site.btaNew Report Shows Greece Has Oldest Vehicle Fleet in EU

According to the online edition of the Kathimerini newspaper, Greece has the oldest car fleet in the European Union, citing data from a report by the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association.

The report highlights the country's lag in renewing vehicles in many categories, the publication notes.

Entitled "Vehicles on European Roads," the document is based on 2024 data and shows that cars in the European Union are, on average, 12.7 years old. In Greece, the average age of passenger cars is 17.8 years, the highest in the EU. This is compared to 8.2 years in Luxembourg, which has the newest car fleet.

The difference is even greater for trucks, which have an average age of 14 years across the EU. Greece ranks first again in terms of the oldest truck fleet, with an average age of 22.9 years. Austria and Luxembourg have the newest truck fleets at 7.4 and 7.7 years, respectively.

The association estimates that there are around 878,000 light commercial vehicles of the minivan type in Greece, which have an average age of 21.2 years, significantly above the EU average of 12.9 years. Luxembourg has the newest fleet, with an average age of 7.1 years.

Buses operating in the EU have an average age of 12.2 years. Romania has the oldest bus fleet at 17.8 years, followed by Greece at 17.2 years. According to the report cited by Kathimerini, only six EU countries have bus fleets with an average age of less than 10 years.