Used Vehicle and Automotive Trade Market Research Reports

About our Used Vehicles and Trade coverage

In most countries more used cars change hands than new ones, and in many emerging markets imported used vehicles are the main source of supply. Our used vehicle reports size transactions by age, price band, channel and seller type, and connect them to the export markets in Japan, South Korea, China and the Gulf that feed them.

Trade is the thread that links this section. Chinese brands are entering Africa, the Middle East and Latin America at speed, used vehicle exporters are shifting destinations as import rules change, and roll-on roll-off capacity and port processing decide how fast vehicles reach buyers. We track those flows with customs and shipping data.

The section also covers how vehicles are sold and built close to the buyer: dealership and distribution groups, and the local assembly and contract manufacturing programmes that governments use to attract production.

Who uses this research

Dealer groups and online used car platforms, exporters and importers, logistics and port operators, vehicle manufacturers entering new markets, and lenders and investors underwriting residual values.

Every report is delivered with the underlying data tables, a defined methodology note and analyst access, so the assumptions can be interrogated rather than accepted. If the exact scope you need is not published here, we build commissioned studies on the same framework.