SMMT released local car sales figures in July 4. H1 accumulative sale is 1.28 million units, up 10.6% from last year. This is also the best performance since 2005. SMMT executive president says improved local economy boosts the market of new cars in H1. The overall market grows faster than anticipated until it slows down and turns steady after March.

Forecast: US Car Sales to Reach 16.4 Million Units in 2014

Edmunds.com lately released a forecast that US car sales will reach the highest level since 2006 due to the continuous car replacement trend in that region. In 2006, US car sales were 16.5 million units. Edmunds.com states that sales are expected to break 16.4 million units next year and forecasts that the overall sales this year will be 15.5 million units.

Automotive Sales In China Expected to Reach 27.7 Million Units

According to a German financial report, the global automotive market will remain a strong growing trend but the growth in every region differs. During 2012-2019, the automotive sales in China is expected to be doubled while that in the EU will feel a bit hard to maintain the level achieved in previous years.

The forecast shows that the 2013 sales in China is expected to be 18.1 million units and may reach 27.7 million units by 2019. By then, Chinese market will be as huge as the total market scale of the US and West Europe. The automotive sales of the European market (i.e. the EU and European Free Trade Association) will be 12.1 million units and will be 14.9 million units by 2019. In the same period, the automotive sales of the U.S. will increase from 15.4 million to 16.7 million units.

The forecast states that the automotive markets in Western industrialized countries have been saturated and the passion of European car owners to buy new cars has declined. The automotive markets in new emerging countries will continue to grow because more and more people can afford to buy cars and show their interest in buying cars. By 2019, the global car manufacture will be about 25 million units, 2/3 of which will be from China and other new emerging economies in Asia. North America (12.3%) and the EU (11.4%) will total 1/4 of the global production; there will be also a slight increase in South America (8.1%) and East Europe (6.5%). The production of cars in Germany will continue to grow to nearly 1 million units to 6.3 million units during 2010-2019. The total production of cars in Spain, France, UK, and Italy will increase nearly 1.2 million units to 8 million units.

2013 Argentinean Automotive Market Grows 3.5% in Production and 16% in Sales

Argentinean Automotive Manufacturers’ Association (ADEFA) currently announced that the production, sales, and export volume were over the level recorded in 2012. In 2013, the total automotive production in Argentina reached 791,007 units, up 3.5% from the record of 2012 (764,469 units). As for the sales volume in Argentina in 2013, it grew 16.1% to 963,917 units. In 2013, Argentina exported 433,295 units of cars to the world, up 4.8% from the recorded 413,472 units in 2012.

New Artery for Global Automotive Industry

Latin American auto parts & materials suppliers growing under the support of trade with car manufacturers from Japan, Europe, and USA have begun to tap into Asia. For example, Mexico as the major export base to N. America, has more strong suppliers than ever. The Brazilian suppliers are also going to fast growing Asia. With utilization of the current cooperation, the new artery connecting Latin American and Asian automotive industries is going to be born. Nissan Motor COO Toshiyuki Shiga said in a Japan-Mexico business conference held in Mexico on July 24, “We have just announced to cooperate with German Daimler for co-production at the end of June. One month later we heard that German BMW planned to co-build a new factory with Korean KIA. We are all startled by the news.”

Mexico has been a major origin of car export with advantages brought by Free Trade Agreements with 45 countries. In 2013, its car production reached 2.93 million units (units sold domestically: 1.10 million). Its domestic market scale of new cars ranked 14th in the world and the car export was in the 4th place. Although Mexico continues to grow fast as a major car export country, it does not invest a lot in nurturing more local SMEs as its industry supporting base. But, more and more part suppliers benefited by the trade with automotive giants in Japan, Europe, and USA to upgrade the technology will continue to emerge.

The producer of core auto parts, Metalsa, set up its operation & technical support office in Yokohama, Japan in 2008. The most important point for this investment is focused on the trade with Toyota. Metalsa used to supply chassis from its Mexican factory to Toyota’s in N. America. However, Metalsa acquired the business of an U.S. company in 2010, broadening the trade with Toyota and helping it gain the order from Nissan.

Metalsa’s strategy in Asia is not only limited to Japan. As Toyota continues to expand its global production, Metalsa also built its new factories in India and Thailand. In 2013, it acquired a German company and gained a production base in China. In China, Metalsa plans to increase the supply to Volkswagen which has the largest market share.

