Gen Y Car Shoppers Demand High-Tech, Driverless Features, Study Reveals

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Gen Y Car Shoppers Demand High-Tech, Driverless Features, Study Reveals

Gen Y car shoppers want the most-advanced safety systems found in cars, a new study found.

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stovt001_

I'm generation Y and active safety features are a big factor in my car preferences, except I prefer cars that have as few of them as possible. I find it insulting that the automakers think I can't look out a window or use a simple mirror, or apply the brakes correctly myself, or parallel park a car. I don't want lights blinking at me every time another car pulls up alongside. My cars don't have blind spots because I adjust my mirrors correctly.

csubowtie

This makes me very sad, and I am also part of generation Y. I'm not at all surprised at these findings, it's just a real bummer that the auto industry is being steered by executives and ,more importantly, customers who don't like or care about cars. It is apparent that to most people, driving is simply an inconvience, not a privilage or pleasure. Nothing like having your passion destroyed by people who simply don't care about it.

themandarin

"Gen Y Car Shoppers Demand High-Tech, Driverless Features" like iPhones

subiefan10

As part of Gen Y (23yro) the last thing I want is a car that drives for me. As great as technology has gotten there is still a failure factor involved. If a software/computer company can't even make a OS without bugs, how am I supposed to trust it in a car? Sorry, but I'd rather trust my own instincts than that of a computer, I'm not that lazy and inefficient. Are people just too lazy these days to teach the fundamentals of driving that we need little computers and sensors everywhere to tell us, or are we getting that stupid? Or are people's faces stuck too far into their cell phones while they are driving that they are unaware (and probably just don't care)? I won't downplay that its great for safety, it just seems like with each new generation, things get more dumbed down as we go. I'd rather have a good performing car than a car that's a computer.