Germany: consumers' preferred place to purchase a used car 2023
As of July 2023, 38 percent of consumers in Germany preferred to purchase a used vehicle at a car dealership. Another 22 percent of them preferred to go to a specialized used car dealer, while 12 percent of respondents favored consumer-to-consumer in-person transactions. In contrast, the share of survey participants preferring online dealers or C2C purchase was much lower, demonstrating that human, in-person contact remains a crucial part of the used car purchasing process for consumers resident in Germany.