Why Indian Auto Industry will never rule the world?

Facts as of Jan 2013:

• Indian Automotive Industry has been one of the larger markets
• Been fastest growing globally with now a more flat growth
• India is the sixth largest passenger vehicle manufacturing industry in the world beating the likes of Belgium, UK, Canada & Russia.
• Third largest exporter from Asia behind only Japan and South Korea.
• Indian auto manufacturing industry largely based out of three clusters – Chennai in the south, Mumbai – Pune hub in the west and Gurgaon-Manesar in the north. Immense potential of growth in Gujarat in the West, Kolkata in the east and other NCR regions in the North
• Follows indigenous Bharat Stage IV (and III) emission norms no less than other internationally known emission norms
• Exports expected to cross $12 Billion by 2014
• Exports to countries like US, UK, Germany, UAE, Spain, France, South Africa and many more
• Houses global car giants like Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Bugatti, Chevrolet, Ferrari, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota, Lamborghini, Mercedes, Porsche, Rolls Royce and what not.
• Acura, Infiniti, McLaren, Cadillac, Lexus, Jeep, Mazda and many others in various stages of official introduction to Indian market.

And yet?

Technology & Evolution

Our world is run by technology and there is no denying the fact. It has changed almost every facet of our lives. It changed the way we learn, the way we communicate, the way we live and in some cases even changed the way we die. At a less dramatic level, it also changed what we wear and what we eat.

The evolution of civil society (civilization is so old school now) has morphed into an entirely different society than what other early civilizations may have imagined for. From early civilizations like the stone or metal ages (origins traced to Africa & Asia) to antiquity or axial ages (Asia and parts of Europe) to medieval (discovery age, Latin America) to Industrial or Modern age (Europe and Americas), there has been a constant growth, and evolution of the human society. Almost all pre-modern ages focused, on culture and arts, thereby developing human faculties.

Industrial and now Digital age or the computer age, is yet another step towards evolution. However the question that always comes to my mind is – Is technology really helping us evolve?