Identify the External Factors That Have Affected the Performance of Companies in the Automotive Industry

DUBLIN, Ireland--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50488) has announced the addition of Automotive Quarterly Review (Q4-2006) 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, every quarter, 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

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 segment

- 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

About the Authors:

Editor Jonathan Storey has worked in the motor industry for more than fifteen years. Beginning as a financial analyst for Ford Motor Company, he later moved into the consultancy sector providing research, analysis and forecasting services for vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and regulatory authorities.

Deputy Editor Catharine Greig is an information scientist whose work in the automotive industry includes establishing and running an information department at Group Lotus followed by several years within the consultancy sector.

Companies Mentioned

- BMW Group - DaimlerChrysler - Fiat Group - Ford Motor Company - Fuji Heavy Industries - General Motors - GM Daewoo Auto & Technology - Honda Motor Company - Hyundai Motor Company - Isuzu Motors - Mazda Motor Corporation - Nanjing Automotive - Mitsubishi Motors Corporation - Nissan Motor Company - Perusahaan Otomobil Nasional Berhad (Proton)- Porsche - PSA Peugeot Citroen - Renault - Suzuki Motor Corporation - Toyota Motor Corporation - Volkswagen

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