Research and Markets: Keep Up-to-Date with the Latest News and Developments in the Automotive Market

DUBLIN, Ireland--June 21, 2005--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19598) has announced the addition of Automotive Quarterly Review to their offering

Automotive Quarterly Review (AQR) is essential for everyone who needs to stay up to date on 21 of the top passenger vehicle manufacturers globally.

AQR will give you all this, for each of the 21 featured manufacturers:

- Financial news / corporate news

- Sales data by market

- Production data

- Plant-specific insight

- Production plans

Who relies on this report?

- Vehicle manufacturers

- Suppliers

- Consultants

- Banks/Finance/Venture capital

AQR is updated 4 times per year to ensure you get the latest information. Now in its 12th year of publication, the Automotive Quarterly Review (AQR) is an excellent source for industry statistics, and an invaluable reference tool for those with an interest in the activities of the major vehicle manufacturers globally.

An essential quarterly reference for ALL key vehicle manufacturer performance ratios, the Automotive Quarterly Review is the only publication of its kind that gives you a complete overview of vehicle manufacturers' performance on a quarter-by-quarter basis with both sales AND production data. Each issue is 250-300 pages long with about 100 pages occupied by individual company updates, and the remainder by industry statistics shown in some 230 tables and charts.

Each issue is structured as follows:

Section 1: Company Updates

News and comment on the passenger car operations of the following vehicle manufacturers:

1. BMW Group

2. DaimlerChrysler

3. Fiat Group

4. Ford Motor Company

5. Fuji Heavy Industries

6. General Motors

7. GM Daewoo Auto & Technology

8. Honda Motor Company

9. Hyundai Motor Company

10. Isuzu Motors

11. Mazda Motor Corporation

12. MG Rover Group

13. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation

14. Nissan Motor Company

15. Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Berhad (Proton)

16. Porsche

17. PSA Peugeot Citroen

18. Renault

19. Suzuki Motor Corporation

20. Toyota Motor Corporation

21. Volkswagen

As a quarterly publication, Automotive Quarterly Review provides a single point of reference for the key developments with analysis and comment as appropriate. Each company profile includes a concise summary of the key business activities and external factors that have affected company performance - so whether it's a weakening currency, a wage agreement, product launch or delay, new plant investment, joint venture or increase in marketing spend, Automotive Quarterly Review will give you the answers and insight you need.

Section 2: New Registrations

Over 200 tables and graphs give you a comprehensive picture of the state of the world's car markets, from both a global and a local perspective. The comprehensive coverage includes:

Total industry volumes - reviews the positive, negative or neutral impact that specific key economic indicators have had on new car registrations, compared with the same quarter the previous year, for over 20 automotive markets. The indicators include:

- Consumer prices

- Consumer spending

- Earnings

- GDP

- Interest rates

- Unemployment

- Current year forecasts

- New registrations by group and brand

Section 3: Production

Having considered the demand side of the equation in Section 2, the final section of the Automotive Quarterly Review examines the global supply situation. Worldwide production is provided by country, with forecasts for the current year. Similarly to Section 2 and uniquely at this price level, detailed production by model is shown on a quarterly basis for the major producing regions:

- Western Europe

- NAFTA

- Japan

- Mercosul

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c19598