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Automobile Misc – After years of spinning their wheels, carmakers are turning to new vehicles to revitalize the declining youth market

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When he was 14, Joe Gildea drove a Chevy up and down his driveway just to feel the thrill of a set of wheels. By the time he was a high school senior, the Quincy native had saved $160 to buy a yellow 1953 Chevy Bel Air with a white hardtop.

Now 62, Gildea has lovingly pieced together a collection of more than a dozen Cadillacs, but he failed to pass down this passion to his daughter, Michelle. To her, a car is just a car. The 20-year-old recently inherited her grandmother’s used 2002 Toyota Camry, but it’s her new BlackBerry that has her pumped.

“I don’t care what kind of car I drive as long as it runs and gets me to and from work,’’ Michelle Gildea said.

For many young Americans, the automobile is …  Details

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