Average Vehicle Age

[zeroland]

Any guesses on the average vehicle age for trans-Africa trips?

I recently spent hours surfing various websites searching for the elusive vehicle age and compared the age of the vehicle vs the departure dates listed on The Africa Overland Network website.

You can read more on the data collected via the Overland Live blog. Stats include vehicle year for trips departing 2010 through to 2014.

A summary as follows:


The blog goes into additional detail.

[moggy 1968]

mine is 23 years old. Toyota Landcruiser. currently being renovated ready for a new life of trips

[zeroland]

Originally Posted by moggy 1968

mine is 23 years old. Toyota Landcruiser. currently being renovated ready for a new life of trips

80 Series or older?

[Thimba]

mine is 22 and - after 400.000 km - still going strong

Cheers,

Gee

[tacr2man]

Mine is now entering its 28th year all original , and am just completeing
conversion from V8 petrol to BMW 3ltr turbo diesel ready for a few more years to wherever

[Bermuda Rover]

Mine's a '93 Defender, so 20 years old.

[moggy 1968]

Originally Posted by zeroland

80 Series or older?

last of the 60s

[Niva Say Never]

+1 for he 23 yr old Landcruiser 60, perfect for our needs

[Surfy]

Thank you for doing these statistics!

Mine is built at 2011, i guess it will change the statistic for land cruisers a lot ;-)

Comfort and Power - i would not want to take an older car for a transafrica.

V8 Diesel with 289HP (Euro4), AHC (Active Hight Control), Adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS), Crawl, JBL 14-speaker system, Iphone Integration, USB Connection, Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Navigation, Anti-theft system, Sunroof, 14 Airbags, Pre Crash Safety System, 4 Zone Aircon, Pollen filter, Active Traction control (A-TRC).

For shure that is not necessary, but its a pleasure to drive ;-)

Just want to mention with that post, that it isn't necessary to use the real old hardware because you can read it anywhere. You can use to newer ones, if you want.

It speak nothing against an older car who has less electronics and is easy to fix near anywhere. But they aren't the only option.

Electronic aids can safe lives. Airbags too.

When you arguing that you will drive slowly.. Does that help if the locals don't drive relaxed? So long you can't break each tyre separately you can't get the same result like an car with ESP in some dangerous situations. There are always advantages and disadvantages ;-) To change the perspective from time to time doesn't hurt.

Surfy