Global Car Brands Production & Sales Lineup:

(Companies arranged in alphabetical order)

Brands (Vehicle sales volume in units)		Period	Global Sales	Regional Sales	Production
Audi		2013 Full Year	1,751,007	(1) Domestic market down 4.9% to 250,025 units. (2) Overseas market up 11.1% to 1,325,455 units.	1,608,048
		2013 Growth	+7.1%		+9.4%
		2014 Q1	462,472	(1) Western Europe up 7.7%. (2) U.S. up 1.5%. (3) China up 13.4%. (4) Germany up 5.6%.	447,414
		2014 Q1 Growth	+11.5%		+13.8%
		2014 H1	971,528	(1) Domestic market up 9.1% to 140,003 units. (2) Overseas market up 11.8% to 729,352 units.	922,048
		2014 H1 Growth	+11.1%		+13.0%
BMW		2013 Full Year	1,963,798	(1) Europe down 0.6% to 859,500 units. (2) Asia up 17.2% to 578,700 units. (3) Americas up 9.0% to 463,800 units. (4) Other markets up 1.1% to 61,800 units.	2,006,366
		2013 Growth	+6.4%		+7.8%
		2014 Q1	487,024	---	519,924
		2014 Q1 Growth	+8.7%	---	+7.8%
		2014 Q2	533,187	---	552,775
		2014 Q2 Growth	+5.3%	---	+6.3%
		2014 H1	1,020,211	---	1,072,699
		2014 H1 Growth	+6.9%	---	+7.0%
Daimler (Car segment, excluding trucks, buses and vans)		2013 Full Year	1,565,563	(1) Europe up 1.39%% to 640,200 units. (2) International market excluding Europe up 1.28% to 925,400 units.	1,588,658
		2013 Growth	+8%		+9%
		2014 Q1	389,476	(1) Europe up 2% to 152,329 units. (2) International market excluding Europe up 23.6%% to 237,147 units.	611,227
		2014 Q1 Growth	+14.0%		+10.0%
		2014 Q2	432,628	(1) Western Europe up 4% to 338,646 units. (2) America up 8% to 93,302 units. (3) Asia up 21% to 111,666 units.	406,639
		2014 Q2 Growth	+9%		-1%
		2014 H1	830,336	(1) Western Europe up 4% to 180,158 units. (2) America up 6% to 178,203 units. (3) Asia up 30% to 228,808 units.	814,097
		2014 H1 Growth	+11%		+4%
Daihatsu		2013 Full Year (Ended Mar. 31)	1,109,000	(1) Japan up 7.0% to 701,000 units. (2) Latin America up 0.4% to 5,000 units. (3) The Middle East down 13.9% to 13,000 units. (4) Asia up 8.2% to 386,000 units. (5) Africa down 14.9% to 5,000 units.	1,690,000
		2013 Growth	+6.5%		+10.2%
		2014 Q1 (Ended Jun. 30)	256,000	(1) Japan up 1.6% to 161,000 units. (2) Latin America down 3.2% to 1,000 units. (3) The Middle East down 5.6% to 3,000 units. (4) Asia down 3.0% to 90,000 units. (5) Africa up 3.6% to 1,000 units.	407,000
		2014 Q1 Growth	-0.2%		+2.1%
		Forecast for Year Ended Mar. 31, 2015	1,095,000	(1) Japan down 5.5% to 663,000 units. (2) Overseas market up 5.9% to 432,000 units.	1,660,000
		Forecast Growth	-1.3%		-1.8%
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, FCA		2013 Full Year	4,423,800	(1) Pan-Asia up 72.8% to 199.5 thousand units.	---
		2013 Growth	3.5%	(1) Pan-Asia up 72.8% to 199.5 thousand units.	---
		2014 Q1	1,100,000	(1) North America up 15% to 585,000 units. (2) Latin America down 11% to 205,000 units. (3) Asia Pacific up 54% to 59,000 units. (4) Europe, the Middle East and Africa up 6% to 14,000 units.	---
		2014 Q1 Growth	+9.0%		---
		2014 Q2	1,181,000	(1) North America up 9.6% to 627,000 units. (2) Latin America down 21.3% to 203,000 units. (3) Asia Pacific up 42.1% to 54,000 units. (4) Europe, the Middle East and Africa down 0.3% to 286,000 units.	---
