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  • Ways to think about financing your second-hand automobile buy

    The pre-owned (used or second-hand) automobile market is seeing lots of traction lately. Most automobile firms have their very own pre-owned divisions, and a number of other monetary establishments are providing automobile loans at profitable charges. While some non-banking monetary firms (NBFCs) even provide zero down-payment schemes, it is very important examine for different varieties of loans  earlier than buying a automobile.

    Pre-owned automobile loans: You can get a pre-owned automobile mortgage from banks, NBFCs, and even fintech platforms. However, earlier than availing such a mortgage, it’s higher to check the rates of interest and examine if the lenders  provide fastened or variable fee of curiosity.

    Manish Chaudhari, president and chief of employees at Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd, stated that rates of interest on loans for used automobiles, usually, have a barely greater premium because the asset danger will increase in case of a used automobile.  Currently, pre-owned automobile mortgage charges begin from roughly 10% onwards, whereas mortgage charges on new automobiles are decrease at about 7%. Interest charges can also change primarily based on the consumers‘ credit score historical past, car sort, and many others. 

    Gaurav Aggarwal, director of Paisabazaar.com, stated, “Lenders additionally use their valuation mechanism after factoring within the age and mannequin of the car. This course of will increase the potential for arriving at decrease values for used automobiles than the sale value quoted by the vendor, thereby leading to a decrease mortgage quantity. The lenders additionally are likely to put in a number of restrictions on the tenure for used automobile loans. Hence, these limitations and restrictions make pre-owned automobile loans an inefficient instrument for financing used automobiles.” 

    Personal mortgage: You can even go for a pre-approved private mortgage to purchase a automobile.  Experts say these planning to finance their used automobile purchases via pre-owned automobile loans also needs to examine the non-public mortgage gives accessible on their credit score profile. Personal loans are sometimes comparatively cheaper. Depending on their credit score profiles, potential consumers can get greater mortgage quantities, longer mortgage tenures and decrease rates of interest . 

    Home mortgage top-ups: Existing house mortgage debtors can go for top-up house loans to finance their new automobile in addition to used automobile purchases. “Depending on their residual mortgage tenure and excellent mortgage quantity, availing a top-up house mortgage will help them avail greater mortgage quantities for longer tenures and decrease rates of interest,” stated Aggarwal. 

    Mint take: Buyers now have the selection of choosing both a pre-owned automobile mortgage, private mortgage or perhaps a top-up on their current house mortgage. However, one ought to be certain that the mortgage quantity  relies on sure components. These embrace the value of the used automobile and its affordability, and the equated month-to-month instalments (EMIs) that consumers are comfy with. The next  contribution in the direction of buy of an used automobile will decrease each the mortgage quantity and the month-to-month instalment that must be paid.

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  • Changing gears: Utility automobiles outrace different segments in Q1 gross sales

    In what confirms Indian automotive consumers’ rising desire for utility automobiles (UVs) over sedans and hatchbacks, the primary quarter of FY22 noticed the previous outselling the latter within the sub-segments the place the 2 are current (excluding the mini phase — automobiles beneath 3,600 mm in size — the place there are solely hatchbacks).
    According to gross sales knowledge by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), within the April-June 2021 interval, hatchbacks and sedans put collectively offered 2,83,816 items, whereas UVs offered marginally extra at 2,86,092 items.
    This was a reverse of the development within the January-March 2021 interval, when hatchbacks and sedans offered 3,79,742 items, and UVs trailed at 3,48,194 items.

    Part of the rationale, analysts stated, is six new UVs being launched in latest months (Nissan Magnite in December, new Jeep Compass in January, Renault Kiger and Tata Safari in February, Citroen C5 Aircross in April, and Hyundai Alcazar in June) whose gross sales picked up in April-June, at the same time as there have been no new sedans launched and simply two hatchbacks (new Hyundai i20 in November and Tata Altroz iTurbo in January).
    However, the larger cause is customers’ realisation that UVs are ‘more car per car’ (by the way, this was the tagline of Tata Indica, a hatchback).
    Som Kapoor, associate, automotive sector, EY India, stated Indian automotive consumers have began realising that UVs have comparatively more room, and supply higher consolation, driving expertise and manoeuvrability, in comparison with sedans or hatchbacks. “In urban markets in particular, the average car-buying age is coming down, and younger buyers, in general, prefer good driving dynamics and customisation over traditional features such as fuel efficiency,” he stated.
    Rajeev Singh, associate & chief, automotive, Deloitte India, added that the continued shift to UVs, and SUVs specifically, can also be as a result of these get pleasure from increased resale worth in comparison with a hatchback or an entry-level sedan. He stated a lot of used automobiles go to smaller cities, the place individuals are actually preferring SUVs as these areas could not have nearly as good a street infrastructure as in city areas.

    “This leads to more demand in the aftermarket, and thus higher resale value of a new SUV,” he stated.
    Gaurav Vangaal, affiliate director, IHS Markit, stated that within the subsequent three quarters, Maruti Suzuki will launch new generations of the Baleno, Celerio and Alto, which can push hatchback gross sales, and Tata is predicted to launch the Hornbill (an entry-level SUV), which can push UV gross sales.
    “But, overall, with clear consumer preference towards UVs, India will become a UV country by FY23,” he stated. FE