Reasons European consumers would hesitate if they had to buy a car

According to a survey conducted in 2023 on the largest sources of hesitation for European consumers if they had to buy a car, the cost of petrol or electricity stood out as the most common cause for hesitation in major European countries.

Largest sources of hesitation for European consumers if they had to buy a car in the present day, as of July 2023

Characteristic	Share of respondents
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Sources

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

October 2023

More information

Region

Europe

Survey time period

June 28 to July 17, 2023

Number of respondents

11,000 respondents

Age group

18 to 65 years

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

Original survey question: "If you had to buy a car today, what would be your biggest sources of hesitation? The fact that the car you bought..."

Participants selected up to three 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.

Citation formats