An automobile manufacturers engineering department developed a new

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An automobile manufacturer’s engineering department developed a new model of its best-selling sedan that lacked certain safety features present in the earlier model, which was still being produced. During the first year of production of the new model, while both models were being sold, the newer model of the sedan sold much better than the older model. The CEO of the automobile company concluded that safety features were not important in consumers’ decisions to purchase the sedan.

Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the CEO’s conclusion?

A. The automobile company sells cars both for inclusion in corporate fleets and for individual use.
B. Many customers consider the new sedan safe because of certain features in its steering mechanism and body style.
C. Many of those who purchased the new sedan also own another car manufactured by the same automobile company.
D. The new sedan has sold to more customers in the 18-to-25 age bracket.
E. There was no significant difference in price between the newer sedan and the older model.

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bv8562 · Answer

B IMO because it tells us that even though the new sedan lacked safety features present in the earlier model, many customers still consider the new sedan safe because of certain features in its steering mechanism and body style. This means that safety features were important in consumers’ decisions to purchase the sedan.

pudu · Answer

B. Many customers consider the new sedan safe because of certain features in its steering mechanism and body style.

because it indicates that customers are thinking it better than earlier one in terms of safety due to its new design and features. It is weakening the CEO's statement that customers don't bother about safety.

Bunuel · Answer

PRINCETON REVIEW OFFICIAL EXPLANATION:

B

Here we want to know about safety features, and whether they’re important to buyers. To weaken the CEO’s conclusion that safety features were not important, we need to show that consumers did consider safety to be important, or show another explanation for the consumers’ decision.

(A) No. This is out of scope. We don’t care who the buyers are; we need only to weaken the idea that safety features weren’t important to those buyers.

(B) Yes. We have evidence that safety features are important to buyers; it’s just that the buyers have a different opinion of what makes a vehicle safe.

(C) No. This doesn’t explain the difference between this company’s old and new models’ performance.

(D) No. It doesn’t matter to what age groups the car appeals. This is out of scope.

(E) No. Knowing that the price is the same does not help us weaken the argument. If we had learned the new model was cheaper, however, we would have had an alternate cause for the sales results, which would have been a good way to weaken the argument.

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