		2014 Q2 Growth	+1.8%		---
	Chrysler	2013 Full Year	2,400,000	---	---
		2013 Growth	+9.0%	---	---
		2014 Q1	621,000	---	---
		2014 Q1 Growth	+10.0%	---	---
		2014 Q2	723,000	---	---
		2014 Q2 Growth	+12.0%	---	---
Ford		2013 Full Year	6,330,000	(1) Asia Pacific & Africa up 42.1% to 401,000 units. (2) North America up 10.9% to 3,088,000 units. (3) South America down 7.9% to 104,000 units. (4) Europe up 7.6% to 367,000 units.
		2013 Growth	+11.7%		---
		2014 Q1	1,589,000	(1) Asia Pacific & Africa down 5.7% to 717,000 units. (2) North America up 10.9% to 3,088,000 units. (3) South America up 8.0% to 538,000 units. (4) Europe up 0.5% to 1,360,000 units.
		2014 Q1 Growth	+6.14%		+2.9%
		2014 Q2	1,66,1000	(1) Asia Pacific up 20.6% to 362,000 units. (2) North America down 5.2% to 760,000 units. (3) South America down 8.0% to 114,000 units. (4) Europe down 0.2% 376,000 units. (5) Middle East & Africa down 5.7% to 49,000 units.	1,692,000
		2014 Q2 Growth	-1.0%		---
		2014 H1	3,250,000	(1) Asia Pacific up 26.0% to 712,000 units. (2) North America down 22.4% to 1,477,000 units. (3) South America down 16.1% to 218,000 units. (4) Europe up 5.0% 743,000 units. (5) Middle East & Africa down 5.6% to 100,000 units.	---
		2014 H1 Growth	+2.3%		---
Fuji Heavy Industries		2013 Full Year (Ended Mar. 31)	825,000	(1) Japan up 11.3% to 182,000 units. (2) North America up 22.4% to 478,000 units. (3) Europe down 23.0% to 47,000 units. (4) China down 10.7% to 45,000 units. (5) Other markets up 23.3% to 74,000 units.	813,000
		2013 Growth	+13.9%		+6.4%
		2014 Q1 (Ended Jun. 30)	194,000	(1) Japan down 33.2% to 27,000 units. (2) North America up 6.4% to 123,000 units. (3) Europe up 12.5% to 11,000 units. (4) China up 175.0% to 16,000 units. (5) Other markets down 13.0% to 17,000 units.	221,000
		2014 Q1 Growth	+1.3%		+6.9%
		Forecast for Year Ended Mar. 31, 2015	916,000	(1) Japan up 7.3% to 195,000 units. (2) North America up 11.0% to 531,000 units. (3) Europe up 26.6% to 60,000 units. (4) China up 27.8% to 57,000 units. (5) Other markets down 0.2% to 74,000 units.	910,000
		Forecast Growth	+11.0%		+11.9%
GM		2013 Full Year	9,714,652	(1) North America up 7% to 3,234,275 units. (2) International market excluding North America: 6,480,377 units. (3) China up 11% to 3,160,374 units.	---
		2013 Growth	+4%		---
		2014 Q1	2,416,028	(1) North America down 2.14% to 745,123 units. (2) International market excluding North America: 1,670,905 units. (3) China up 12.5% to 919,114 units.	---
		2014 Q1 Growth	+2.0%		---
		2014 Q2	2,506,000	(1) North America up 24% to 930,000 units. (2) Europe down 0.2% to 336,000 units. (3) Asia down 8.6% to 1,026,000 units. (4) South America up 1.4% to 214,000 units.	---
		2014 Q2 Growth	+3.7%		---
Honda		2013 Full Year (Ended Mar. 31)	4,323,000	(1) Japan up 18.2% to 818,000 units. (2) North America up 1.5% to 1,757,000 units. (3) Europe down 1.2% to 169,000 units. (4) Asia up 14.6% to 1,286,000 units. (5) Other markets down 1.7% to 293,000 units.	---
		2013 Growth	+7.7%		---
