In pictures: Top 10 most motorised cities in 2013

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  9. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - 608 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Saeed Khan / AFP

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  8. LOS ANGELES, US - 608 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Joe Klamar / AFP

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  7. VILNIUS, Lithuania - 618 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Petras Malukas / AFP

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  6. MELBOURNE, Australia - 621 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Marc Dozier / Corbis

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  5. HOUSTON, Texas, US - 625 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Jeffrey Greenberg / UIG via Getty Images

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  4. SAN FRANCISCO, California - 631 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / AFP

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  3. MIAMI, Florida, US - 642 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Tim Graham / Getty Images

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  2. ROME, Italy - 657 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Tony Gentile / Reuters

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  1. ATHENS, Greece - 659 passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA

While income may be the most important factor in determining consumer preferences, this is not the case when it comes to transport. Here are the top 10 cities with the highest ratio of passenger car ownership in the world, according to Euromonitor International.