Diesel market Switzerland
AUTO-I-DAT The nitrogen oxide debate and the associated discussion about possible driving bans in Germany are now not without consequences for Switzerland: in its current reporting, auto-i-dat ag registers declining figures for new registrations and used cars on the diesel market. With a slight minus of 0.2 percent, the Swiss new car market is on track compared to the previous year. [...]
With a slight decrease of 0.2 percent compared to the previous year, the Swiss new car market is on track. However, market observers are recording a year-on-year decline of 4.3 percent in new registrations of diesel vehicles in the first seven months of the current year.
Open debate
Whether and to what extent the diesel debate will continue to affect registration figures can only be assessed with certainty in a few months' time; on average, it takes up to eight months for a vehicle to be redeemed and registered as a new vehicle after it has been ordered. What can already be said: A further decline would most likely affect the SUV/off-road vehicle segment, as around one third of all new registrations in the past six months were in this segment.
German brands stand longer
Like the new vehicle market, the used vehicle market is also at the previous year's level (-0.15 percent). Whereas in the fall of 2015 there was no sign of a downturn in the sales figures for used diesel vehicles, we are currently seeing "a marginal reluctance on the part of used buyers to purchase used diesel vehicles". "We are registering an overall decline in the used car market, but a slight increase in idle times for diesel vehicles from German manufacturers," says auto-i-dat ag data specialist René Mitteregger.
Environmental bonuses
The list of manufacturers offering conversion or environmental premiums for older diesel vehicles will soon be complete. This closes a chapter - but the probability remains that the "diesel issue" is far from over.
