The cheap car muse

I love cheap cars, and I hate 'em. Transport is a great thing, personal transport even better. But it's a win-lose, isn't it? The cheaper they get the more they infest our lives. Not only do cars cost us resources when being built but they rob us of our land as well with infrastructure (especially roads) everywhere. Great for getting around, not so good for the environment or our peace of mind. Trouble is that the market is totally out of whack with true costs. The car makers get a free ride with infrastructure and then get subsidised power and resources to boot. Now this gives us employment and transport "freedom" but at the price of a distorted market. Such markets run wild and consume resources with little restraint because the price paid does not reflect real costs. Great for our personal freedom to consume and move, bad for everything else. Here's another cheap car entering the Aussie car market. Just what we need.