Business Standard
Saturday, Nov 21, 2009
 
drived banner
drived banner
  Advanced Search
Feedback | RSS
Content Guide
Follow us on  
||Companies & Industry||||||| 
 Section Home | News Now | Today's Paper | Q&A | People in the News | Industry News | Features | The Compass | Research & Analysis | Opinion | Corporate Results
Home > Companies & Industry Live Markets | Smart Portfolios II
  Search:

Tougher recovery norms see second-hand car prices crash
Danny Goodman & Swaraj Baggonkar / New Delhi & Mumbai November 4, 2008, 23:47 IST

Second-hand car prices have dropped 15 to 25 per cent following the imposition of stringent Supreme Court norms over repossessing and selling cars of owners defaulting on their loans. 

The rules, which has extended the repossession and selling process to three months against 24 hours earlier, has already seen lenders turn away 15 per cent of those who approach them for loans.

This has not only impacted new car sales but also prompted second-hand car dealers to push sales at lower prices rather than build up costly inventory. Repossessed cars account for about a quarter of second-hand car sales. But the good news is that second hand car prices are crashing .
 

CRASH COURSE
(Second hand car prices)
Model

4 mths ago

Now
Maruti Alto LXi (2005) 200,000 180,000
Hyundai Accent GLE (2006) 350,000 280,000
Honda City Exi (2006) 550,000 515,000
Maruti Swift Vxi (2006) 340,000 315,000
Chevrolet Optra 1.6 (2004) 350,000 310,000
Mahindra Scorpio 2.6 (2006) 550,000 500,000

“Prices will fall in the range of 15 to 25 per cent and could fall even further. The drop will be lower for small cars and higher for luxury ones, " said Arif Fazulbhoy, director of Mumbai-based Fazulbhoy Motors, one of the oldest car dealers. 

Although the Supreme Court directive has had the effect of lowering the supply of such cars to the second-hand market, the longer repossession process means their value will fall significantly before they can be re-sold. 

“As the case for repossession gets entangled, it will impact the resale value which goes down so dealers want to sell quickly at a lower price rather than keep inventory, " Fazulbhoy added.

The Supreme Court’s repossession norms stipulate that a bank must issue two notices of loan default to the customer followed by a police complaint and then repossess the car. 

“Now when repossessed cars come to us, they are already four to five months old from the date of default. Since we don’t want their value to depreciate we sell quickly even at a lower price,” said Ashish Gaur, VP, operations, Mahindra First Choice Wheels. “Also, the fact is that no bank is giving money to finance second-hand cars, which is putting pressure on prices as well,” he added. 

Car financiers say loan defaults are rare in the case of premium cars.

Car finance companies say there are broadly two kinds of vehicle loan defaulters: accidental and intentional. 

“It’s the second category that has been turned away after the stringent norms were put in place. Earlier, when interest rates were lower it was easier to sanction loans for them,” said Rajan Pental, senior vice-president & business manager, auto loans of HDFC Bank. Car loans constitute about 70 per cent of the bank’s vehicle loan portfolio.

Arrow Other Stories     
- Sensex makes remarkable recovery, regains 17K
- Bharati to go by Sebi norms on Great Offshore offer
- Galleon exits Edelweiss; sells 7% stake for Rs 255.54 cr
- Suzlon Energy's three promoters pledge 2.8 cr shares
- Draw export strategy of $300 bn: Assocham to govt
More  
  Read Business news in 
  Get financial advisory and solutions for your projects
  Holidays starting at a delightful EMI of Rs 3481
  Switch on and say hello to Monday morning !
  Your dream home can now be a reality.
  Visit Fortis for a preventive health check-up & get a 20% discount.
  Follow the ups and downs of your investments. Try our new Portfolio Tracker
  Kolkata Dock \ Freight contract for the British Gurkhas Nepal
  Find how Midsize Businesses use ERP to gain competitive advantage
  Trading in Forex is now as easy as 1-2-3
  Discover an economical and cost effective way to market your products and services
  Giftwithlove.com: Same day delivery of Flowers and Cakes to India
  Download the E-book on the Future of Business Intelligence
  Learn Best Practices for improving customer satisfaction
  Know your customers better... download the free e-book on CRM
   Discussion Board / User Comments    
Display Name  Email-Id  
Post your comment
bhawer
i want to buy second hand car.from bank recovery agent of any bank ..........and pless u can tell me about buses......... you reply me on my id.send photo of car............
Reply
Most Popular
Read
E-Mailed
Commented
   
- Bharti Airtel slashes roaming rates by 60%
- Govt may allow private sector investment in education
- Patni may host all IT services on 'cloud'
- We are not trying for a monopoly: HAL chairman
- Rolls-Royce scouts for second partner
 
 More  
BS Poll
Cast Your Vote
 
   
 
Should rich charitable trusts be brought under the tax net?
  Yes  No
Submit

  Hot Searches  
 
Amitabh Bachchan | N Chandrasekaran | Swine Flu | Mukesh Ambani | Anil Ambani | TCS | Infosys |  Air India |  Duronto |  Pranab Mukherjee | Sonia Gandhi | Congress | Rahul Gandhi |  Bigg Boss |  New Pension Scheme |  Service tax |  Excise duty |  Sebi | Tech Mahindra |  Ramalinga Raju |  Satyam |  Reliance  |  RBI |  GDP |  Gold |  Ratan Tata |  ICICI |  |  B-School | DLF  Sensex |  Tax calculator | Home Loan  | Bollywood | Personal Finance |  inflation | oil prices |  World Bank | Reliance Infratel |  HDFC |  Barack Obama  
 
  Member Area Write to the Editor RSS Archives Advanced Search
  Subscribe to BS print product BS e-paper Newsletter Portfolio Tracker
  BS Products BS Hindi BS Motoring
FOR HOT PRODUCTS
BS Bazaar.com
Home | Markets & Investing | Companies & Industry | Banking & Finance | Economy & Policy | Opinion
Life & Leisure | Management & Marketing | Tech World
About Us | Partner With Us | Code of Conduct | Careers | Advertise with us| Terms & Conditions | Disclaimer | Site Map | Contact Us | Feedback