Tag Archives: record 8.7 years old

Germany’s average car age rises to record 8.7 years old on Europe crisis

Cars on German roads are older than they’ve ever been as consumers balk at replacing aging models with new ones amid Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis.

Cars are 8.7 years old on average, a new high and a full year older than the pre-crisis level in 2007, the VDA, Germany’s auto industry association, said.