Abstract There are various methodologies for assessing the recyclability of vehicular raw materials. Most of these approaches rely on environmental standards that apply to individual brands of vehicles and their respective regions of popularity. Nevertheless, there is a high level of accuracy when gauging the recyclability of vehicular materials using the indices that apply to each material. This paper uses the indices-approach to gauge the recyclability of the finished products and thereby reveal the best practices that apply to the entire industry. The paper starts with a literature review of materials that reveal important indices that apply to various vehicle-manufacturing components. The total automotive material consumption indicates that steel, iron, plastic composites, and aluminum are the most prevalent vehicle manufacturing materials. The trends that apply to vehicle manufacturing parts indicate a prevalence of lighter but strengthened materials. The paper outlines the factors that apply to High Strength Steels (HSS’s) among other newer manufacturing materials. The methodology that is used in the paper mainly uses a cost analysis approach about factors that apply to the economy, society, and the environment. The economic factors include life cycle costing, lifecycle analysis, cost-based analysis, and an integrated method. The economic analysis depends on factors such as present-worth analysis, annual worth, rate of return, and the payback period. In the results analysis section, past data on material usage and alternative formulas are used to reveal various material indices. The analysis sections reveal why some materials are more preferred than others are. In addition, the cost factors are inevitably linked to the recyclability of vehicular materials. The paper ends with a conclusion of the study and the prospects of future research on the recyclability of vehicular materials. Statistics Analysis The usage levels of regular steel in the manufacture of automobiles have not changed much in the last three decades. Statistics indicate that the average total composition of regular steel in manufactured vehicles accounted for approximately 55.5% in the year 1976 and 40.1% by 2004. Consequently, reliance on steel in vehicle manufacturing has only reduced by 15.4% over the last three decades. Manufacturers have turned to manipulative industrial processes that transform steel into a material that can be applicable to the current standards (Department of Energy, 2015). The materials that have taken the place of regular steel in vehicle manufacturing include HSS whose reliance has increased by a factor of three since 1976. For instance, the results of this study indicate that in the year 1976 HSS only accounted for 3.2% of the materials used to manufacture a vehicle. However, by the year 2004, this composition has jumped to about 11.6%. The reliance on HSS can be attributed to the increase in demand for luxury brands of cars that use a variety of HSS products. For instance, there are four sub-categories of HSS and they all serve advanced functions as compared to regular steel (Keeler and Kimchi, 2014). The BIW material grade analysis for different range of car models indicates that most high-end brands such as Astra, BMW, and Alfa Romeo are manufactured using higher compon