VEHICLE LIFE

摘要

The recession saw many operators delay replacement cycles for vehicles - but manufacturers have always warned that costs can increase steeply after the fourth or fifth year of use. In the Texaco Lubricants-CM research published recently, the average age of fleet vehicles had risen to 71 years; and medium fleets were predicting four times as many contract extensions for vehicles in 2011 as the year before, with the larger players also predicting slightly more than a 30% increase.