Now in Its 13th Year of Publication, the Automotive Quarterly Review (AQR)

DUBLIN, Ireland--April 13, 2006--Research and Markets has announced the addition of Automotive Quarterly Review (Q1 2006) to their offering

Now in its 13th year of publication, the Automotive Quarterly Review (AQR) is an excellent source for industry analysis and statistics, and is 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. The Automotive Quarterly Review is delivered to you as a PDF with accompanying MS Excel spreadsheet for easy data manipulation.

Please refer to the section below for a detailed outline on how the information in the Automotive Quarterly Review is structured:

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. Nanjing Automotive

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 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.

The company updates are structured as follows:

Financial news - the latest quarterly results and associated comment to explain the results and pick out the items and events over the course of the quarter that are most worthy of attention

Corporate news - covers mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, disposals, restructuring, share repurchases etc

Sales - includes a table showing each company's new car sales by market. Gives a round-up of the company's performance in its major markets and the progress of major models

Production - describes the company's year-to-date performance and outlook for the full year. Includes significant announcements regarding new plants, investment at existing plants, plant closures, etc

Product plans - major product introductions planned over the next five years

Section 2: New Registrations (sales data)

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

New registrations by segment - unit sales and market share in all major markets for each of nine vehicle segments

- Mini

- Small

- Lower medium

- Medium

- Upper medium

- Luxury

- Sport/coupe

- MPV (multi-purpose vehicle)

- SUV (sport utility vehicle)

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/c35728