Why do many people no longer want to buy cars as car prices become cheaper and cheaper?

Although car prices are getting cheaper and cheaper, there are actually not as many people who can afford a car as we think, and the necessity of buying a car is becoming less and less, which leads to many people not wanting to buy one. The car is gone.

It’s not that I don’t want to buy a car, but that I don’t have the money to buy a car

1. Car prices are not as low as cabbage prices, so buying a car is still difficult

National Bureau of Statistics A "Resident Income and Consumption Expenditure in 2020" was released. In 2020, the per capita disposable income of national residents was 32,189 yuan, and the per capita consumption expenditure was 21,210 yuan.

To put it bluntly: once daily expenses are reduced, there is almost no money left. Although cars have become cheaper, they are not as cheap as a real cabbage, not to mention that cabbage is not cheap either. Among the fuel vehicles on sale, the cheapest sedan is the Baojun 310, with a guide price of 40,900.

Whether it is expensive or not, it is not cheap anymore. Buying a car is still a huge expense, and it is not realistic for everyone to have one. Just like eating durian, not many people could eat it more than ten years ago. Now most people eat it once in a while, which is not a difficult task. No one eats it every day, not to this extent.

2. 69% of people think that they don’t have enough money to buy a car

In addition, judging from the actual survey report: many people actually don’t have enough money to buy a car. The car is still a "fantasy" in quotation marks. Fidelity International and Ant Fortune jointly released a "2019 China Pension Prospects Survey Report."

69 people think that money is not enough at all, and this number has increased compared with 2018, which was 63. Even for people who have the habit of saving every month, the average monthly savings is only 1,052 yuan, and they can only save 12,624 yuan a year.

If you want to buy a Baojun 310, you will need to save for 3 or 4 years to afford it, let alone those cars costing hundreds of thousands. Moreover, many people may still choose to consume in advance when they don’t have enough money to spend. As soon as your salary is paid every month, you first have to pay off loans, credit cards, Huabei, etc. How can you have any money to buy a car? Right?

Suishouji jointly released a "2017 Young People's Consumption Trend Data Analysis" with other major platforms. The proportion of young people with a monthly income of more than 4,000 yuan has exceeded 76%. The category with the most borrowed money for advanced consumption is "electronic products".

If you can afford a car but don’t buy it, it’s because you don’t want to drive

Most people have no money and can’t buy a car, but some people have money but don’t want to buy one.

3. The traffic jam problem is serious, and driving is not as good as other modes of travel

Now that there are more and more cars on the road, the traffic jam problem is particularly serious. Driving sometimes becomes a " tortured”. Amap and others jointly released a "2020Q3 China's Major Cities Traffic Analysis Report", it said.

During the national peak period, 7.48% of the cities were in congestion and 58.17% of the cities were in slow traffic, and the vehicle speed during congestion was basically only over 20 km/h. That is: driving is not as fast as a bus, and it is not a big problem to pass you on a battery scooter. Naturally, some people just don’t want to buy a car and think it is unnecessary.

4. The cost of using a car is too high

In addition to traffic jams, the high cost of maintaining a car is also the reason why many friends do not want to buy a car. In our previous videos, we calculated specifically for you: a car worth 100,000 yuan would cost 19,000 yuan just to use the car every year.

If you don’t drive the car after you buy it, and just park it there, you will lose about 23,725 yuan a year, including depreciation and wear and tear. I already can't save any money. Losing another 20,000 yuan will be heartbreaking, right?

5. In some cities, you can’t get a license plate, and you can’t buy it even if you want to.

In addition, there are a few friends who can afford it and drive it. They don’t have a license plate, but they want to buy it, but they are not qualified. . I live in Hangzhou. How many people participated in the lottery in April? you guess? 1,071,380 people.

And there are only 4,698 licenses, and the winning rate is about 0.4. Welfare lotteries and sports lotteries can sponsor and advertise. What does it mean? Only 4 out of 1,000 people can get a license plate, and some people haven't been able to get one for several years. Although Hangzhou now has a regional license, it is restricted during commuting and peak periods on weekdays, which is also quite uncomfortable.

The demand for buying cars for the sake of face is constantly declining

Finally, the demand for buying cars for the sake of face is also declining, which also leads to many friends not wanting to buy them. It used to be great to have a car at home, right? Even if you drive a weird brand, as long as it has four wheels, can move, and the car is really yours, it's so glamorous. Isn't it normal to have a car now? Right?

For example: In 2004, the number of private cars in the country was only about 6 million; by 2018, this number had become 125.89 million, an increase of nearly 21 times.

The Internet Society of China, Analysys and 58.com jointly released a "Road to Living and Working in Peace—Analysis of Service Demand for Major Life Events and Case Analysis". As mentioned above: Cars have returned to their essence as travel tools, and buying a car is mainly for daily commuting or daily life travel.

Motives such as "everyone around me has already bought it" only account for 2% of married families. So, if you can't afford a luxury car, you won't just buy a so-called "cheap" car casually. There is no issue of losing face. If you buy a bicycle, will this issue be discussed? The principle is the same.

There are various reasons for not buying a car

In general, although the price of cars is getting cheaper and cheaper, there are not as many people who can afford cars as we think, not them. Don't want to buy it. And even if I can afford it, I don’t want to buy it. It’s meaningless. I can’t get the license plate, and the cost is too high. I can save money to travel, buy a bag with my children, what can’t I do? This will happen.

What kind of car can a couple buy if their monthly income is around 10,000 yuan?

For those who plan to buy a car, they must be able to afford it and maintain it. If you can afford it, what is the appropriate price for the car? "If I have 150,000 yuan on hand and in my pocket, is it better to buy a 150,000 yuan car? Or is it better to get a loan and buy a 200,000 yuan car? After all, the car will last a long time."