Dispatches, "Why Is My Car So Expensive?" Channel 4, 8pm Monday 15th August
"Dispatches investigates the soaring cost of both new and second-hand cars. Used electric runabouts are getting listed for as much as £60k. Old bangers are fetching a pretty penny. And the waiting list for new cars can be over a year. But what’s behind the surge in prices?
Can it all be put down to global factors like the war in Ukraine, Covid and supply chain problems? Reporter and motoring journalist Ginny Buckley delves behind the scenes to find out if there is more going on and finds a car industry that’s making huge profits with questions to answer.
Buckley also looks at the knock-on effects, such as rising car crime, and crashed cars with a hidden history being sold for a premium, as she advises how to make sure you don’t get ripped off when making the second biggest purchase of your life."