You will find all of them as new in the showroom, none of them are really like that (photo: manufacturer's website)
"I'm buying a new Lexus IS" someone might tell you right now, when in fact the word "new" in that sentence could be said in 2023 just as much as it could describe this car in 2013 when it was first introduced.
Because even though the car manufacturers continue to update their cars, when it comes to the real age of your car, what is written on the license is less relevant - when it was first introduced, it is already more important to know how new your "new" car really is.
Clal, planning a new car from the ground up, starts about 5-7 years before its official presentation.
Up to a year before entering production, the so-called SOP can still introduce small changes and calibrations, when it comes to advanced cars with systems that support remote updating, maybe a little less.
But not much more than that.
A large part of the story involves the complete set of "running" the huge machinery called car manufacturing from the level of factory preparation to the tenders to the final sub-suppliers of the main suppliers.
After all the investment, the desire is to keep the car on the production line as long as possible (Photo: Keinan Cohen, Keinan Cohen)
And when the investment in the development of a new car carries numbers with dizzying costs that can range from 200 million dollars for a conversion project of an existing model to billions of dollars for building a new model from the ground up - the manufacturers have all the interest in the world to continue selling you the same car for as many years as possible without touching it too much for cosmetics, unless she has no choice.
So we took all the new cars that are sold in Israel and set out to check how old they really are.
We decided to set the entry threshold at 2017 for two reasons.
The first is that, as mentioned, the development cycle of new cars is usually between 5 and 7 years, so a six-year-old car is officially a car that should stop being treated as new.
The second reason, on May 14, 2017, the Broadcasting Authority closed down after 80 years of activity and come on, there are no more symbols from the Broadcasting Authority to define something as old.
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Porsche Cayenne, the child is already 6 years old (photo: Nir Ben Tovim, manufacturer/Keenan Cohen)
So what is actually the problem with a new-old car and what can be good about it?
The answer to the first question is simple - the older the car, the less advanced it will be in terms of technology, fuel consumption, noise and vibration insulation, and more.
Although the renewal cycles are significantly shorter, try to think of cell phones that are two or three generations old as an example of leaps.
They are renewed every year-year and a half, cars every 5-6 years, but it is the gaps in progress that change more than anything.
On the other hand, the rule of thumb is that the more years a car has been in production, the more likely it is to be a successful and successful car, the assemblies in which are very reliable and durable, and it can be assumed that the childhood diseases that cars sometimes suffer from in the first round of their lives, have already passed.
And although the following rule also has exceptions, the older a car is usually the more enjoyable it is to drive, with better steering and more transfer of sensations to the driver, at the expense of investing in multimedia.
Alfa Julia, something good happened to the engineers in the years leading up to its introduction (Photo: Nir Ben Tovim, Yoel Schwartz/Kinan Cohen)
The line that we stopped in 2017 and includes no less than 83 models left out of the fence some cars such as BMW 3 Series and X5, Volkswagen T Cross, Mercedes A Class, or Audi E TRON, Subaru Evolytis, and Cadillac XT4 for example that are still sold As news, some of them even renewed in the last year.
But just before the entire list, a very interesting insight is hidden somewhere at the end of it.
The three cars that close this list (we won't give you spoilers here), are three cars that we quite like and definitely three very analog icons of driving devices, each in their own field.
Perhaps the story of an automobile industry that no longer exists and will probably never return is best told.
The replacement is already around the corner, Hyundai is buying (Photo: Nir Ben Tovim, Keinan Cohen)
Hello Class 1 - the cars presented in 2017
Meet the girls born in 2017. Some of them are still considered "new" but in human years, they should have said goodbye to the cubes and the slide, put on a school bag and go to first grade.
And these are the names:
DS7 Crossback, Seat Ibiza, Subaru XV, Ssangyong Rexton, Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, Mini Countryman, Range Rover Velar, Hyundai Kona, Jaguar E Pace, Toyota Camry, Porsche Cayenne, Skoda Karoq, Seat Aruna, Lexus LS, Volvo XC40, Volvo XC60, Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Compass, Dacia Duster, Opel Crossland, MG ZS, Chevrolet Equinox, Chevrolet Traverse, Kia Stonic, Kia Picanto, Peugeot 5008, Ferrari 812, Ferrari Portofino, B .M.W X3.
Veteran and valued - Skoda Kodiaq (Photo: Keinan Cohen)
What is seven?
The cars presented in 2016
Maybe it was the optimism after the economic crisis of 2008, but when they sat down to design the cars presented in 2016 something very good happened to the engineers.
