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Why are young people less likely to purchase cars, or even have driver’s licenses nowadays? One theory has it that the generatio
Why are young people less likely to purchase cars, or even have driver’s licenses nowadays? One theory has it that the generatio
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2015-03-25
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Why are young people less likely to purchase cars, or even have driver’s licenses nowadays? One theory has it that the generation that came of age with the Internet and smartphones thinks cars are pretty lame. Automakers prefer to see the situation differently—that young people today love cars just as much as any other group, but just can’t afford them right now.
The auto industry has been in recovery mode over the past few years. Automakers sold 14.5 million new cars and trucks in 2012, a 13% increase over the prior year, and the highest total since 2007. Projected auto sales totals for 2013 should easily beat last year too, topping 15 million. Even so, the comeback has been called a "subpar recovery," and a prime reason why sales haven’t truly taken off is that younger consumers today aren’t buying cars like younger consumers traditionally have in the car-crazed U.S.
Gen Y has been called "Gen N" , as in Generation Neutral—which is the way some describe how millennials feel about car ownership. Studies have shown that fewer young adults have driver’s licenses, that this group hates the traditional car-buying process more than other demographics, and that they prefer urban living and socializing online and therefore have less need for cars.
Overall, the impression one gets is that millennials just don’t have the passion for driving and owning a set of wheels that previous generations have had—at least not to the extent that they’ll devote a significant portion of their income to owning a car.
So younger consumers just don’t particularly care for car ownership, right? Wrong, say automakers. "I don’t see any evidence that the young people are losing interest in cars," Mustafa Mohatarem, GM’s longtime chief economist, said to Automotive News. "It’s really the economics doing what we’re seeing, and not a change in preferences."
Instead of accepting the premise that millennials see car ownership as "not cool," automakers are insisting that low rates of driver’s licenses and vehicle purchasing by young people come mainly as a result of car ownership being out of reach financially for this group right now. As the economy improves, and as millennials get a little older and have more need for cars due to work and family responsibilities, auto experts assume that this generation will have to embrace car ownership to a much larger degree. They see the car ownership alternatives—public transportation, as well as services like ride sharing and car sharing—as having only a negligible impact on the auto sales business in the future.
What is the possible factor that influences Gen Y’s desire for cars?
选项
A、Public image of cars.
B、Higher cost of fuel.
C、Desire of breaking rules.
D、New way of communication.
答案
D
解析
事实细节题。根据题干关键词Gen Y’s定位到第三段。该段第二句说,有研究表明,现在的年轻人更喜欢城市生活以及通过网络进行交际,因此,他们不太需要汽车。由此可知,除了居住地点外,新的交流方式也影响了年轻人对汽车的需求,因此选[D]。文章中没有提到Gen Y是因为汽车的公众形象、燃料价格高或是喜欢不按规矩办事才不去买车,故排除[A]、[B]和[C]三个选项。
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