Abstract (Summary) In spite of its popularity, auto-mobility has
never been an accessible transportation medium to the majority
of the world’s population. Big amounts of resources are spent
every day to support auto-mobility yet, only about 12% of the
world’s population has the possibility to acquire a car, and
even less has the option to acquire a new one. (Humphrey 122)
The automobile however, is still the most desired type of
transportation because of its freedom of routes. In this
scenario, if automobiles are meant to be the main tool for human
transportation in the years to come, it is crucial to promote
changes in the way we consume cars in order to ensure that they
can be accessed by most people. Lower segments of the population
usually have access to older vehicles because of their low cost,
however, as they age most of these vehicles retain little or
almost no value to offer to their customer and quite often their
usage conveys a high price that has to be paid in exchange for
the transportation. One