USA TODAY

Study: Americans driving old cars longer than ever
USA TODAY
By Greg Gardner, USA TODAY and the Detroit Free Press Americans are keeping new and used vehicles longer because of better quality, concern about debt and economic uncertainty, according to a report released today by research firm RL Polk.

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Business Insider

Americans Are Driving Their Old Cars Longer Than Ever These Days
Business Insider
According to market intelligence firm Polk, the average length of car ownership has jumped to nearly six years – 23 percent longer than before the recession hit in 2008. You don't have to look far to figure out why. Securing auto loans isn't as easy as ...

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Old cars for new
Investors Chronicle
By John Hughman, 21 February 2012 Mention second-hand car dealers and you immediately think of unscrupulous Arthur-Daley types flogging old bangers with suspiciously few miles on the clock, all previously owned by careful lady drivers.

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Orlando Sentinel

Broward lake will yield dozens of submerged vehicles
Orlando Sentinel
On Tuesday, four wrecks and pieces of old cars, including three 1970s era Chevrolets and a Cadillac, were brought to the surface of the lake that is just southwest of the Coca Cola bottling plant on Pembroke Road and east of Southwest 40th Avenue.

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Remove old cars from footpath in 7 days, says Palike
Times of India
BANGALORE: If you have a scrap or old car parked outside your house on the footpath or on the roadside, better remove it within seven days or the BBMP will tow it away to the dumping yard. On Thursday evening, BBMP commissioner MK Shankarlinge Gowda ...



New faces of poor among Athens homeless
Inquirer.net
Here, immigrants push supermarket carts full of metal scraps, while in garages only old cars are being repaired. In this little red house, alongside the railway line, the homeless come to find warmth and shelter, clothing, food or at least ...

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Old cars blamed for dragging down road safety
New Zealand Herald
By Amelia Romanos At an average age of 12.7 years, New Zealand has one of the oldest fleets of cars in the developed world. Photo / Sarah Ivey Old rust-buckets on New Zealand roads have been pinpointed as a problem for improving road safety, ...



Daily Nation

KRA to crush 430 old cars at freight centres
Daily Nation
PHOTO/FILE Imported vehicles at a Container Freight Station in Mombasa. KRA plans to destroy 437 overage cars at various container freight stations in Mombasa. By DAVE OPIYO dopiyo@ke.nationmedia.com The Kenya Revenue Authority plans to destroy 437 ...



AFP

New faces of poor among Athens homeless
AFP
Here, immigrants push supermarket carts full of metal scraps, while in garages only old cars are being repaired. In this little red house, alongside the railway line, the homeless come to find warmth and shelter, clothing, food or at least ...

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Big Crowd Flocked To See Old Cars
KESQ
By Bianca Rae, News Channel 3 Reporter LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Car enthusiasts enjoyed the 6th Annual Hot Rod and Custom Car Show in La Quinta Community Center Park. It boasted more than 100 hot rods, custom cars, and motorcylces.

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