THE fleet and lease sectors are benefiting from a shortage of stock as demand for end-of-contract company cars increases and prices rise to their highest in 18 months.
Source BCA
Latest analysis has shown that prices for a three-year-old/60,000 miles car in the third quarter of 2005 averaged £6,308, a rise of £134, or 2.1% over the second quarter.
Values have risen £339 year-on-year, equivalent to a rise of 5.6% since Q4 2004, according to BCA’s quarterly report The Pulse. Average mileage has risen slightly, while the age of cars on sale has fallen marginally from 38 months a year ago to 37 months.
Performance against CAP Clean for fleet and lease cars improved to an average of 98.4%, up two points against Q2 2005 and a single point up on Q1 (see table left).
Fleet and lease
Period | Age/months | Mileage | Sale Price | % vs CAP | ||||
Q3 | 2005 37.01 | 57,706 | £6,308 | 98.39 | ||||
Q2 | 2005 37.83 | 57,532 | £6,174 | 96.43 | ||||
Q1 | 2005 38.36 | 58,763 | £6,080 | 97.48 | ||||
Q4 | 2004 38.38 | 60,851 | £5,868 | 97.25 | ||||
Q3 | 2004 38.20 | 59,708 | £5,969 | 98.23 | ||||
Q2 | 2004 38.29 | 59,912 | £6,137 | 95.22 | ||||
Q1 | 2004 38.02 | 60,243 | £6,334 | 98.08 | ||||
Source BCA
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