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obsolescence
I loves my Toyota Corella - they're a classic, very basic and simple and just keep going and going, the antithesis of planned obsolesce
Yup, cars are a bit further along on the development curve than most consumer products. They also depreciate so quickly, there isn't a big incentive to trade them in early.
The very non-green tech industry is a big offender here: "If it's old for a gerbil, it's old for a computer".
But as long as you get a car with seat belts and airbags, the marginal safety changes in automobiles year after year are rarely worth an upgrade. And if you ARE driving a 1955 Corvette, you're probably not commuting in heavy traffic or going long distances at highway speed anyway.