Decreasing Car Sales in Europe

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Are cars going to still exist in Europe’s future? The article “No Traction: Europe’s Car Makers Spin their Wheels” written by Vanessa Fuhrmans states that there is a decline in people buying cars. Companies such as Ford Motors, General Motors, and Fiat SpA are showing that they have lost billions of Euros during this year. The loss of money is causing these car making companies to close down the doors on many of their plants. Companies closing its plants down has left many people without a job which has angered many of their previous workers; such as in Genk, Belgium; where they would “protest by torching cars, smashing windows and storming a building.” Some workers in Ugur Alkism have worked at a plant for 27 years are now left with nowhere else to go for a job because they are too old to find a new job but too young to retire. The decline in the auto industry’s revenue is due to the decreasing demand for a car. In the past, people have depended on their own car for a means of transportation and social status. However, today the younger generation is able to spend their money on...

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