Argentina is among the countries with the oldest cars in the world, according to an international survey

Argentina has the oldest automobile fleet in the world, according to a study carried out by Confused.com taking as a reference thirty of the fifty countries with the highest GDP. The average age of cars in the country is 17 years old. At the other end of the rankings is Saudi Arabia, with an outstanding fleet of just 3.8 years.

In this list, the podium with the oldest cars is completed Romania (16.5 years of average age) and Czech Republic (14.9). Next come New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Turkey and Spain.

In addition to Saudi Arabia (3.8), the countries with the youngest fleet are China (5.1), United Arab Emirates (5.2) and Singapore (5.5). A notch lower were Austria (8.3), Ireland (8.4), United Kingdom (8.4), Switzerland (8.6), Japan (8.7) and Denmark (8.8). Then the full ranking …

1. Argentina: 17 years of the vehicle fleet
2. Romania: 16.5
3. Czech Republic: 14.9
4. New Zealand: 14.5
5. Poland: 14.1
6. Russia: 13.6
7. Turkey: 13.4
8. Spain: 13.1
9. Portugal: 12.8
10. Finland: 12.5
11. United States: 12.1
12. Mexico: 12
13. Italy: 11.4
14. The Netherlands: 11
15. Norway: 10.7
16. France: 10.2
17. Sweden: ten
18. Australia: 9.9
19. Germany: 9.6
20. Belgium: 9.1
21. Denmark: 8.8
22. Japan: 8.7
23. Switzerland: 8.6
24. UK: 8.4
25. Ireland: 8.4
26. Austria: 8.3
27. Singapore: 5.5
28. United Arab Emirates: 5.2
29. China: 5.1
30. Saudi Arabia: 3.8

Data from the aforementioned study do not coincide with the report of the Association of Argentine Component Factories (AFAC) corresponding to 2020 (last full year). According to the said entity, at the end of last year, the entire fleet of vehicles had an average age of 12 years.

The AFAC survey also ensures that, if only the 2001-2020 fleet is taken into account, the average age drops to 7.8 years. There are 10.7 out of a total of 14.5 million that were made as of 2001.

Of course: the association that brings together manufacturers of auto parts has warned that Just to maintain the average age, over 1,200,000 new units are expected to be sold each year. And considering that projections for this year are around 380,000 sales (with the wind in favor), that would mean “Gradual aging of vehicles”.

Another recent global ranking that puts the domestic car market at a disadvantage is that of Scrap Car Comparison, a consulting firm that positions Argentina as the second most expensive country in the world to buy and maintain a car, behind Turkey. . According to this analysis, it takes 515.77% of the average annual salary to buy a 0 km and keep it up to date in terms of papers and mechanical maintenance.