Eli5: why do many many cars don’t last for a lifetime?
In: Engineering
What is a lifetime? All things break down whether natural or man made. There are cars and trucks with over one million miles on them because they were taken care of and serviced regularly. The average consumer barely does the required maintenance, let alone preventative, and as a result their cars do not last as long. Aside from that the engineers have to balance a lot of factors like safety, comfort and price. Even if you had all the money and knowledge in the world it’s simply not possible to create something that will “last a lifetime” without regular Maintenence and repair. As other replies have mentioned there are also business decisions to be made. Why sell ten cars that last fifty years when you can sell ten cars that need replacing every five years?
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