At what point is a new car considered used?

Okay, so you're wondering when a car magically transforms from "new" to "used"? It's a bit weird, isn't it? I mean, you see these "nearly new" cars at dealerships, practically gleaming, with barely any miles... used? Really?

Well, technically, once a car is sold to a regular person (not a dealership, mind you), BAM! Used car. Even those shiny dealer demo cars with, like, only a couple thousand miles – used. It almost feels unfair, doesn't it? Like, I remember seeing this gorgeous sports car, barely driven, marked as "used." I was like, "What?! How??"

It mostly comes down to the title. Once it's titled, that's pretty much the kiss of "used" car-dom. There's also this retail thing, where generally they only consider a car "used" if it's within, say, the last eight model years. Anything older, and it falls into a different category altogether, I guess. Like "classic" or something. My grandpa had this old pickup truck, probably twenty years old. Now that was a used car! But honestly, even with all the official definitions, it still feels a bit arbitrary sometimes, you know?