The 10 Cars People Can't Stop Driving

You won’t be surprised to learn that the vehicles that rack up the most miles over the course of a year are almost all SUVs and minivans.

Cars, as you’re well aware, are more expensive today than ever before, and the skyrocketing prices show no sign of letting up anytime soon. That’s one of the reasons people are holding onto their cars longer than ever before, too—and, similarly, why today’s cars and trucks are racking up miles at a precipitous rate.

On average, drivers in the United States put 12,307 miles on their vehicles every year. Some machines rack up miles a heck of a lot faster.

Two cars stand out on the list of the top 10 most-driven cars, which is based on data provided by iSeeCars.com.

First is the Chevy Malibu, which we’d wager might have something to do with the sedan’s prevalence in fleets. The other is the Ford Mustang convertible, and while we don’t have any plausible explanation as to why it’s so high on the list of cars that rack up the miles (other than the fact that it, too, is a popular rental car. Whatever, at least its owners are enjoying some fun in the sun.

If you were to keep digging into the numbers, you’d see there’s only one other minivan to crack the top 10. Drivers of the Toyota Sienna average 15,659 miles per year, leaving us to wonder why Honda Odyssey owners don’t follow the same trend. 

There are two Mitsubishi vehicles on the list. Mirage drivers average 16,342 miles per year and Outlander PHEV drivers average 16,091. Midsize sedans like the Nissan Altima (16,147) and Toyota Camry (16,042) also rank pretty high on the list. The larger, rear-wheel-drive Dodge Charger (16,584) also makes an appearance in the top 20.

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