THE LIFE OF THE CAR.
The life of the average car is often figured j at three to five years, but as automobiles ' have gone into the hands of those of smaller | and smaller means, the average annual mile- : age run has greatly diminished, and the , average life of cars measured in years has correspondingly increased. The smallness of the number of oars scrapped in the typical year shows that the life of the average calls eight years or more. In 1919, for example, the United States produced 1,974,016 cars and trucks, whereas the gain in regis- ] ♦ration during the year was only 1,434,909.
Of the remaining 539,107, exports repre j seated 83,454, so that the balance of 455,651 I doubtless represented the numbers of car ! and trucks worn out or scrapped. Bui thes* j 455,653 motor vehicles were equivalent t< i only 7 pei- cent, of the average number it ! service for the year; so that, if one tool 1919 as a guide, he would have to i-easoi that since only 7 per cent, per annum an worn out, the life of the average car is 1- : years. However the scrapping in sown | years has run a 3 high a 3 13, 14, or 12 pe. I cent. ; and taking recent experience as i i whole, it indicates an average of about eigh years.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3487, 11 January 1921, Page 20
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