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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