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AV's World Automobile Industry

What has Renault got to do with Nissan? Ford with Volvo? Porsche with Volkswagen?

Consolidation of the global automobile industry is moving forward at a breathtaking pace. In 2004, the nine leading groups

• General Motors (9.0 mio. vehicles, including Daewoo),
• Ford (7.9 mio., including Mazda),
• Toyota (7.9 mio.),
• Renault-Nissan (5.7 mio.),
• Volkswagen (5.1 mio.),
• DaimlerChrysler (4.6 mio.),
• Peugeot (3.4 mio.),
• Honda (3.2 mio.), and
• Hyundai (2.8 mio.)

accounted for more than three quarters of the world-wide production of 64.2 mio. vehicles (2000: 58.0 mio, 2001: 56.3 mio, 2002: 58.8 mio, 2003: 60.6 mio). At the same time, a sharply rising number of vehicles with well-known brand names are actually manufactured by joint ventures in China and other newly industrialized countries. The increasingly complex structure of the industry is illustrated on this page.

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Layout

The structure of an independent company is shown as follows:

This general layout may also be cascaded. The prodominant kind of product is indicated using different colors:

• cars, including sport utility vehicles (SUV)
• light and heavy trucks
• buses and coaches
• motorcycles
• engines and other components; non-automotive activities
• contract manufacturer

Major overseas subsidiaries with a substantial local manufacturing capacity (usually at least 100000 units) are also included. Joint ventures are indicated by lighter colors.

Whereever available, the better known brand names are used instead of the official company names. This leads to some important simplifications: For example, no distinction is made between the "Ford Motor Company" and its "Ford" division (this is only a matter of internal organization, anyway). Names not appearing on vehicle badges, such as DaimlerChrysler or NUMMI, are set in italics. Companies are listed in alphabetical order. Click on names to go to the respective company web pages.

Details given for a company may include location of its headquarter, shares held by its parent company, production figures in thousands for 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004, respectively, and a list of selected production sites (in brackets). Vehicles are counted according to the brand name used, so a Toyota made by NUMMI in California is counted as a Toyota, and a Volkswagen made by Shanghai Volkswagen is counted as a Volkswagen.

Companies

References

Details given here were collected from the respective company web pages, and the following sources:

1. Auto Motor und Sport (in German)

2. Der Spiegel (in German)

3. Die Welt (in German)

4. Financial Times Deutschland (in German)

5. Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association

6. Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association

7. Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles

8. The Korea Herald

9. James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, Daniel Roos, The Machine that changed the World: The Story of Lean Production. Harper Perennial, New York, 1991

About ...

Comments? Updates? Something missing? I would be happy to hear from you! Thanks to Ali (Alberzell), Isa (Villingen-Schwenningen), Kristine (London), Mayumi (Fukuoka), Norio (Tokyo), and Peter (North Ferrisburg, VT) for helpful comments and hints.

All material appearing on this page has been thoroughly checked, but may be incomplete or out of date. No responsibility can be assumed for any inaccuracies.

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Last changes: 20. November 2005