Motor finance broker Creditplus has acknowledged the occurrence of Friday 13th in both September (today) and December this year by publishing its statistics for the date.

– On average, 0.72% of deals arranged by Creditplus are paid out on Friday 13th, with an average APR of 18.91%

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– The most popular brand of car to be financed on Friday 13th is an Audi

– The most popular colour of car, totalling 30% of agreements, is black

– The average cash deposit is £3,050.60

– The highest loan paid out on a Friday 13th so far was £16,921, the lowest was £3,496

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Although Friday the 13th is considered to be a day of bad luck by the superstitious, the coincidence of weekday and date occurs a little over every 200 days.

However, the UK car market appears to be a pragmatic arena given the strong sales of the number 13 licence plate between March and September this year and denial by dealers surveyed by Motor Finance that the superstition would result in poor sales.

Of course, according to Wikipedia, part of the folklore surrounding the fear of the date stems from the 1907 novel Friday, the Thirteenth by Thomas W Lawson in which an unscrupulous broker uses the superstition to facilitate a panic on Wall Street.

Further statistics from Creditplus will be published in the September issue of Motor Finance magazine.

richard.brown@timetric.com