Filed under: Car Buying, Etc.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/11/libertywithsubwayfinal2-opt.jpg
At first glance, Kerry Jenkins might seem to be a perfectly normal California girl, with her wispy blond hair and tanned complexion. But in a part of the country where getting an automobile has long been a rite of passage, the 19-year-old Los Angelino is quite content to live without a set of wheels, even though her parents offered to buy her a car when she graduated high school.
“I just don’t see why,” she says, ending her sentence with the Valley Girl’s upturned lilt. “I can always hitch a ride when I need it from my folks and friends. I have my bike. And I just wish more people would stop driving everywhere.”
While it’s easy to dismiss Jenkins as an oddball, the fact is she’s anything but unique these days. A number of her friends at college have also put off buying cars and industry research says that’s becoming increasingly commonplace.
“It’s something we’re watching,” acknowledges Mike Accavitti, the head of marketing for Honda of America. “There is a trend with kids under 30 that they put more value in their cellphones than in the cars they drive” - or the cars they decide not to drive.
(Click past the jump to continue reading and take part in our poll).
[HR][/HR] [RIGHT] *
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/07/eisenstein-driving-thumb.jpg
**Paul A. Eisenstein is Publisher of TheDetroitBureau.com](http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/) and a 30-year veteran of the automotive beat. His editorials bring his unique perspective and deep understanding of the auto world to Autoblog readers on a regular basis.*[/RIGHT]
[HR][/HR]Continue reading Is America’s automotive love affair over? [w/poll]
Is America’s automotive love affair over? [w/poll] originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hNfKYQEUlKauO5WQvH1go-w3aRc/0/di
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/hNfKYQEUlKauO5WQvH1go-w3aRc/1/di
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=Td_RF1S25C4:nJp4nJti5ZQ:wF9xT3WuBAs http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/weblogsinc/autoblog?i=Td_RF1S25C4:nJp4nJti5ZQ:V_sGLiPBpWU
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~4/Td_RF1S25C4