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In September 2026 BYD launched its own trade-in bonus worth up to €11,600, filling the gap left by Italy's exhausted state EV incentives. Here is how the scheme really works, and when selling your old car privately beats trading it in.
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UNRAE's August figures show a used-car market that is flat on the surface but split underneath: diesel still at 42.9%, hybrids growing fast, and almost half of all cars traded are over ten years old. Here is what it means for sellers and buyers.

In September 2026, shoppers looking for a used electric car in Italy are finding less choice and rising prices: quotations are up 18.5% since January while dealer stock covers barely two months of sales. What it means if you are buying or selling one.

In September 2026 Fiat is cutting the Pandina to 9,950 euros and the Grande Panda to 14,950 under its Prezzo Protetto campaign. Stack the scrappage incentives and a new Panda's price now overlaps with a recent used one: here is when each makes sense, and what to check before you sign.

Italy registered 69,411 new cars in August (+3.2%), but underneath the headline the story is a reshuffle: plug-in hybrids are exploding on the back of long-term rental fleets, diesel has fallen below 6%, and the Fiat Panda still tops the chart. Here is what it means for the used market in the months ahead.

The Skoda Elroq, BMW iX1 and iX3 topped Europe's July sales charts, and leasing cycles suggest they will be the used EVs everyone is browsing in two or three years. But another trend could leave Italian buyers with slimmer pickings than the headlines suggest: over 60 percent of lease-return EVs are being routed to Northern Europe instead of the domestic used market.

Europe hit almost 25% EV market share in July 2026, led by the Skoda Elroq and Renault 5 E-Tech. Italy, right after its PNRR incentive fund ran dry, collapsed to just 5.9%. Here is why that gap is keeping used-EV prices firm and what it means for buyers and sellers right now.

Mid-August 2026 brought the most concrete details yet on the Dacia Hipster, the sub-15,000-euro electric microcar. Here is what is confirmed, what is still a guess, and why buyers today already have better options.

In one Abruzzo village the mayor sells fuel almost at cost while the nationwide diesel excise discount expires. Here is what it actually means for anyone weighing a petrol, diesel or hybrid used car right now.

As new diesel registrations collapse in Italy, Mercedes is keeping diesel, and adding AI, in the C-Class facelift due by the end of 2026. Here is why a used diesel C-Class still makes sense, and what changes once the new model lands.