Nissan LEAF Is Fastest Selling Used Car In UK

These days more than 70 percent of used car buyers are considering an electric car when it comes to their next purchase.

Battery-powered vehicles are so popular these days in fact that the Nissan Leaf – the best selling electric car in the world – recently topped the list of fastest-selling used cars in the UK.

As well as the Leaf topping the national chart, alternatively-fuelled cars did well regionally too. In London, 2016 and 2015 variants of the electric-hybrid Mitsubishi Outlander, both automatics, were second and fourth fastest to sell in that area, taking 10 and 14 days to sell respectively. In the South East, the 2018 Toyota C-HR electric hybrid was the tenth fastest selling car, taking an average of 24 days to sell.

"An all-electric vehicle making it to the very top of the UK’s fastest selling is really quite significant, and reflects the trends we’re seeing elsewhere. Not only are there record rates of adoption of AFVs in both the new and used car market, but research for our latest Market Report showed that nearly three quarters of car buyers are considering an EV for their next purchase. Mass adoption is a way off yet, but there is clearly a growing shift in perception which will offer huge opportunities for the industry," said Karolina Edwards-Smajda, Auto Trader’s Director of Commercial Products.

"Diesel remains an excellent choice for many drivers, however it looks as though the writing is on the wall for the much-maligned fuel type. It’s shown great resilience, but with the ongoing negative rhetoric surrounding the fuel debate, coupled with high-profile schemes to cut emissions in major cities, such as London’s new Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ), it’s future remains uncertain."

The UK’s Top 10 Fastest Selling Used Cars in March 2019