The study found that, on average, sports cars are the shortest-running models each year, significantly less than the shortest-running electric vehicles, and while that makes sense, I’m saddened to learn how many luxurious cars don’t last. The five least economical cars in the study are the Lexus LC500 Convertible, Chevrolet Corvette, Porsche 911, Mercedes-Benz SL-Class and Ford Mustang.
The Lexus LC500 is an exceptionally nice car, and in my opinion one of the best looking and best sounding cars on sale today, but I guess its buyers don’t care much about driving them. Lexus LC500s have an average annual mileage of just 4,404 miles, but that’s actually the highest you’ll see on this list.
The Chevrolet Corvette is the fourth-lowest driven car with an average annual mileage of 4,394, and the Porsche 911 is third, traveling an average of only 3,850 miles each year. If anyone needs anything to put more miles on their 911, let me know, I’d be happy to help.
The second least driven car is the Mercedes-Benz SL, whose owners drive an average of 3,176 miles each year. This makes sense, given that the kind of person who might buy an SL has other, more practical cars to drive (or drive) on more mundane occasions, but owners of the next car have to do a lot of driving.
The Ford Mustang is the model that is driven the least each year, with owners driving it an average of just 2,092 miles each year. I just had a Mustang convertible press car and it was actually pretty good in daily duties, so I’m surprised to see the pony car in this condition. Maybe it’s just me, but I think if you buy a fun car, you should drive it often, but everyone is different.
