When COVID-induced lockdowns shuttered offices and work-from-home became the norm, Vinamra Misra, a resident of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, left for his hometown in 2021. On his return to Hyderabad recently, he discovered that his Hyundai Grand i10 was stolen from his apartment’s parking lot.
A father to a two-year-old, Misra desperately needed a new car to commute his three-member family around.