You make a very good point. Taking Brazil in perspective, middle class is growing rapidly and with better credit the automobile industry is heavily targeting th

You make a very good point. Taking Brazil in perspective, middle class is growing rapidly and with better credit the automobile industry is heavily targeting these potential car owners. Makes good sense economically and the state has been granting tax isemptions periodically which boosts sales significantly. However, car models are still pretty much inneficient fuel consumption wise. That I know of, there exists only one hybrid model avaiable and it's very expensive. Ethanol's price also turned it into a non-option for flex fuel models. Also, collective transportation is decades lagging pretty much everywhere that it's needed. This leads anyone that can afford it to purchase either a car or motorcicle in order to have decent mobility. It also makes it a class distinction thing, as in public transportation is a lower class problem. On the long run, IMO things look bleak for Brazil in terms of urban mobility and greenhouse emissions.