When is the most profitable time to buy a car in 2024?

The price war for the Year of the Dragon set off by BYD in February should be over for the time being. Although many brands will continue their preferential policies until April, May or even the middle of the year, more brands choose to remain unmoved or start to tighten their preferential measures. In this context, some friends who originally held on to the currency began to waver under the urging of the live broadcast room or sales, and here the picture says that the car still wants to emphasize the timing of buying a car this year - the first half of the year!

What is just the need to buy a car? To sum up, it is probably necessary to make a living, commuting needs, business reception, getting married immediately, children are born, and parents are seeking medical treatment. Just need the group to buy it directly, no need to wait, anyway, sooner or later it will be stabbed (crossed out).

Now the price of many entry-level models is already very cheap, such as Buick Veran, Chevrolet Cruze, Nissan Classic Sylphy, Volkswagen Lavida and other classic models and 79,800 yuan BYD Qin PLUS DM-i, buy now and buy in the second half of the year will not be too different, if you really need the car urgently, you can start directly, no need to wait.

If it doesn't belong to the above situation, it is really recommended not to buy a car in the first half of the year.

Why is it not recommended to buy a car in the first half of the year?

First, the detailed rules for the trade-in of cars in the first half of the year may not be able to land. Recently, a blockbuster policy related to automobile consumption has come out, that is, the action plan for the trade-in of consumer goods such as home appliances and automobiles has been announced, this policy is related to everyone who buys a car this year, especially if you want to change the car, the replacement subsidy may be much larger than the current subsidy at the enterprise level, especially the older fuel vehicles, the replacement subsidy that can be enjoyed is more likely to be more cost-effective than buying a second-hand car or 4S store replacement, which is worth looking forward to.

But now there is a problem, that is, the details of the trade-in program have not yet been finalized, and from the finalization of the rules to the implementation of the policy to the financial support at all levels, it will take a while, and the earliest implementation to the consumer side may get the middle of the year, so it is really recommended that friends who want to change cars in the near future, especially those who sell fuel vehicles for new energy vehicles, wait patiently for a heavyweight replacement policy.

Second, the knockout competition of car companies has just begun, and more and more brands will fall. At the beginning of this year, we sent away a new energy car company with a great design but a high price, and looking forward to 2024, we may have to send away at least two or three new forces, including some new power brands with large factory backgrounds.

And it is precisely because of the foreknowledge of the fate that is about to be carried away that some new power brands began to cut prices sharply. For these new power brand models that seem to be fragrant for the time being, it is not very recommended that you look at the cheap car. It is not a trivial matter for most families to buy a new car or replace a new car, coupled with the current miserable value retention rate of all second-hand cars, it is difficult to get on the wrong car and get off again, and the cost of jumping out of the car will be very high.

As far as the current car system and after-sales service of the major new power car companies are concerned, the collapse of the car company means that no one cares about the OTA and BUG in the future, and the after-sales service is also equal to gone.

Third, the inventory of car companies using the traditional sales model is about to explode, and greater discounts are still to come. Although most car companies have adopted production cuts and promotions to reduce inventory in the off-season in February, due to factors such as the increasing penetration rate of new energy and the impact of price wars, some traditional fuel car companies with relatively high single-model sales are still high in inventory at both ends of the manufacturer and channel, and the pressure to destock is greater, especially for Japanese brands.

In addition to traditional fuel car companies, some of the new energy brands that adopt the traditional sales model, the current inventory pressure is very great, to the second half of the new round of price war and the moment of brand life and death, the discount of the inventory car will be very large, the current discount is like sprinkling water, to use up half a lifetime of luck to have the opportunity to spend 59,900 yuan to buy the hand Boma 3, there will be a brand will give you a down.

Fourth, the current price of new models is generally high. According to the observation of the car, the new cars on the market since the beginning of this year, except for the BYD Glory series and a very few new energy models, the guide price of most new cars is generally high, including but not limited to Dongfeng Yipai eπ007 with a starting price of 159,600 yuan, Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM with a minimum sale of 159,800 yuan, Toyota Camry with a starting price of 171,800 yuan, Zhiji L7 with a starting price of 299,900 yuan, and ideal MEGA with a minimum of 559,800 yuan. In addition, some new models launched in the third and fourth quarters of last year, such as Haval Raptor and other models, are still priced a little high.

Friends who are interested in buying new models on the market, it is recommended to wait and see patiently for a few months, as far as the current domestic car market is concerned, it will not take a few months to reduce the official discount and discount, unless you like to try the rich brother and sister, it is not recommended to try some new cars that are not too popular, don't blame me for not reminding you when you are backstabbed. Of course, a very small number of models, such as the new Extreme Krypton 001, should be rushed, and the large battery version will not drop anywhere in the second half of the year.

In May, April and May, a large number of new cars will be launched. As a senior love brain, I always believe in "don't write your own answers just because everyone else is handing in the papers". Buying a car is actually the same, there may be a few models that you are more ambiguous but not like in your bones are being officially dropped or experiencing significant discounts, and your friends around you have also changed to green cars, at this time you are shaken and started.

Then one day in mid-April and May, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's new car declaration catalog appeared in your dream car, your brain was blank on the way to work, and the hand holding the steering wheel began to tremble slightly unconsciously.

If you don't want to experience this kind of poignant regret, and there is no particularly exciting model for the time being, then you might as well wait for the Beijing Auto Show in April, and then pay attention to the new car declaration catalog and new car spy report.

Sixth, as strong as BBA, it can't avoid this year's price war. Some friends may have a "stereotype" that luxury brands like BBA are different from those brands that focus on the entry-level market of more than 100,000 yuan, and the wave of price reductions will not affect BBA.

But the fact is that BBA users are turning to new energy alternative brands such as Ideal, Wenjie, Zeekr, and NIO, and BBA has lost its dominant-level premium ability. In addition to the ultra-luxury models of more than one million, the BBA volume of models will also be pulled off the altar this year, especially Audi and BMW, which will drop more violently in the second half of this year.