Global warming: Just what overcrowded, polluted India didn’t need… the $3,000

..If India’s roads seem cluttered and inadequate, things are set to get much worse. Over the coming months, a series of car manufacturers are set to unveil new models aimed at India’s burgeoning middle class. Remarkably, some of the new cars designed to entice the wallets of India’s newly wealthy consumers will be priced as cheaply as $3,000 (
Though India’s roads are often jammed with motorbikes and three-wheeled auto-rickshaws, its total number of cars is very modest by world standards. Figures suggest a vehicle density of just seven cars per thousand people. By contrast, the US has 477 vehicles per thousand and the UK has 373.

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