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Answer: Turkey. But that's not stopping traffic in Istanbul. Plus: The Prius continues to stomp all over the Ford Explorer
  • Not surprised about car sales in Turkey

    In 2000, one Turkish New Lira was worth $0.623

    In 2007, one Turkish New Lira was worth $1.431

    U.S. median income has hardly changed over this period of time. I don't know how Turkish median income is doing, but even if it stood still like U.S. median income, the median Turk's income more than doubled compared to the median U.S. income.

    No wonder they can afford stuff and we can't.