{"id":3182,"date":"2013-09-11T15:39:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T15:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/azureblog.smallvehicleresource.com\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2013-09-11T15:39:12","modified_gmt":"2013-09-11T15:39:12","slug":"how-to-buy-used-utvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallvehicleresource.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/11\/how-to-buy-used-utvs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Buy Used UTVs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UK dealer Murray Boss gives some pointers on buying a used UTV
Credit: Farmers Guardian<\/p><\/div>\n

I came across an article out of the UK about how to approach buying a used UTV. ??Not only is the article informative but it gives me a chance to make a few comments about the used UTV market.<\/p>\n

In talks with dealers for our various research projects, most have told us that they do not sell a lot of used UTVs. One reason is that trade-ins are not that common. There is a good chance that the buyer has really worked their current UTV very hard and there is not much value left in it, if at all. In addition a lot of used UTVs are sold directly between private owners, bypassing the dealer channel. The UTV market has also seen a large number of first-time buyers in the last few years as ATV owners switch to UTVs and entirely new customers discover the advantages of UTVs, so they have no UTVs to trade-in.<\/p>\n

It is likely in the coming years that the used UTV market will grow. The strong growth in the market over the last few years has built a large existing population of UTVs in the market. As that population grows the number of used UTVs available is likely to grow which brings us back to the article.<\/p>\n

The heavy workload that many UTVs experience means buyer beware and knowledgeable about what to look for when buying a second hand vehicle. The article is worth a read if you are in the market for a used UTV and offers quite a few pointers on how to evaluate a vehicle and identify any potential problems. Some of these include:<\/p>\n