See the 2006 Review of the Top 20 Global Automotive Engine Families

DUBLIN, Ireland--Feb. 2, 20060, 2006--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33206) has announced the addition of Review of the Top 20 Global Automotive Engine Families to their offering.

This is the second annual report reviewing and ranking the major global engine families. The latest available full year data is for 2004.

Like vehicle manufacturing, the engine manufacturing sector is under pressure to maximise economies of scale by using common components and modules. Where vehicle manufacturers look to develop vehicles using a common platform or architecture, engines belong to families, which employ a similar construction. Defining what makes a group of engines a family can be just as subjective as defining platforms, if not more so. PricewaterhouseCoopers AUTOFACTS compiles databases of engine manufacture to a high level of detail and conducts analysis based on this data, which includes engine family characteristics. It is their data that we have come to rely on to present a concise overview of the sector in this management briefing.

Topics covered include:

-- The top 20 families

-- Volkswagen Group

-- General Motors

-- Suzuki

-- Ford

-- Mazda

-- PSA

-- Toyota

-- Renault

-- Honda

-- Fiat

-- Conclusion

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33206