The line graph provides information about the percentage of the British who owned cars, measured at the ten-year intervals between 1975 and 2005. Although there were fluctuations, overall, the percentages of people owning a certain number of cars maintained their ranks during the period. In particular, the British mostly preferred to own just one car, whereas the proportion of individuals who had three cars consistently had the lowest figure.
Regarding the groups of people who had no car and one car, which is also the two largest groups over time. In the first ten-year phase of the period, this two groups experienced exactly the same downturn trends. To be more specific, the one-car owner group start at 45% of the British car owners, whereas this figure of people who did not own a car was almost the same, at approximately 43%, however, from this point, the two groups declined sharply until 1985, when their trends was no more identical. The first group, who owned only one car, by 1985, its data had hit the lowest point with just under 40%, then recovered and finished with the initial percentage in 2005. Meanwhile, the proportion of zero-car owners decreased continually and significantly dropped to its trough at about 21% at the end of the period.
In contrast, the remain groups witnessed the upward trends throughout the period. The group of individuals owning three cars experienced the least fluctuating trend, starting at approximately 3%, rising steadily, and ending with just under 10% in 2005. Finally, the percentage of people who owned 2 cars growed considerably, with just about 7% at the beginning, it had reached 15% by 1985, which was a dramatically increases within just ten years. From this point, its figure climbed gradually and reached 18% in 2005. Moreover, the rise in two-car owners group almost coincided with the decline in the group of the British who owned no car.