Price of petrol? No way to go but upIndia's sharpest-ever increase in petrol prices may not mean much to the well-to-do SUV owner but the average consumer is rattled.

SUV enthusiasts like Ranjan Chawla want to change that. When Chawla's Pajero was stolen, he bought a Mercedes, because "his parents found it difficult to climb into an SUV" . Now he's looking for another SUV. "They'll keep selling," he says, "because...