Research and Markets: World Vehicle Forecasts and Strategies - 1.5 Billion Vehicles to Be Produced and Sold over the Twenty-Year Period 2001 to 2020 Inclusive

DUBLIN, Ireland--April 21, 2004--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of Managing the Future - World Vehicle Forecasts and Strategies to 2020 to their offering.

Originally published as a three volume, 700 A4 page analysis of the global motor industry for the 60-year period from 1960 to 2020, this new edition extracts all of the key features of the original report and condenses them into one single volume.

This unique data set, complete with descriptive text and full graphics, continues to describe the history and future of the industry. It explains the fact that in excess of 1.5 billion vehicles will be produced and sold over the twenty-year period 2001 to 2020 inclusive, how the number of vehicles plying the roads of the world will rise remorselessly to 1.1 billion units, where the market size of 100 million vehicles sales and production in 2020 will be located and how the rise and rise of vehicle scrappage constrains ownership and renews and cleans the world's vehicle fleet.

This groundbreaking report is an in-depth strategic analysis of how the automotive industry and its global marketplace will develop over the next 20 years. The report forecasts global demand for motor vehicles based on historical sales and production data, taking into account major market factors such as ownership density, vehicle parc age, road infrastructure, population size and makeup, and GNP.

Recently updated to include the long-term effects of September 11th and the potential problems presented by the current situation in Iraq, this unique report contains over 50 pages of analysis and more than 100 tables and graphs. It explains the fact that in excess of 1.5 billion vehicles will be produced and sold over the twenty-year period 2001 to 2020 inclusive, where the market size of 100 million vehiclesales and production in 2020 will be, how the number of vehicles plying the roads of the world will rise to 1.1 billion units, and how the rise of vehicle scrappage constrains ownership and renews and cleans the world's vehicle fleet.

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