Automotive Business Forecast
Automotive Business Forecast
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Within the global vehicular business issues are truly heating up as the traditional players battle for a top spot within the race for global dominance. General Motors Corp., which has been number 1 in relation to global auto sales for more than 75 years, is fighting to keep that title in the face of growing competition from Toyota. Final year Toyota was trailing General Motors by only 261,805 units.
However it looks inevitable that Toyota will state best spot, increased sales in China (GM is now #1 in China defeating previous leading dog Volkswagen) and surging product sales in India have buoyed world-wide revenue in the GM despite declining sales in The Usa. General Motors boss Rick Wagoner recently stated “If we can maintain growing exactly where the opportunities are to develop, someone’s going to need to hustle fairly tough to catch up with us like that.” That stated, according to the Wall Street Journal being #1 stop being a top priority for Rick Wagoner and General Motors.
Ford Motor Business, once #2 globally, is within third location with sales just over 6.2 million units. Strong sales in Europe have offset an apparently limitless product sales decrease of blue oval vehicles in North America. Once best sellers like the Ford Focus and Ford Explorer now sit on dealer lots as more innovative and fresh competition lure away new buyers. Ford would be wise to devise a more coherent product planning technique instead of letting fantastic cars waste away with out any clear vision.
This is fairly evident when you appear at the recently discontinued Ford Taurus and Lincoln LS, vehicles that carried substantial brand equity at one point but failed as they became stale and irrelevant amongst their respective competition. If Honda and Toyota can keep the Accord and Camry nameplates going after more than 2 decades, why has Ford had such a challenging time performing the exact same?
The big news isn’t just at the very top of the list. Riding at the top of a worldwide auto sales increase of over 11% in 2005, Hyundai Automotive Group is in high gear. The Korean automotive giant has moved into sixth spot behind DaimlerChrysler. Since 1999, Hyundai has passed established players such as Honda, Fiat, Nissan, and Renault. Hyundai doesn’t strategy on obtaining too comfy in sixth spot as they’ve set their sights on becoming in the top five by the end of the decade.
They’ve got their work cut out for them as fifth location DaimlerChrysler is presently promoting about 1 million more vehicles annually. But I wouldn’t bet against Hyundai. Within the final 10 years they’ve beaten just about everyone’s expectations. Volkswagen is holding steady in fourth location with over 5.2 million vehicles sold in 2005. 2006 and 2007 should see modest improve in auto sales with the introduction of the next generation Golf (now recognized as the Rabbit) in North America and new models like the Volkswagen Eos.
Although nothing is for particular in the auto industry, one theme holds true. No car company has an inherent right to the top spot. It has to be earned via fantastic cars and trucks. In this list the big winner will be the consumer.
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