seattle audi

Yep...especially with Tiger Woods doing commercials for them.

seattle audi

Wait...ave. will go up..."blue" hairs/"no" hairs will be "driven" to Buick to be "en vogue".

AudiFox

No one buys Buicks, you just rent them.

beep-beep

But seriously, these numbers are meaningless. Each auto manufacturer tries to cover all age groups. We know a lot of young kids in the BMW, but do not forget about all the middle-age men in 540'es (I did not mean Chuck540) and all owners of 740L.

I think there is some sense in the statistics by car model. Like:
A4 - 25
A6 - 35
A8 - 45

AudiFox

No--it means if you're 30, the car you're driving is stolen.

Aldous

I'm assuming these are "new " cars. A large portition of the younger pop. may start with "used".

TraderAlex

per the small print under the WSJ chart. I am speculating the numbers are more representative for owners, opposed to people who leased. Data was probably collected from new car registrations. A leased car, on the other hand, would have the leasing company listed on the title. Over the past 20 years, the price of cars has increased a rate that exceeds increases in the consumer price index. Speculation only, but these numbers may be representative of people who are some years older (and presumably further along in their careers)and who are earning greater levels of income. Actually purchasing the car may be a option for this demographic group, whereas in the case of a much younger driver, taking out a lease may be the only way to get one's hands on the vehicle. Leased cars are likely not reflected in this data, and these forty-something averages we are seeing probably reflects the driver's greater buying power.

A4Boy-NJ

Interesting...thanks for sharing

TraderAlex

Yes, the data is for new car purchases