There are many interesting trends in the automotive industry in 2012. We have noted recently that China is trying to cut foreign car manufacturers who sell their land, allowing more restrictions. That’s not good for America, Japan and European automakers. In fact, due to natural disasters in Japan with the great earthquake and tsunami from Japanese car manufacturers are still trying to recover, and floods in Thailand do not help.
However, with large supply chains interrupted a boon for U.S. automakers, who had again almost all the gain of market share to Japanese automakers have been achieved over the past four years. Although the Obama administration takes credit for the spectacular view of GM and Chrysler after the bailout, things are really not as stellar as we might think. For example Volt from General Motors was a total failure, and the cost of the batteries of electric cars has increased the costs of getting a return on investment simply makes no sense, is consistent with the potential of the gasoline price to five dollars per gallon in the spring and summer 2012 .
Another interesting trend that has not received a lot of press, but there were articles in the Wall Street Journal has a relationship with the fact that the younger generation spends more time on the Internet on Facebook, and many of the children do not even have the car the owner can take care to be in touch with your friends. In fact be, as a young man driving age, I turned on a car to get wanted to impress girls, but now he does not have a car, you can impress them with fresh photos on his Facebook page.
The reality is that this demographic are not buying new cars, car manufacturers in the United States at the bottom of hurt, it means that their entry-level car is not selling well, and many of these children will enter the passenger car market in 5 10 years later than usual. Many of these children can range from 25 to 28 years before buying his first car, maybe after college and earn a degree.