		2014 Q1 (Ended Jun. 30)	1,061,000	(1) Japan up 44.3% to 202,000 units. (2) North America down 3.1% to 445,000 units. (3) Europe remains flat at 40,000 units. (4) Asia up 10.9% to 316,000 units. (5) Other markets down 22.7% to 58,000 units.	---
		2014 Q1 Growth	+6.2%		---
		Forecast for Year Ended Mar. 31, 2015	4,830,000	(1) Japan up 21.0% to 990,000 units. (2) North America up 3.0% to 1,810,000 units. (3) Europe down 0.6% to 170,000 units. (4) Asia up 23.6% to 1,590,000 units. (5) Other markets down 7.8% to 270,000 units.	---
		Forecast Growth	+11.7%		---
Hyundai		2013 Full Year	4,721,156	(1) Korea down 4.0% to 640,865 units. (2) Overseas market up 9.3% to 4,080,291 units.	---
		2013 Growth	+7.3%		---
		2014 Q1	1,227,000	(1) Korea up 4.5% to 161,000 units. (2) US up 2.6% to 160,000 units. (3) EU up 0.4% to 96,000 units.	---
		2014 Q1 Growth	+4.8%		---
		2014 H1	2,358,000	(1) Korea up 6.2% to 346,000 units. (2) US up 0.9% to 364,000 units. (3) EU up 0.2% to 212,000 units.	---
		2014 H1 Growth	+2.6%		---
Kia		2013 Full Year	2,827,321	(1) Korea down 5.0% to 458,000 units. (2) Overseas market up 5.8% to 2,369,321 units.	---
		2013 Growth	+3.9%		---
		2014 Q1	772,000	(1) Korea down 0.6% to 108,000 units. (2) Overseas market up 10.8% to 339,000 units.	---
		2014 Q1 Growth	+9.9%		---
		2014 H1	1,443,000	(1) Korea down 3.4% to 219,000 units. (2) Overseas market up 6.8% to 670,000 units.	---
		2014 H1 Growth	+4.3%		---
Mazda		2013 Full Year (Ended Mar. 31)	1,331,000	(1) Japan up 12.6% to 244,000 units. (2) North America up 4.9% to 391,000 units. (3) Europe up 20.5% to 207,000 units. (4) China up 12.5% to 196,000 units. (5) Other markets down 2.0% to 293,000 units.	1,269,000
		2013 Growth	+7.8%		+5.8%
		2014 Q1 (Ended Jun. 30)	319,000	(1) Japan down 21.5% to 40,000 units. (2) North America up 16.1% to 110,000 units. (3) Europe up 23.4% to 56,000 units. (4) China up 17.5% to 44,000 units. (5) Other markets down 4.0% to 69,000 units.	318,000
		2014 Q1 Growth	+6.2%		+8.8%
		Forecast for Year Ended Mar. 31, 2015	1,420,000	(1) Japan down 5.6% to 230,000 units. (2) North America up 12.7% to 440,000 units. (3) Europe up 6.4% to 220,000 units. (4) China up 17.1% to 230,000 units. (5) Other markets up 2.2% to 300,000 units.	(Domestic) 900,000
		Forecast Growth	+6.7%		(Domestic) -7.5%
Mitsubishi		2013 Full Year (Ended Mar. 31)	1,257,000	(1) Japan up 77.8% to 313,000 units. (2) North America up 29.6% to 105,000 units. (3) Europe up 1.4% to 216,000 units. (4) Asia down 11.9% to 354,000 units. (5) Other markets up 8.4% to 269,000 units.	1,140,000
		2013 Growth	+21.2%		+18.8%
		2014 Q1 (Ended Jun. 30)	315,000	(1) Japan up 49.0% to 76,000 units. (2) North America up 10.5% to 21,000 units. (3) Europe up 64.2% to 69,000 units. (4) Asia up 11.3% to 88,000 units. (5) Other markets up 3.3% to 61,000 units.	313,000
		2014 Q1 Growth	+26.0%		+16.7%
		Forecast for Year Ended Mar. 31, 2015	1,402,000	(1) Japan up 2.5% to 321,000 units. (2) North America up 12.4% to 108,000 units. (3) Europe up 17.1% to 253,000 units. (4) Asia up 24.8% to 442,000 units. (5) Other markets up 3.3% to 278,000 units.	---
		Forecast Growth	+11.5%		---
