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Report: One third of cars ages 10 years or more

European vehicles are on average about 8 years old, and about 30% of them are older than 10 years, following the latest report on vehicles-in-use by the Spanish Automobile Association ANFAC.* On the contrary, only 7% of vehicles are younger than one year.

Overall, there are over 251 million vehicles on European roads. 87% of them are passenger cars, which travel about 15 000 km every year on average. The European car fleet is mainly concentrated in Western Europe, with over 6 out of 10 cars registered in Germany, Italy, France, the UK and Spain. The share of diesel cars has risen further to 33% in Western Europe**.

In terms of car density, the ratio of cars to population is one to two in Western Europe, while in Eastern Europe this proportion is much lower. On the mature and saturated Western European market, car demand stems mainly from replacement whereas in the new EU Members there is still a growing market.

• Full report on vehicles in use by ANFAC

* Newest data available covers 2007
** No data available for Luxemburg and Portugal

last updated 08/05/2009

 

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