In this installment of "The Pulse," we look at data from IMR that shows the model years that account for the most volume in repair shop bays. For example, for model year 2000, 78.2 percent of repair shops cite that year at the most serviced.

1987    6.1
1988    5.3
1989    6.3
1990    14.3
1991    18.0
1992    21.2
1993    23.9
1994    27.2
1995    44.7
1996    52.2
1997    54.4
1998    64.5
1999    66.1
2000    78.2
2001    75.8
2002    71.0
2003    65.1
2004    58.4
2005    48.9
2006    36.5
2007    27.4
2008    20.3
2009    15.0
 
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