According to a recent report from SEMA, Light weight truck owners tend to keep their trucks for about 7.1 years.

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CONSUMERS KEEPING THEIR CARS LONGER

Consumers are holding onto their light trucks a bit longer than they have in the past. Vehicle registration data recently released by R.L. Polk & Co. shows that in 2007, the median age of all light trucks registered in the United States reached 7.1 years, a steady increase from 6.8 in 2006 and 6.6 in 2005. According to the Polk data, the surge of SUVs and pickups purchased in the '90s is pushing up the median age of light trucks on the roads today.

Still, car owners are holding onto their vehicles two years longer. Although remaining flat over the last two years, the median age of cars registered in the United States stayed at 9.2 years in 2006 and 2007 while increasing from the 9.0 years in use for 2005. Of the 248 million vehicles currently on the road today, the biggest percentage of cars and light trucks were purchased new in the late '90s and early this decade, respectively.

SEMA eNews, Vol. 11, No. 9 - Feb 28, 2008


 

We bought an 87 Toyota pickup brand new off the lot. We traded it in at a Toyota dealer in 2002!! and they had a buyer on site that bought it the second we signed our papers. 14 years we owned that pickup. I'd kill to get it back!  

I've had it for 12 years. 227,000 miles. chevy z71.  

I got a Chevy truck too, but it's my father's actually. He gave it to me for business use. Vintage Chevrolet trucks are tough enough to stand a couple of decades or more. truck parts are still tight and kicking. Our '74 Chevy truck is often used as a cargo transporter, I never used it going to bars at night