U.S. Vehicles Now Have Average Age Of 11.5 Years (Waste Not, Want Not)

2004 Toyota Prius

The cars on U.S. roads are older than they’ve ever been. A recent survey found that the average age of U.S. vehicles is now at a record high of 11.5 years. That means the average passenger car on the road today was built for the 2004 model year–and that there’s a long tail of cars stretching well back into the 1990s around you in daily traffic… …read more