The bar charts illustrate the results from a 2009 survey about two key aspects of car ownership in a European nation: the frequency of changing cars and the type of vehicles purchased.
In general, most car ownerships in this country tended to keep their automobiles for a long time instead of replacing them regularly. In addition to this, secondhand vehicles were the most bought in this nation.
The “Every Year” category only accounted for 1%, while the “Every 2 Year” one was 4% higher. This shows that they were minor groups and few people changed cars regularly. The figure for “Every 3-4 Year” was 37%, significantly more than the previous 2 groups. In addition to this, the numerical value for “Every 5 Year or more” was the highest percentage compared to the remaining categories, occupying more than half of the total people surveyed. This was the most remarkable point of this chart. Moreover, the “Never change” group and the “No car” group accounted for an insignificant proportion, with 3% and 2% respectively.
Turning to the type of car purchased, the “second-hand” option was the dominant choice, with 68%, and three times larger than the new manufacturers. The percentage of “New car” was 25%, ranking second but far behind the “Second-hand” car. Finally, the rate for the 2 groups named “Sometimes new/Sometimes second-hand” and “No car” was 10% and 2% in a respective order. Furthermore, the figure for “No car” in both charts was the same, and this point made the chart more special.