The graph below gives information about car ownership in Britain from 1971 to 2007.

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.

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it is clear that

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there was a decreasing percentage of Britons having no car,

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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.

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, few people in the country possessed more than three cars,

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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.

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, the proportion of the British owning 2 automobiles nearly tripled during the period, ascending to 27%, which outnumbered the percentage of people without cars.