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History of the Automotive Industry
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Sports Cars (Cabriolets) industry

Sports Cars (Cabriolets) industry has also developed in the recent years. With the increase demand in Sports Cars (Cabriolets) category, the Sports Cars (Cabriolets) industry has captured a large part of automobile industry.

The automobile industry has started from ‘horseless carriage’ manufacturing industry, which has now reached new heights. Sports Cars (Cabriolets) industry in the recent years has emerged as a market leader in the manufacturing criteria. After Americans Japanese followed the trend of capturing this automobile industry.

Apart from Japan several developing countries of Asia and Europe also joined the run. Statistics say that the industry’s global output reached 64.6 million vehicles in 2005. China also developed in the recent years and the Chinese market swanked of sales of extra 2.7 million commercial vehicles in 2004. Automakers namely Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen Group, General Motors, Honda, Toyota, Ford, Fiat and Mitsubishi have ventured in to the market of sports cars with several new models.

Sports Cars (Cabriolets) industry focuses on Sports Cars (Cabriolets), which have two seats and enclosed wheels. First ever created sports car is Le Mans, other classic sports cars includes Targa Florio and Mille Miglia. Ferrari, BMW, Porsche, Lotus, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, and Aston Martin have also produced several sports cars.

Due to growing distress about the availability of credit and global economic stress it is predicted that global auto market may face an “outright collapse” in 2009. According to the forecast of J.D. Power and Associates there will be a downfall in U.S. light vehicle sales to 13.2 million units in 2009. This year the sales were set at 13.6 million units were recovery is not possible in 18 months also. The mature markets are very much affected by emerging markets and hence auto market in every country has to go through this turmoil.

(c) Stanley Street Labs, 2008