Datamonitor's Used Cars in Europe industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the used cars industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

Why you should buy this report

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* Inform your business decisions

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* Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

The used car market covers all private and remarketed sales of second hand cars. Private sales are those in which buyer and seller are both private individuals. Remarketing refers to the sale of vehicles by companies that had used them in the course of business or to generate revenue. Remarketing sales include the disposal of used cars by manufacturers, rental and leasing companies, and others.

Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2006 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, the European market consists of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Volume 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation I 11
CHAPTER 5 Market Segmentation II 12
CHAPTER 6 Five Forces Analysis 13
6.1 Buyer Power 13
6.2 Supplier Power 15
6.3 New Entrants 16
6.4 Substitutes 17
6.5 Rivalry 18
CHAPTER 7 Distribution 19
CHAPTER 8 Market Forecasts 20
8.1 Market Value Forecast 20
8.2 Market Volume Forecast 21
CHAPTER 9 Macroeconomic Indicators 22
CHAPTER 10 Appendix 23
10.1 Methodology 23
10.2 Industry Associations 24
10.3 Related Datamonitor Research 24

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Europe Used Cars Market Value: $ million, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: Europe Used Cars Market Volume: Units million, 2003-2007 10
Table 3: Europe Used Cars Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Volume, 2007 11
Table 4: Europe Used Cars Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2007 12
Table 5: Europe Used Cars Distribution: % Share, by Volume, 2007 19
Table 6: Europe Used Cars Market Value Forecast: $ million, 2007-2012 20
Table 7: Europe Used Cars Market Volume Forecast: Units million, 2007-2012 21
Table 8: Europe Exchange Rate, 2003 22