Friday, April 12, 2002

Also in The Economist is a table showing car ownership per 1000 people, listing Germany top at just over 500, the US next at about 480, Japan at 410ish and the UK at 380 or thereabouts. For anyone whose seen newsreels of 1920s America compete with hundreds of cars on the roads this may seem a little odd that's it's not first. It is odd and it's wrong. The table omits to include "light trucks" which in Europe add about 50 or so cars per 1000, whereas in American it adds something like 200 - 300 more. The reason being SUV's, which outsold cars in the US last years, are counted as "light trucks".

posted by Matthew @ 4/12/2002 09:13:00 AM Comments: 0