30% of Emiratis prefer buying car online; CARS24 – YouGov Survey

30% of Emiratis prefer buying car online; CARS24 – YouGov Survey

A new trend has emerged within the online pre-owned car buying patterns of consumers in UAE, according to a recent study commissioned by CARS24 in association with YouGov, an international research data and analytics group.

Out of the UAE consumers who prefer to buy pre-owned cars online, around 55 percent fall within the 18-34 age group. As per the joint study, 28 percent of the respondents mentioned that they would prefer to buy a pre-owned car online, around 43 percent mentioned that they would prefer to buy it from a showroom, 19 percent of them would prefer to buy it from private sellers, whereas 10 percent had no specific preference.

According to the survey, 30 percent of UAE nationals, 34 percent of Arab expats, 27 percent of Asian expats, and 22 percent of Western expats prefer to buy a vehicle online. Preference of Arab expats in terms of buying cars online exceeded 2 percent as compared to buying a pre-owned car from a dealership which stood at 32 percent.

Abhinav Gupta

CEO – CARS24

Gulf Region “We are a young company that has grown rapidly not only in the UAE but across several international markets. CARS24 is at the forefront of cutting-edge technology and our