It became known, the number of registered vehicles in the world. The number of registered cars in the world exceeded even in 2010 year over a billion. This was announced by a study conducted by Wards Auto. The total number of vehicles, including cars, trucks and buses of various classes, not including heavy offroad transporter was 1.015 billion units in 2010 year. In 2009, the total number of registered vehicles was much lower-980 million. cars. For comparison: in 1986, that number stood at "only" 500 million. units. Experts explain this increase in the number of vehicles especially growth markets in developing countries. For example, the number of cars sold in China, the total for the year increased by 27%, and the total number of registered vehicles in the country amounted to 78 million. pieces. However, many car remains a luxury. So, the average index of the relationship of one car to living on earth people was 1: 6.75. Most people who own machine in the United States is 1: 1.3-i.e., the car is virtually everyone. They are followed by Italy (1: 1.45), United Kingdom, France and Japan (approximately 1: 1.7 in each country). And here is the champion of China auto market growth here no longer looks so brilliantly: the population of 1.3 billion. index of people owning a car was only 1:17, 2. What to say about India with its result in 1:56, 3.