YaKuZa--BoSs Posted May 17, 2020 Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) Until now, it was only those from Phase 1 territories, which left Madrid or Barcelona out and kept sales below minimums. The Executive of Pedro Sánchez returns to rectify and will allow, from Monday morning, the opening to the public of all car dealers, regardless of their surface and the territory in which they are located. This is reflected in the Ministerial Order 414/2020 published this Sunday in the BOE and which states that they will have to do it by appointment and respecting all the security measures established by the Ministry of Health. To do this, stores have already invested 11 million euros. Yesterday, the government fixed another hot potato that was on the table, extending the ITV term for cars that have expired during the state of alarm. The extension, in extreme cases, reaches six months. Initially, the vast majority of dealerships would not be able to open until Phase 2 of the de-escalation, since they have a surface area greater than 400 square meters. With a new car market disappeared (it fell 70% in March and 97% in April), last Sunday the door was opened for them to start operating, regardless of their surface, in those territories that were or had become Phase 1. The measure, being necessary, seemed insufficient from the start, leaving out regions such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia or Malaga. In other words, almost half of the national market, so that 1,300 establishments barely started; and only 42,000 of the 150,000 workers left at ERTE, since the recovery of sales will be gradual. Between last Monday 11 and this Friday only 1,815 vehicles were registered, according to data from the Autoinforn consultancy. Thus, the market falls by 87.1% compared to the same day in May 2019. And 51.3% if we take the accumulated since January (226,830 units). ABOUT 200,000 UNSOLD CARS Faconauto, the management of dealers, and Ganvam, that of sellers and workshops, had repeatedly asked for a return to activity as now authorized. More, after it was known that Barcelona or Madrid will continue to be in Phase 0 for at least one more week. Likewise, they have accumulated a stock of about 200,000 new cars and many others used, which has already cost them 92 million due to depreciation alone, according to Autobiz data collected by Sumauto. The next step that the sector awaits is the implementation of a purchase aid plan that can accommodate all modern low-emission cars, not only 100% electric (or fuel cell) and plug-in hybrids. . They consider it necessary that it be endowed with some 400 million euros and estimate that, if measures of this type are not implemented, the market could fall in 2020 to 700,000 units. This would be 45% less than in 2019 and equal the lowest level in 20 years, only comparable to the 2012 figure. Edited May 18, 2020 by Dr.Drako Closed Topic / Complete 24 hours. 1
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