Some of the cars here are still very impressive in their level of performance.
Examples?
Peugeot 3008, the Porsche Boxster-Cayman duo, in fact the Panamera, Alfa Giulia, Skoda Kodiaq and Mazda CX5.
And these are the names:
Seat Ateca, Mercedes E Class, Maserati Levante, Suzuki Ignis, Suzuki Swift, Aston Martin DB11, Skoda Kodiaq, Chrysler Pacifica, Renault Megane Grand Coupe, Lexus LC, Audi A5 Sportback, Audi Q5, Land Rover Discovery, Peugeot and 3008, Porsche Panamera, Porsche Boxster/Cayman, Citroen C3, Mazda CX5, Toyota CHR, Volvo S90, Alfa Giulia, Alfa Stelvio, BMW 5 Series.
Still excellent, Skoda Superb (Photo: Keinan Cohen, Keinan Cohen)
The favorite of the policemen - the cars presented in 2015
Of the 10 cars introduced in 2015 and still sold in Israel, most are crossovers and one full streetcar.
But two other cars are surprising here.
The Chevrolet Malibu, believe it or not, is still with us and the Skoda Superb, which, believe it or not, is already 8 years old. And
these are the names:
Audi A4, Cadillac XT5, Audi Q7, Volkswagen Tiguan, Skoda Superb, Jaguar F-Face, Tesla Model X, Bentley Bentayga, Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet Spark.
Still here, still working (Photo: Nir Ben Tovim, Kobi Liani)
Historical bestseller - the cars of 2014
Three surprises await us in the shortened list of cars that hit the road in 2014 and are still with us.
Mazda has two of them and Audi has the third.
The first surprise, Mazda 2, is no longer young and still delivers very decent quantities every year.
The other is the MX-5, yes it is overpriced in a way that rules it out for purchase, but still one of the most fun cars to drive around.
Audi TT despite its extreme age, still turns heads on the street.
Proof that simple and elegant design ages great.
And these are the names:
Ford Edge, Suzuki Vitara, Mazda MX-5, Mazda CX3, Mazda 2, Volvo XC90, Audi TT
If it works, there is no need to change (Photo: Walla! NEWS system, Rami Gilboa)
One of them is always in fashion - the cars of 2013
Naturally, the further back you go, the fewer cars will appear on the list.
Indeed, on this list there is a model that we know will be replaced during this year (Porsche Macan) and another one that really almost entered here, but its replacement that lands here next week has already pushed it off the list (Nissan Xtrail).
What's more, the mini, the mini has been with us since 2013 and the mini, well, it's always in fashion.
And these are names:
Maserati Quattroporte, Mini Cooper, Porsche Macan, Suzuki Crossover, Maserati Ghibli, Lexus IS
You don't need to change anything - Jaguar F Type (photo: manufacturer's website)
Stunt Cat and the Tram Queen - the cars of 2012
Of the four cars here, two immediately jump out to the eye, the Tesla Model S and the Jaguar F Type.
The first one underwent several treatments throughout her life but is based on the same model.
The second one which is right on its last line and has already been announced in a farewell edition, even more than a decade after it was presented still one of the most beautiful cars on the road.
And there is also the Mitsubishi Space Star, which is not as fast and sophisticated as the Model S, not as beautiful and fun to drive as the Jaguar - but you will continue to drive long after them.
And these are names:
Mitsubishi Spacestar, Mazda 6, Jaguar F-Type, Tesla Model S
Not only Godzilla, but also a dinosaur (photo: manufacturer's website)
survivors
And we reached the ultimate surviving finalities, the oldest new cars in Israel.
In fourth place is the Mitsubishi ASX, which was introduced in 2010 and has undergone conservation and renewal operations over the years.
Its next generation is already around the corner and will actually be a Renault Captur with a slightly different design and Mitsubishi emblems.
In third place, the undisputed king of the terrain, the car that makes Levi Yitzhak's price list laugh and with a level of demand that has not stopped for a moment, including orders a year in advance here in Israel - a Toyota Land Cruiser that has been with us since 2009.
In second place, a car that was introduced in 2008 and technically already has a replacement But it's still sold here - the Abarth 500. Based on the outgoing Fiat 500, it's a last vestige of the small, light, angry hot cars that were here before and gone.
Her replacement will already be fat and electric.
And to the first place, with us since 2007 the car that perhaps best represents one of the extreme points reached by the technologies of the internal combustion engines and drive systems of the "old world" - Nissan GT-R.
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