In Europe's largest car market, Germany, almost 20 percent of all cars find it difficult to cope with a completely normal periodic vision, new figures show.
The situation with the car park in Germany is bad. At least out in the inspection halls, where almost 20 percent of the cars fail the legally required inspection.
The periodic inspection must – similar to the rules in Denmark – take place within periods of two years. In Germany, that rule applies from the time the cars are three years old. Here at home it is four.
But the cars that appear in the showrooms leave much to be desired. Almost every fifth car – or 19.2 per cent of the corvettes – dumps into view.
This shows figures from the German response to the Transport Agency KBA, which Automobilwoche cites. The figures cover periodic inspections carried out in 2023.
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Those cars had 'significant defects' which meant they could not pass inspection. However, 67.8 percent of the cars had no problems, while 13.1 percent escaped with 'minor defects'.
In this country, the inspection chain Applus has previously reported that faults that require an inspection are found in 2.3 percent of the cars that are inspected for the first time. That is, when they are four years old.
The inspection company also adds that it is most often the lights that in one way or another tease the plus four-year-old cars in the inspection hall. Unsurprisingly, the older the cars are, the higher the fault percentage is when they are inspected.
– This is a clear indication that it can be a challenging task for car owners to maintain the condition of the car, Applus' technical manager John Gantzhorn has explained.
Back in Germany, it turns out that motorcycles are generally in significantly better condition when they appear. Only 6.9 percent of motorcyclists in our neighboring country are told that they need to have their grinder inspected.
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