{"id":3238,"date":"2016-03-09T11:58:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T11:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/?p=3238"},"modified":"2016-03-09T11:58:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T11:58:02","slug":"emissions-scandal-hasnt-dented-consumers-enthusiasm-vw-says-auto-trader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/emissions-scandal-hasnt-dented-consumers-enthusiasm-vw-says-auto-trader\/","title":{"rendered":"Emissions&#8217; scandal hasn&#8217;t dented consumers&#8217; enthusiasm for VW says Auto Trader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-ads-body-copy=\"true\" data-ads-first=\"2\" data-ads-every=\"3\">\n<h3>A strong mix of Volkswagen product in Auto Trader\u2019s latest assessment of the fastest selling used cars reveals the emissions&#8217; scandal hasn\u2019t dented consumers\u2019 enthusiasm for its cars.<\/h3>\n<p>The Volkswagen Passat saloon was the fastest selling used car in February, selling in an average 19 days.<\/p>\n<p>The estate version was the eighth fastest.<\/p>\n<p>Both are 2013 versions when the well-equipped R Line derivative was added to the range.<\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen\u2019s other models have a strong showing in some of the region\u2019s fastest sellers too, with the Golf being the second fastest seller in the East of England.<\/p>\n<p>The Golf also takes fifth, sixth and ninth places in Northern Ireland\u2019s fastest sellers, plus it was fourth quickest out of dealerships in the West Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>Karolina Edwards-Smajda (pictured), Auto Trader retailer and consumer products director, said: \u201cOur Market Report noted that while there was a dip in market share for new VW models in January, average used car prices for Volkswagens remained relatively unchanged according to our Used Car Retail Price Index.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCar buyers\u2019 appetite for these cars hasn\u2019t dropped off either as online classified ad views on Auto Trader showed stable results across the board for the last six months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>February\u2019s national best sellers also included five crossovers and 4x4s, with Toyota\u2019s RAV4 the second quickest.<\/p>\n<p>Also notable is the appearance of Volvo\u2019s XC90 in the nation\u2019s quickest selling cars. The 2015 model is proving in demand with car buyers as it ranks as the ninth fastest used car to shift from British showrooms, plus the Swedish company launched the all-new XC90 in early 2015 too.<\/p>\n<p>Of the top 10 best-selling new cars in 2015 none make an appearance in February\u2019s national top 10 fastest sellers, but the Ford Focus is the fastest selling car in the East of England and it\u2019s joined by a number of other best new car sellers including the Volkswagen Golf, Ford Fiesta, Vauxhall Corsa, Volkswagen Polo and Nissan Qashqai all showing a quick pair of heels off the East of England forecourts.<\/p>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/static.am-online.com\/files\/AutoTraderFastestSellingCarsFeb2016.xls\">Fastest selling cars in your region<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Auto Trader&#8217;s fastest selling used cars in the UK in February 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/94958.003-February-2015-Map-aw2-LR.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3241\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/94958.003-February-2015-Map-aw2-LR.jpg\" alt=\"94958.003 February 2015 Map aw2 LR\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"Auto Trader fastest selling used cars Feb 2016\" src=\"https:\/\/amcdn.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/1\/Auto_Trader\/autotraderfastestsellingcarsfeb2016.png\" alt=\"Auto Trader fastest selling cars Feb 2016\" width=\"687\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A strong mix of Volkswagen product in Auto Trader\u2019s latest <a class=\"moretag btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/emissions-scandal-hasnt-dented-consumers-enthusiasm-vw-says-auto-trader\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[39,265],"class_list":["post-3238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-auto-trader","tag-fastest-selling"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.lnetdev.uk\/thevra2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}