Edmunds.com的考德威尔称，6月份交易的汽车平均车龄约为6年，属于历史上少有的高龄。

    如果未来数月房屋价格能重现上升趋势，购车费用也会持续走高，因为这表明消费者对个人财务状况的信心进一步得到了提升——而建筑业的雇佣率可能也会提高，这意味着皮卡将迎来旺销。

    把汽车业销售改观的希望寄托于房市价格回暖实在是不怎么靠谱——但对汽车厂商来说，捡到篮子里的都是菜，他们不会放过任何保增长的机会。

    译者：清远

    Edmunds.com's Caldwell said the average age of a vehicle traded in June was about six years, high in historical terms.

    If housing prices gain strength in the coming months spending on cars could improve further since consumers will feel better about their financial standing – and construction hiring might pick up, meaning more sales of pickup trucks.

    An uptick in housing is a slender reed on which to attach hopes for a strengthening auto industry – but the automakers will take what they can get.