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
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.
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Observatoire Cetelem. (October 17, 2023). Largest sources of hesitation for European consumers if they had to buy a car in the present day, as of July 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449103/largest-sources-of-hesitation-european-consumers-if-they-had-to-buy-car-in-present-day/
Observatoire Cetelem. "Largest sources of hesitation for European consumers if they had to buy a car in the present day, as of July 2023." Chart. October 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449103/largest-sources-of-hesitation-european-consumers-if-they-had-to-buy-car-in-present-day/
Observatoire Cetelem. (2023). Largest sources of hesitation for European consumers if they had to buy a car in the present day, as of July 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449103/largest-sources-of-hesitation-european-consumers-if-they-had-to-buy-car-in-present-day/
Observatoire Cetelem. "Largest Sources of Hesitation for European Consumers If They Had to Buy a Car in The Present Day, as of July 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Oct 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449103/largest-sources-of-hesitation-european-consumers-if-they-had-to-buy-car-in-present-day/
Observatoire Cetelem, Largest sources of hesitation for European consumers if they had to buy a car in the present day, as of July 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449103/largest-sources-of-hesitation-european-consumers-if-they-had-to-buy-car-in-present-day/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Largest sources of hesitation for European consumers if they had to buy a car in the present day, as of July 2023 [Graph], Observatoire Cetelem, October 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1449103/largest-sources-of-hesitation-european-consumers-if-they-had-to-buy-car-in-present-day/
