Do you know how much is the fleet in circulation in Italy? No? More than 40 million cars roaming free and happy in our cities. Of them, 10 million are over the age of 20, while 5.9 million are between the ages of 20 and 29. These are just the first numbers of the “1st Report on the world of historic cars” presented a few hours ago at Palazzo Madama and produced by the Filippo Caracciolo Foundation, the ACI study centre. An unpublished work through which the theme is analyzed from a regulatory, economic and social point of view, with data and calculations that outline a growing phenomenon and a market that has significant development prospects.
The sector
Returning to the numbers, of the nearly 6 million cars aged between 20 and 29, only 7%, i.e. 388,000, are included in the ACI “Safeguard List” for quality, technical specifications and design. If we add to these the other 3.9 million cars “over 30” – which the legislation automatically considers historic cars – the total of cars of historic and collector’s value reaches 4.3 million units. With an average value per car of 24,200 euros, the total heritage of historic cars is thus close to 104 billion euros (5.4% of GDP) and 57% of it is distributed in the regions of Northern Italy, 27% in those of the Center and 16% in the South and the Islands.
The strategy
“For the first time we have a study on historic motoring that offers an in-depth analysis of a phenomenon involving millions of Italians, including owners and enthusiasts,” said the President of the Automobile Club of Italy, Angelo Sticchi Damiani. “It is no longer a niche market that is expanding with significant economic repercussions, in terms of value and induced activities, and which also increasingly fascinates the younger generations. The data presented in this Report confirms the urgency of distinguishing, at the regulatory level, historic cars from old cars, which are unsafe, highly polluting and have no historical or collectible value, also to allow municipal administrations to understand which ones to allow and which, instead, to deny access to historic centres”. The Safeguard List is drawn up by the experts of ACI Storico, Stellantis Heritage, the Italian Alfa Romeo Register (RIAR), the Associazione Amatori Veicoli Storici (AAVS) and the specialized monthly Ruoteclassiche. Among the most popular car models on the List are some versions of the Fiat Panda (about 35,000 units), the Autobianchi Y10 (just under 21,000) and the Fiat Punto (about 13,700). But there are also rarer models. About 400 of them number less than 1,000 cars, for a total of 36,000 units: about a tenth of the cars on the List.
Protect the classics
“All this serves not only to protect the value of unique vehicles, witnesses of the evolution of human ingenuity, technology, style and design, but also to avoid the growth of worrying pockets of tax avoidance”, concluded Sticchi Damiani . “Historical cars must be protected, old cars, on the other hand, must be replaced and, for the good of the entire mobility system, their owners must be enabled to buy safer, more efficient and more environmentally friendly cars ”.
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