More U.S. Drivers Are Selling Older Cars for Cash
Mt. Sinai, NY (PRWEB) June 11, 2014 -- On June 11, 2014, Sell Your Car for Cash, a car-buying service based in Suffolk County, New York, responds to a recent study that found that the number of older cars on the road in America is on the rise.
The study, conducted by IHS automotive, analyzed vehicle registrations in the U.S. as of January 1. The findings, as reported in a June 9th NBC article by Phil LeBeau, indicate that the average age of vehicles on the road has reached an all-time high, having grown by over 16 percent in the last decade.
Mark Seng, spokesperson for IHS, was quoted in the article as saying, “It's obvious many Americans are holding onto their cars longer and that's really accelerated since the recession.”
Eric Rienzie, owner of Sell Your Car for Cash, a New York-based cars-for-cash firm, says that the trend has had an obvious impact on his car-buying business. “The average car in America is getting older every year,” he said. “Although this means that drivers are profitably squeezing every last drop out of that equity, it also means that they tend to have trouble getting a good price when it does finally come time to sell.”
He added, “With these older cars, the dealer’s offer is likely to be below value – new-car dealerships tend to prefer dealing with later model cars. It’s not really worth their time because of the investment required to prepare the car to be sold – at a profit – yet again. So many of these drivers with older cars eventually find their way to us, since it’s hard to argue with getting paid a fair price immediately in cash.”
“The average car is now about 11 and a half years old,” says Rienzie. “That means that many of the cars on the road are even older. We continually see more vehicles that are way past the 100,000 mile mark.”
The IHS study found that sixteen-year-old cars and trucks account for over 20 percent of the cars in the U.S. “To put that into perspective,” says LeBeau, “on average, every state in the country has registered more than one million vehicles that are at least 16 years old.”
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Brian Gros, Sell Your Car for Cash, http://www.sellyourcarforcash.com/, +1 6315899155 Ext: 2717, [email protected]
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