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AutoScout24: Corona crisis increases the importance of cars
Three quarters of Austrians avoid public transport and rely more on cars.
AutoScout24: Corona crisis increases the importance of cars
Due to the Corona crisis, parking space management is currently suspended in many cities until further notice. This is intended to ensure that people in systemically relevant professions can drive to work in their own car. But owning a car is not only becoming more important for commuting to work, as is the case recentlyOpinion pollfrom AutoScout24.at under500 Austriansshows.
In times of exit restrictions and social distancing, Austrians are increasingly relying on individual transport and therefore on their own car: In a survey by AutoScout24.at, more than three quarters (77 percent) of those surveyed stated that they would avoid public transport due to a possible infection and instead use their own car more. Among 18 to 29 year olds, 82 percent currently prefer their own car.
But it's not just avoiding infection that's an issue, the mobility restrictions associated with the Corona crisis are also promoting the importance of owning a car: More than half (53 percent) agree with the statement that cars are currently becoming more important in general - here too, support is particularly high among 18 to 29 year olds at 61 percent.
Buying a car at the click of a mouse
Another side effect of the Corona crisis that delivery workers are particularly feeling the effects of these days: Austrians are increasingly ordering online - and not just groceries. Buying a car with a mouse click no longer seems so absurd to many people.41 percent of those surveyed can imagine buying a car onlineand receive it on your own doorstep. However, men (49 percent agree) are much more open to the topic than women (34 percent agree). An above-average number of 18 to 29 year olds can also imagine buying a car online (47 percent), while among 50 to 65 year olds it is only 38 percent. A quarter of those surveyed could imagine flexible ownership models such as a car subscription, in which you “subscribe” to a car for your own use for a certain period of time – even if this form of use is still in its infancy in Austria.