Good offers are available as London motorists rush to ditch their non-compliant autos forward of the enlargement London’s Extremely-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) on 29 August.

New information from carwow confirmed a leap within the variety of Londoners importing non-ULEZ-compliant automobiles on its platform to 30% of all listings in July, up from one in 5 in November 2022 when the enlargement of the scheme was introduced

The net market mentioned this indicated a rush to promote non-compliant autos forward of the deadline with a latest ballot revealing that 27% of carwow customers have been promoting their automobiles particularly as a result of ULEZ.

Sally Foote, carwow’s UK managing director, mentioned: “Outdoors the key metropolitan areas the place there are fewer automobiles and persons are a lot much less more likely to have these schemes applied, automotive patrons are retaining their eyes peeled for good high quality used automobiles that don’t should be ULEZ-compliant.

“We see a fantastic conversion on high quality non-compliant automobiles, particularly those which have full service historical past photographs, so we all know there’s nonetheless excessive demand for good-condition automobiles in different elements of the UK.”

She mentioned the development is more likely to collect tempo as soon as extra shoppers grow to be conscious of the implications of the modifications. “This can be a complicated time for a lot of drivers; we discovered that 64% of Londoners are uncertain if their automotive would incur expenses below the brand new ULEZ enlargement. As extra folks come to grasp the approaching improve in possession prices, or are hit with fines from September onwards, we predict there’s more likely to be a shift in provide and demand for affected automobiles throughout the capital,” concludes Foote.

Regardless of widespread confusion across the scheme, carwow analysis discovered broad assist for the schemes is optimistic: 40% of Londoners supported the zones in comparison with simply 31% who opposed them. Greater than half (56%) of Londoners surveyed agreed that the ULEZ enlargement and different new low emission zones have been efficient measures.