These days, online shopping is popular for digital products, women style things. But what about cars? or used cars? Now, the Autoquake.com, the UK’s largest online used car retailer, has discovered that nearly a third of its customers choose to have their car delivered. That means more than three out of ten (30.5%) buy the car unseen.

The proportion of buyers choosing delivery rather than collection from Autoquake.com’s handover centres in Leeds and Birmingham has steadily increased, suggesting buyers are becoming happier to spend thousands of pounds over the internet. Looking back over the past six months, in March just over a quarter of Autoquake.com customers opted for delivery. In August that had risen to over 35%.

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