Are falling sales figures a reflection of a weak economy or has car ownership become less important to many Australians?
The sky above is a sheet of grey as Rachel Bradley stands in a used-car yard along Port Road, Adelaide, where she checks out the prices on four-wheel drives while looking a little lost.
Bradley doesn’t know much about cars and doesn’t have her licence. She didn’t see the point when she was younger – cars were expensive and buses were cheap. Now the 27-year-old freelance photographer is moving to Melbourne and knows that she’ll need a car for her business to grow.
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