It didn't happen by accident. It takes a huge amount of marketing and PR to convince people. People are told they can't be a good father without the latest SUV or if they buy this sleek saloon their wife will suddenly loose 100 pounds or a new sports car is going to make them ten years younger.

Governments are easily coerced into supporting this through road building programs or wars to keep the cost of oil down.

You might think someone able to accumulate a reasonable amount of money is more rational but then I just read that Aston Martin sales are suffering because the latest James Bond film is late.

I doubt India will be any different, you will be catching up soon enough.