For the period January-September, used car sales increased to a record 699,600 from 680,400 in the base period.

In Q1-Q3 Opel had a 10.4pc market share with 73,000 sales, followed by Volkswagen’s 10.2% share and Suzuki’s 8.1%.

Ford had a 7.9% share, BMW 6.4% and Toyota 5.6%.

The number of imported used cars climbed 15.2pc to 94,600 in the same period. JoAutok.hu CEO Bertalan Halász said there is every chance that the annual peak of 907,000 sales set last year will be broken.

Increasing sales are supported by high demand and the rise in real wages.