Vehicle Owners Holding Onto Vehicles Longer Than Ever Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin Reply In an article we found online, the average age of vehicles on the road in the U.S. are now 10.8 years. Passenger cars are now at 11.1 years! This data coincides fairly close to the loss data we at AutoClaims Direct have seen. The average age of a loss vehicle in 2012 has been 10.1 years. Click here for the article we found for the details.