ford Focus Zetec.
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