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Myanmar clunkers scrapped in rush for ‘new’ cars

April 11, 2014   Guest Author

In this Aug. 22, 2012 photo, passengers get into a slowly moving Chevrolet bus in Yangon, Myanmar. These old Chevys built on the Canadian made military personnel carriers that were left behind after World War II were sent to the scrap heap at the end of 2012. Because of the abysmal state of public transport in Yangon, a city of 5 million, those who can afford to drive, do. Those who can’t cram into ancient buses perched precariously on huge tires or hitch rides on pickups outfitted with benches and makeshift roofs. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Mike Shwe Hlaing has a lot full of used SUVs and a potentially huge market to sell them to if Myanmar manages to spread some of the affluence blooming in its biggest city to a poor and still mostly road-less countryside.

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