ABSTRACT
Worldwide passenger car production fell 1.9 percent in 1998, to approximately 38 million. 1 (See Figure 1.) Automobile sales declined 2.3 percent, to 37 million, but pushed the world car fleet up 2.1 percent, to 508 million. 2 (See Figure 2.) The ratio of people to cars stayed flat, at 11.7. 3 (See Figure 3.) World Automobile Production, 1950–98 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315071459/a27704a4-88f7-4606-b2ea-9d5d1648bbfe/content/fig6_1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> World Automobile Fleet, 1950–98 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315071459/a27704a4-88f7-4606-b2ea-9d5d1648bbfe/content/fig6_2_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/> People Per Automobile, 1950–98 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315071459/a27704a4-88f7-4606-b2ea-9d5d1648bbfe/content/fig6_3_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
