Abstract
There has been a marked economic expansion in Kuwait and other Gulf countries over the last three decades. This has produced two major changes that had an influence on car registration and household car ownership. The first change is the increase in income of native households, allowing for a significant rise in their car ownership rates. The second change is related to the massive increase in the number of foreign households. The steady rise in the number of Kuwait and foreign households has created significant increases in car registration levels. It is proposed that data at household level give the most suitable quantitative and qualitative variables for studies of car ownership in Kuwait. (Author/publisher).