World Cup fun from HPI
June 23rd, 2010 by Richard Aucock
HPI is using the World Cup to highlight the startling fact 1 in 3 cars checked have some sort of finance or insurance issue.
The HPI Check experts say this equals millions of cars with outstanding finance, or which have been clocked, stolen, written off or had a registration plate transfer.
To show the scale of the problem, it took famed cars from 6 nations: MINI from England, BMW 3 Series from Germany, SEAT Leon from Spain, Renault Clio from France and Fiat Punto from Italy.
It then compared each, to see which came out ‘top’… in the dreaded list of dodgy dealings!
• England: MINI is most likely to have outstanding finance; 16 percent of MINIS checked by HPI are affected, compared to 11 percent of BMW 3 Series.
• Germany: 3 Series is most likely to have had a registration plate change. 40 percent have done so, compared to 37 percent of MINIs and 9 percent of Puntos.
• Spain: SEAT Leons top the mileage discrepancy table at 10 percent. The MINI is second on 8 percent, with the Clio on 7 percent.
• France: Renault Clios suffer 23 percent insurance write-offs, compared to just 9 percent for the BMW and MINI.
• Italy: Fiat Puntos share the most-written-off record with the Clio, at 23 percent.
‘Our World Cup hit rates are a bit of fun,’ said HPI’s Nicola Johnson, ‘but the real message is not to get swayed by the excitement of buying a used car.
‘Follow your team with your heart, but buy your car with your head.
‘It doesn’t matter which team you’re rooting for in the World Cup, the only way to make sure you don’t score an own goal when it comes to used car buying is to conduct a vehicle history check before purchase.’
HPI’s smart way of promoting the Check during World Cup fever could well benefit you, too… unless, that is, you’re using it to promote France.
Fingers crossed for England, too!