| It needs a discerning eye to see a huge invisible and | | | | is auto dealers. They come to the big cities in hordes; |
| less-talked about market around the used car users | | | | pick up the junk in the name of used cars, take |
| all over the country | | | | them back to their towns and cities, refurbish them |
| I do not know how many of you have noticed that | | | | at cheap garages and sell them at premium. Such |
| an old car of yours which fetches you an X amount | | | | cars cater to the aspirations of the masses which |
| in the metropolitan city like Mumbai can get you upto | | | | have not been exposed to a culture economically |
| 1.5 X in B or C class cities like Jabalpur and Indore. | | | | higher than theirs. Hence the aspirations they have |
| The reason is simple to understand. A city is known | | | | too fall in a lower bracket. Hence here is the market |
| by the infrastructure it has which is directly linked to | | | | for the used cars. |
| its economic status of its population. It is easy to | | | | Cheap Indian used cars have not only attracted the |
| understand that a city population with high disposable | | | | small-time auto dealers, they are now being equally |
| incomes would change the consumer durables more | | | | fancied by premium dealers and even top brand car |
| often than the one lower on that economic scale. | | | | manufacturers. Banks too have tied up with the |
| The result being that among other things you have | | | | recognised and with the high-end used car dealers to |
| more cars changed and hence higher availability of | | | | make available finance to those who would be happy |
| used cars for sale. You don't need a car review to | | | | to own used cars. |
| tell you why the cost of cars in big cities is much | | | | It needs a discerning eye to see a huge invisible and |
| lower than in the smaller cities. | | | | less-talked about market around the used car users |
| The class of traders which thrives on such a situation | | | | all over the country. |