The line chart compares different proportions of Britons owning automobiles between 1971 to 2007, including no auto, one auto, two autos and three autos and above.
Overall
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it is clear that
there was a decreasing percentage of Britons having no car, Linking Words
while
the rate of having two motors witnessed a significant increase, but most of them had only one automobile.
With a number of fluctuations, the percentage of one-car ownership remained stable, at approximately 42% over the period shown, which accounted for the majority of car ownerships since 1977. Linking Words
By contrast
, few people in the country possessed more than three cars, Linking Words
although
the rate rose as much as four times, from 2% to 8%.
Around 25% of Britons did not possess cars in 2007, which almost halved the number after 36 years. Linking Words
However
, the proportion of the British owning 2 automobiles nearly tripled during the period, ascending to 27%, which outnumbered the percentage of people without cars.Linking Words
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