This task requires you to address the wider environment of the passenger car industry and analyse implications for major manufacturers.

• 1. What is the global production of cars in units?
• 2. Which companies are the major producers?
• 3. Which geographical regions are the major producers of cars?
• 4. Analyse the implications of anticipated changes in the following factors for the big car makers:
  • a. the evolution of the market for cars in China;
  • b. advances in digital technology;
  • c. President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on imports of cars.

Websites

https://www.acea.be/uploads/publications/ACEA_Pocket_Guide_2018-2019.pdf

https://www.statista.com/statistics/316786/global-market-share-of-the-leading-automakers/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/226032/light-vehicle-producing-countries/

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/automotive-and-assembly/our-insights/disruptive-trends-that-will-transform-the-auto-industry

https://www.bcg.com/d/press/2november2017-electrified-vehicles-take-half-of-global-auto-market-175464

https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/manufacturing/articles/automotive-trends-millennials-consumer-study.html

https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/automotive-and-assembly/our-insights/finding-the-fast-lane-emerging-trends-in-chinas-auto-market

https://www.dw.com/en/trumps-tariffs-on-european-cars-a-massive-own-goal/a-42830751

https://www.acea.be/uploads/publications/EU-US_automobile_trade-facts_figures.pdf