International Used Cars

If an alien were to land on earth, the first thing he would notice about the "green planet"is the amount of cars there are on the streets. He would see that they come in all shapes and sizes, colors and are of many different brands. He would attempts to count the cars, but would get lost quickly because no brain can comprehend a number so large. In 1900 there were only 4,192 passenger cars built in the US (the only country to be manufacturing cars). There were no buses or trucks. By 1985 there were 109 million cars in existence. Today, with dozens of countries participating in the creation of automobiles, that number is six times larger.

It is estimated that there are approximately 600 million motor vehicles being driven on the streets of earth, the alien would be dumbfounded with this number. The biggest manufacturers are Japan, producing 8,056,000 cars in 1998, the US, with 5,554,000, and Germany with 5,348,000. With passing time, these numbers experience a rapid growth. For example, in 1960 Japan produced 185,000 cars, but by the end of the 1990s it was producing nearly 10 million a year. It is believed that at this growth rate, the number of cars on earth will double within the next 30 years. In this time scientists predict that traffic congestion will become 10 times worse than it is today. If in 2001 it is difficult to cross a major street without having to wait five minutes for the traffic to stop, how long will one have to wait in 2050?

Today the alien will notice that with such a large number of cars and people on earth, there are approximately ten people per car. But what will happen when he returns for a second trip in a hundred years? Will there be as many cars as people, or maybe by that time we'll have discovered a new method of transportation that is much more efficient and eco-friendly than the car? Only time can tell.

TOTAL SALES PROJECTED IN 2008

In Millions:
North America 54.94
Canada 17.71
United States 15.00
Mexico 1.10
Western Europe 14.60
Germany 3.18
Eastern Europe 3.88
Russia 2.54
Asia 15.01
China 5.92
India 1.26
South America 3.74
Brazil 2.25

Afghanistan
Åland
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia Used Car Sales
Austria Used Car Sales
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium Used Car Sales
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet Island
Brazil Used Car Sales
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia Used Car Sales
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China Used Car Sales
Christmas Island
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo Democratic Republic of the
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia Used Car Sales
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark Used Car Sales
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt Used Car Sales
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France Used Car Sales
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany Used Car Sales
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece Used Car Sales
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Heard and McDonald Islands
Honduras
Hong Kong Used Car Sales
Hungary
Iceland
India Used Car Sales
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq Used Car Sales
Ireland
Israel
Italy Used Car Sales
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jan Mayen
Japan Used Car Sales
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon Used Car Sales
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia Used Car Sales
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia Federated States of
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand Used Car Sales
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Territory
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Barthelemy
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore Used Car Sales
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa Used Car Sales
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
South Korea
Spain Used Car Sales
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Swaziland
Sweden Used Car Sales
Switzerland Used Car Sales
Syria
Taiwan Used Car Sales
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand Used Car Sales
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey Used Car Sales
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates Used Car Sales
United Kingdom Used Car Sales
United States
Uruguay
US Virgin Islands
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Venezuela
Vietnam Used Car Sales
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia Used Car Sales
Zimbabwe


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