As someone who loves cars and who pays a great deal of attention to every-day societal history, it just strikes me that very few over the decades regularly used cars older than 20. Try to find some in any given vintage photo.
In fact now, you won’t find a whole lot of ‘80s cars on the road.
Then there is Cuba, where they keep the last American cars they had when Fidel took over running as well as they can…
True, most people want newer cars. At the moment, our vehicles are 20, 16, and 14 years old, with no plans to get rid of any of them soon. I have only owned two new vehicles, both work trucks (the 14-year-old is one of them). The oldest car I owned was a 1969 VW van that I bought in 1987 and sold in 2004 (wish I had kept it).
I don’t count the 1957 Ford Skyliner that I inherited from my father, because it never ran while I had it. I finally sold it when we moved last year.
True with the only exception being CJ Jeeps. Made in the '50s through the '80s, I still see quite a number of those on the road in my parts. Still wish I had my '88 Ford F250 4X4 truck with a straight six that I bought brand new.