{"id":26060,"date":"2023-11-14T17:06:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/observatoirecetelem.com\/?page_id=26060"},"modified":"2025-11-27T11:45:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:45:44","slug":"buying-a-car-a-difficult-decision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/observatoirecetelem.com\/en\/lobservatoire-cetelem-de-lautomobile\/motorists-are-in-a-flog\/buying-a-car-a-difficult-decision","title":{"rendered":"Buying a car: a difficult decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Against this backdrop of economic and financial instability, the question of whether or not to buy a car is not an easy one to answer. Nearly 6 out of 10 people say that it is a difficult or very difficult decision (Fig. 4)<\/strong>. This view is held particularly strongly in Turkey, where almost 8 out of 10 people are in a state of uncertainty. The Portuguese and Belgians are the next most likely to find themselves in the same quandary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n For 6 out of 10 people the decision to buy a car is a difficult one.\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n
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Conversely, the Chinese are by far the least likely to be wracked by doubt on this matter, with three-quarters of motorists believing that making the decision to buy a car is easy.\nA majority of people in the USA, Norway and the UK also share this belief. Yet in many countries, this decision is not an easy one to make.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Beyond the issue of price, which remains the main factor when deciding to make a purchase, this latest edition of the L\u2019Observatoire Cetelem looks at the reasons why motorists may be unsure, hesitant or even sceptical about the merits of buying a new car.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\n Fig 4 – Buying a car: easy or difficult decision according to country\n <\/p>\n \n \n Download this infographic for your presentations\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n

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\n \"Bar\n \n Vertical graph comparing the perception of the difficulty of buying a car, by country.\nFor each country, the bar is divided into two segments:\nYellow: difficult purchase\nGreen: easy purchase\nExamples:\nGermany: 47% difficult, 53% easy\nFrance: 69% difficult, 31% easy\nItaly: 68% difficult\nChina: 22% difficult, 78% easy\nMexico: 48% difficult, 52% easy\nTrend:\nIn Europe, the majority considers the purchase difficult.\nIn China, the United States, and Mexico, the purchase is perceived as significantly easier.\n <\/span>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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