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The average age of automobiles was lower than the average age of trucks until 1995. Since then, the<br />

average automobile age continues to grow, while the average truck age has held about the same. The<br />

increasingpopularity of light trucks aspersonalpassenger vehicles may have had an influence on<br />

the average age of truck.<br />

Table 6.8<br />

Average Age of Automobiles and Trucks in Use, 1970-98<br />

(years)<br />

Calendar<br />

Automobiles<br />

year Mean” Medianb<br />

Trucks<br />

Mean” Median”<br />

1970 5.6 4.9 7.3 5.9<br />

1971 5.7 5.1 7.4 6.1<br />

1972 5.7 5.1 7.2 6.0<br />

1973 5.7 5.1 6.9 5.8<br />

1974 5.7 5.2 7.0 5.6<br />

1975 6.0 5.4 6.9 5.8<br />

1976 6.2 5.5 7.0 5.8<br />

1977 6.2 5.6 6.9 5.7<br />

1978 6.3 5.7 6.9 5.8<br />

1979 6.4 5.9 6.9 5.9<br />

1980 6.6 6.0 7.1 6.3<br />

1981 6.9 6.0 7.5 6.5<br />

1982 7.2 6.2 7.8 6.8<br />

1983 7.4 6.5 8.1 7.2<br />

1984 7.5 6.7 8.2 7.4<br />

1985 7.6 6.9 8.1 7.6<br />

1986 7.6 7.0 8.0 7.7<br />

1987 7.6 6.9 8.0 7.8<br />

1988 7.6 6.8 7.9 7.1<br />

1989 7.6 6.5 7.9 6.7<br />

1990 7.8 6.5 8.0 6.5<br />

1991 7.9 6.7 8.1 6.8<br />

1992 8.1 7.0 8.4 7.2<br />

1993 8.3 7.3 8.6 7.5<br />

1994 8.4 7.5 8.4 7.5<br />

1995 8.5 7.7 8.4 7.6<br />

1996 8.6 7.9 8.3 7.7<br />

1997 8.7 8.1 8.3 7.8<br />

1998 8.8 8.3 8.3 7.6<br />

Source:<br />

The Polk Company, Detroit, MI. FURTHER REPRODUCTION PROHIBITED.<br />

(Additional resources: www.polk.com)<br />

“Mean is the sum of the products of units multiplied by age, divided by the total units.<br />

“Median is a value in an ordered set of values below and above which there are an equal number of values.<br />

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