Lockdown likely to accelerate remote sales of cars
Increase in pre-owned sales provides a glimmer of hope for the embattled automotive industry
09 April 2020 - 05:08
While new-vehicle sales in SA plunged 29.7% last month versus March 2019 as a result of Covid-19, used-vehicle sales increased.
Pre-owned vehicle sales on the AutoTrader website — one of the country’s biggest motoring marketplaces — rose from about 30,000 units in March 2019 to more than 33,000 last month...
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