The automobile industry is one of the sectors that has been most hit by the recession. Demand for cars has fallen sharply, accentuating the difficulties of excess production capacity already faced before the crisis and deepening the economic downturn in major car-producing countries.
This OECD report examines how closely the automobile and business cycles are related, [...]
For at least the next decade, the future of the automotive industry lies in the BRIC countries. Together, Brazil, Russia, India, and China will account for 30 percent of world auto sales in 2014, while also offering significant opportunities for cost-effective R&D, sourcing, and manufacturing, according to a new report published by The Boston Consulting [...]
On November 24-25 IESE will host the 24th Annual Meeting of the Automotive Sector whose central theme will be “The Automotive Industry in 2020.” The event’s participants will include José Manuel Machado, the chairman and CEO of Ford Spain; Fumiaki Matsumoto, the general manager of Nissan Spain; Rafael Prieto, the managing director of Peugeot Spain, [...]
Automotive Lease Guide recently announced that Lexus has maintained its top position in its Luxury Models Summer 2009 Perceived Quality Study (PQS). Only four brands out of the 15 surveyed showed a year-over-year improvement, with Cadillac registering the strongest performance with a four-point increase in its overall score, helping it jump two places to number [...]
As auto makers expand and shift their production facilities, suppliers are expected to follow. Certainly supplier companies have typically opened larger numbers of plants in more countries over the past decade and a half. This study by KPMG International, which involved 131 automotive industry suppliers in North America, Asia and Europe, examines how suppliers develop [...]
