Introduction

Global Automobiles industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Global automobiles market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The automobiles industry is made up from the passenger cars market, the light trucks market and the motorcycles market. The passenger car segment and the light trucks segment are valued at retail selling price (RSP). The motorcycles market consists of all classes of on- and off-road motorcycles including scooters and mopeds, valued at RSP. The market volume is given in terms of units sold in each year. Any currency conversions used in this report have been calculated at constant 2010 annual average exchange rates.

*The global automobiles industry generated total revenue of $1,640 billion in 2010, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -0.8% between 2006 and 2010.

*Industry consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 1.8% between 2006 and 2010, to reach a total of 108 million units in 2010.

*The performance of the industry is forecast to accelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 8.4% for the five-year period 2010 - 2015, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $2,449.2 billion by the end of 2015.

Features

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Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the Global automobiles market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the Global automobiles market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the Global automobiles market?

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET VOLUME 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 12
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 13
MARKET SHARE 14
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 15
Summary 15
Buyer power 16
Supplier power 17
New entrants 18
Substitutes 19
Rivalry 20
LEADING COMPANIES 21
Volkswagen 21
Ford Motor Company 24
Toyota Motor Corporation 28
MARKET FORECASTS 32
Market value forecast 32
Market volume forecast 33
APPENDIX 34
Methodology 34
Industry associations 35
Related Datamonitor research 35
Disclaimer 36
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 37
Premium Reports 37
Summary Reports 37
Datamonitor consulting 37

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Global automobiles industry value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Table 2: Global automobiles industry volume: million units, 2006–10 11
Table 3: Global automobiles industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: Global automobiles industry segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Table 5: Global automobiles industry share: % share, by value, 2010 14
Table 6: Volkswagen: key facts 21
Table 7: Volkswagen: key financials ($) 22
Table 8: Volkswagen: key financials (€) 22
Table 9: Volkswagen: key financial ratios 22
Table 10: Ford Motor Company: key facts 24
Table 11: Ford Motor Company: key financials ($) 26
Table 12: Ford Motor Company: key financial ratios 26
Table 13: Toyota Motor Corporation: key facts 28
Table 14: Toyota Motor Corporation: key financials ($) 29
Table 15: Toyota Motor Corporation: key financials (₯) 30
Table 16: Toyota Motor Corporation: key financial ratios 30
Table 17: Global automobiles industry value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 32
Table 18: Global automobiles industry volume forecast: million units, 2010–15 33

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Global automobiles industry value: $ billion, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: Global automobiles industry volume: million units, 2006–10 11
Figure 3: Global automobiles industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: Global automobiles industry segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 5: Global automobiles industry share: % share, by value, 2010 14
Figure 6: Forces driving competition in the global automobiles industry, 2010 15
Figure 7: Drivers of buyer power in the global automobiles industry, 2010 16
Figure 8: Drivers of supplier power in the global automobiles industry, 2010 17
Figure 9: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the global automobiles industry, 2010 18
Figure 10: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the global automobiles industry, 2010 19
Figure 11: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the global automobiles industry, 2010 20
Figure 12: Volkswagen: revenues & profitability 23
Figure 13: Volkswagen: assets & liabilities 23
Figure 14: Ford Motor Company: revenues & profitability 27
Figure 15: Ford Motor Company: assets & liabilities 27
Figure 16: Toyota Motor Corporation: revenues & profitability 31
Figure 17: Toyota Motor Corporation: assets & liabilities 31
Figure 18: Global automobiles industry value forecast: $ billion, 2010–15 32
Figure 19: Global automobiles industry volume forecast: million units, 2010–15 33