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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

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问题     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 do auto experts think of the future of cars?
选项 A、People will grow more and more independent of cars.
B、The price of cars will strongly affect the industry.
C、Over time, young people will realize their needs of cars.
D、Cars will compete fiercely with other means of transportation.
答案C
解析 推理判断题。根据题干关键词auto experts定位到第六段。该段第二句提到，专家们认为，随着年龄的增长，家庭和工作的需要会增强年轻人对汽车的需求。由此可知，随着时间的推移，现在的年轻人会逐渐增强对汽车的需求，因此选[C]。该段第二句说现在的年轻人越来越意识到对汽车的需求，而不是越来越不需要汽车，故排除[A]；文章没有提到汽车的价格会对该行业有所影响，虽然第一段最后一句提到年轻人买不起车，但这并不代表汽车价格会严重影响汽车业，故排除[B]；该段最后一句说专家们认为其他的出行方式对汽车销售的影响可以忽略不计，故排除[D]。
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