If I was a car manufacturer I would invest heavily on Uber. The fact that people need to have a new car to work for Uber is one of the main factors that keep the auto industry out of recession.
Quite the opposite. There have been complaints in this thread about how the cars are getting shittier and shittier.
For Lyft for Oregon the car needs to be 2004 or newer for most of the smaller cities, 2009 or newer for Portland. https://www.lyft.com/driver-application-requirements/oregon
Uber is much the same. 15 years old in rural areas, 10 years old in Portland. https://www.uber.com/drive/eastern-oregon/vehicle-requiremen... https://www.uber.com/drive/portland/vehicle-requirements/
Realistically, a 10 year old car is closer to "junkyard" than "new".