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The growing internationalization of the automobile industry is symbolized by the advent of the "world car," a car designed for consumers across the world and typically assembled from parts produced in diverse locations. Insofar as the associated dispersion of parts production reflects efficient specialization, it is just one more illustration—albeit a very dramatic one—of the gainful division of labor across national boundaries that is permitted by international trade. The intensity of worldwide competition in the automobile industry may well produce a "shakeout" of the less profitable firms. In an attempt to meet their foreign competition, U.S. automakers plan massive investments to modernize their facilities. By 1985, they expect to spend $70 billion, the largest privately funded investment program on record. One important reason for the recent decline in U.S. auto production was the abrupt rise in the price of gasoline, which shifted purchases away from large U.S. cars toward small cars offering higher mileage per gallon. Since foreign producers were already making such cars for their own markets, they were able to expand their exports to the U.S. market quickly. Thus the recent gains of foreign auto producers in the U.S. market resulted primarily from sharp gasoline price increases rather than from sudden, ingenious innovations.

A key reference tool for the automobile industry, including trends and market research. Provides industry analysis, statistical tables and an automobile industry glossary. Also provides in-depth, proprietary profiles of 400 leading companies in the industry--includes addresses, phone numbers, and executive names. Wield this powerful tool for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches, or financial research. Includes CD-ROM

A key reference to the automobile industry, including trends and market research. Includes industry analysis, statistical tables and an industry glossary. Also provides in-depth, proprietary profiles of 400 leading companies in the industry, featuring addresses, phone numbers and executives. A tool for strategic planning, competitive intelligence, employment searches or financial research

This research focuses on the process of growth in the automobile industries in the ASEAN region. ASEAN is drawing attention both from the vantage point of its position as an automobile-producing region and as a potential automobile market. Thailand in particular has long treated automobile production as a national strategy, and this research puts considerable focus on Thailand's initiatives. Since 2012, the authors have been carrying out on-site surveys and have visited many of the suppliers that form the local automobile industry; this published research represents a summary of those findings. The fields of specialty of this study's respective authors differ, so analyses have been made from a range of vectors. In particular, the focus is on the supply chain in what is generally referred to as a keiretsu.--