Reasons consumers don't want to buy a car in Europe

According to a survey conducted in 202, on the self-reported reasonsforf consumers not wanting to buy a car, the majority of survey participants in Europe stated that they did not want to buy a car because they did not need to. The second leading reason to not plan to buy a car was issues with affording the purchase of a vehicle.

Self-reported reasons consumers do not want to buy a car in Europe, as of July 2023

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Release date

October 2023

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

June 28 to July 17, 2023

Number of respondents

11,000*

Age group

18 to 65 years

Special properties

respondents who did not wish to buy a car.

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

Original survey question: "Why don’t you want to buy a car? "

Participants selected up to two answers.

Respondents came from national samples from each country. The quota approach was employed to ensure that the sample was representative of gender and age.

*The source conducted 3,000 interviews in France and 800 in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. 34 percent of respondents in Germany, 42 percent of respondents in Austria, 44 percent of respondents in Belgium, 33 percent of respondents in Spain, 38 percent of respondents in France, 27 percent of respondents in Italy, 50 percent of respondents in Norway, 40 percent of respondents in the Netherlands, 43 percent of respondents in Poland, 41 percent of respondents in Portugal, and 37 percent of respondents in the UK did not intend to purchase a car. The overall count represents all respondents, not just those who did not wish to purchase a car.

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