Thursday, December 22, 2011

Beaters

This is a pretty astounding number

The average age of cars and light trucks on the road today has risen to 10.6 years, Jenny Lin, senior U.S. economist at Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford Motor Co., said on a Dec. 1 conference call. That’s above the seven-to-7.5 years Ballew says is the long-term average.


The *average* age is almost 11 years old? Wow.