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Greece has the oldest car fleet in Europe, according to a report published Thursday by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), highlighting the country’s lag in renewing vehicles across multiple categories.
The “Vehicles on European Roads” report, based on 2024 data, shows that cars in the European Union are on average 12.7 years old. In Greece, the average age of passenger cars stands at 17.8 years, the highest in the EU, compared with just 8.2 years in Luxembourg, which has the newest fleet.
The gap is even wider for trucks, which average 14 years across the EU. Greece again ranked oldest, with trucks averaging 22.9 years, while Austria and Luxembourg had the newest fleets, at 7.4 and 7.7 years respectively.
Vans in Greece, which ACEA estimates at about 878,000 vehicles, were on average 21.2 years old, well above the EU average of 12.9 years. Luxembourg had the newest fleet, with an average age of 7.1 years.
Buses operating in the EU averaged 12.2 years. Romania had the oldest bus fleet at 17.8 years, followed closely by Greece at 17.2 years. Only six EU countries reported bus fleets younger than 10 years, the report said.