????Edmunds.com的考德威爾稱,，6月份交易的汽車平均車齡約為6年,，屬于歷史上少有的高齡。

????如果未來數(shù)月房屋價格能重現(xiàn)上升趨勢,，購車費用也會持續(xù)走高,，因為這表明消費者對個人財務狀況的信心進一步得到了提升——而建筑業(yè)的雇傭率可能也會提高，這意味著皮卡將迎來旺銷,。

????把汽車業(yè)銷售改觀的希望寄托于房市價格回暖實在是不怎么靠譜——但對汽車廠商來說,，撿到籃子里的都是菜，他們不會放過任何保增長的機會,。

????譯者：清遠

????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.