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What to look for in a car during slow economic recovery in the United Kingdom 2014

If economic recovery remains slow, what might you look for when you change car?

This graph indicates what people will look for when they next buy a car according to the responses given to a survey carried out in the UK in June 2014. The share of respondents looking for cars with lower CO2 emissions had increased since the previous survey, with 12% saying they would look for such a car if the economic recovery remains slow.

Car with better fuel consumption 21
Car with lower road tax 19
Same type of car 18
Best possible purchase price 14
Car with lower CO2 12
Car with lower maintenance costs 10
Smaller car 9
Used instead of new car 9
Best possible part-exchange price 8
Bigger car 7
Low interest loan 5
Car with lower depreciation 4
More prestigious marque 2