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In recent years, as the crisis of "lack of core" persists, many car companies stop production or reduce production to deal with the lack of supply of chips, and this problem also affects the terminal market. In the past, September and October have been the peak season of "Golden Nine Silver Ten" for car sales. However, due to the serious impact of the lack of core this year, resulting in a shortage of new cars, the second-hand car market is hot.

A person in charge of a used car store in Beijing said that the purchase prices of some brand models exceeded the opening price, CCTV reported. Last year, it sold an average of 50 used cars per month, and this year it can reach about 70 per month. Some second-hand car dealers even say that middle-and high-end quasi-new cars priced at about NT $300,000 and NT $400,000 and those that have been in use for no more than three years and drive within 50,000 kilometers are relatively popular models. According to a number of used car sales stores, users are more likely to buy used cars because they feel that they have to wait for a new car for a long time and have less choice of new cars. In addition, for buyers, although the ticket price of used cars bought this year is higher than that of new cars bought last year, taking into account the purchase tax, insurance and other costs, used cars are generally cheaper and have a short pick-up cycle, which is also the main reason why used cars sell well.

Earlier, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi and other dealers have adopted activities to recycle used cars according to ticket prices. For the high-price repurchase of used cars by the BBA brand, some netizens said that the shortage of chips should lead to a shortage of new cars and an increase in demand for used cars. Buying back used cars will not only expand resources to the showroom, but also meet the needs of more consumers to buy cars. In addition, according to the inventory early warning index survey of Chinese automobile dealers released by the China Automobile Circulation Association, the import-luxury brand index, the mainstream joint venture brand index and the independent brand inventory index all declined in August compared with the previous month. It can be seen that the chip shortage has a great impact on import-luxury brands and joint venture brands, while the inventory index of import-luxury brands has fallen below the rise and fall line. It is not difficult to see that in the context of the global collective lack of core, joint venture, luxury brands have appeared "one car is difficult to find" situation.

With the continuous escalation of the global chip shortage, many car companies around the world are unable to carry out normal production and sales due to lack of cores. Many car dealerships do not have existing cars to sell, and even begin to sell exhibition cars. To a certain extent, this has affected the operation of distribution stores. In this case, the used car business is booming. Some people in the industry said that with the cancellation of the relocation restriction policy, the landing of circulation convenience policies such as the electronic transmission of files, the purchase of used cars will be more simple and convenient, and consumers' concept of used cars will change, and so on. It has also given the used car market a leap. According to August data released by the China Automobile Circulation Association, the trading volume of used cars in the first six months of 2021 was 8.43 million, an increase of 52 per cent over the same period last year.

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