Because why would the proletariat own cars? I don't know why this should be surprising given the context laid out in the book. It has nothing to do with Orwell

Because why would the proletariat own cars? I don't know why this should be surprising given the context laid out in the book. It has nothing to do with Orwell failing to forecast the popularity of cars. Do folks think 1984 was Orwell's literal prediction of the future? Of course not, it's a fiction of a possible, imagined future.