Kimiyuki Suda should be a perfect customer for Japan"s car-makers. He"s a young, successful executive at an Internet-services company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable【C1】______. He used to own Toyota"s Hilux Surf, a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses【C2】______subways and trains."It"s not inconvenient at all," he says.【C3】______, "having a car is so 20th century." Suda reflects a worrisome【C4】______ in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, 【C5】______among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic devices. 【C6】______mini-cars and luxury foreign brands are still popular, everything in between is【C7】______. Last year sales fell 6.7 percent, 7.6 percent【C8】______you don"t count the mini-car market. There have been【C9】______one-year drops in other nations: sales in Germany fell 9 percent in 2007 【C10】______a tax increase. But experts say Japan is 【C11】______in that sales have been decreasing steadily【C12】______ time. Since 1990, yearly new-car sales have fallen from 7.8 million to 5.4 million units in 2007. Alarmed by this state of 【C13】______ , the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) 【C14】______a comprehensive study of the market in 2006. It found that a 【C15】______wealth gap, demographic changes and【C16】______lack of interest in cars led Japanese to hold their【C17】______longer, replace their cars with smaller ones【C18】______give up car ownership altogether. JAMA【C19】______a further sales decline of 1.2 percent this year. Some experts believe that if the trend continues for much longer, further consolidation in the automotive sector is【C20】______.