Nissan		2013 Full Year	5,188,000	(1) Japan up 11.1% to 719,000 units. (2) North America up 12.4% to 1,648,000 units. (3) Europe up 2.4% to 676,000 units. (4) Asia up 0.4% to 1,629,000 units. (5) Other markets down 0.5% to 516,000 units.	5,082,000
		2013 Growth	+5.6%		+5.1%
		2014 Q1	1,240,000	(1) Japan down 0.5% to 134,000 units. (2) North America up 12.6% to 446,000 units. (3) Europe up 13.3% to 171,000 units. (4) Asia up 1.2% to 373,000 units. (5) Other markets down 3.1% to 116,000 units.	1,239,000
		2014 Q1 Growth	+6.0%		+4.2%
		Forecast for Year Ended Mar. 31, 2015	5,650,000	(1) Japan down 10.9% to 640,000 units. (2) North America up 6.7% to 1,760,000 units. (3) Europe up 15.3% to 780,000 units. (4) Asia and other markets up 38.6% to 2,470,000 units.	5,475,000
		Forecast Growth	+8.9%		+7.7%
PSA Peugeot Citroen		2013 Full Year	2,818,000	(1) Europe down 7.4% to 1,628,000 units. (2) China up 26.1% to 557,000 units. (3) Latin America up 7.0% to 303,000 units (4) Russia down 22.1% to 61,000 units. (5) Rest of the world up 3.7% to 269,000 units.	---
		2013 Growth	-0.1%		---
		2014 Q1	726,000	(1) Europe up 16.0% to 443,000 units. (6) China up 18.3% to 169,000 units. (7) Latin America down 14.5% to 56,000 units. (8) Russia down 7.9% to 13,000 units. (9) Rest of the world down 35.6% to 45,000 units.	---
		2014 Q1 Growth	+7.7%		---
		2014 H1	1,541,000	(1) Europe up 11.7% to 956,000 units. (2) China & South Southeast Asia up 27.7% to 360,000 units. (3) Latin America down 26.8% to 107,000 units. (4) Eurasia down 26.5% to 27,000 units. (5) India & Pacific down 3.9% to 10,000 units. (6) Middle East & Africa down 37.2% to 82,000 units.	---
		2014 H1 Growth	+5.5%		---
Renault		2013 Full Year	2,628,000	(1) Europe up 2.4% to 1,302,000 units. (2) Africa up 7.8% to 389,000 units. (3) Americas up 3.6% to 467,000 units. (4) Asia Pacific down 7.4% to 238,000 units.	---
		2013 Growth	3%		---
		2014 Q1	636,000	(1) Europe up 17.7% to 362,000 units. (2) Eurasia up 11.6% to 232,000 units. (3) Eurasia down 1.0% to 51,000 units. (4) Africa down 14.9% to 74,000 units. (5) Americas up 8.9% to 105,000 units. (6) Asia Pacific down 30.0% to 44,000 units.	---
		2014 Q1 Growth	+5.1%		---
		2014 H1	1,366,000	(1) Europe up 18.1% to 776,000 units. (2) Eurasia down 7.0% to 106,000 units. (3) Africa down 15.2% to 167,000 units. (4) Americas down 2.1% to 206,000 units. (5) Asia Pacific down 12.1% to 111,000 units.	---
		2014 H1 Growth	+4.7%		---
Skoda		2013 Full Year	920,750	(1) Europe up 0.3% to 621,438 units. (2) Overseas/Asia market down 6.4% to 299,312 units.	618,466
Skoda		2013 Growth	-2.0%		-5.1%
Ssangyong		2013 Full Year	145,649	(1) Domestic sales up 34.1% to 63,970 units. (2) Export sales up 11.9% to 81,679 units.	---
		2013 Growth	+20.7%		---
		2014 Q1	36,671	(1) Domestic sales up 36.4% to 16,797 units. (2) Export sales up 10.6% to 19,874 units.	---
		2014 Q1 Growth	+17.3%		---
		2014 Q2	37,564	(1) Domestic sales up 2.8% to 16,438 units. (2) Export sales down 4.8% to 21,126 units.	---
		2014 Q2 Growth	-1.7%		---
Suzuki		2013 Full Year (Ended Mar. 31)	2,711,000	(1) Japan up 8.4% to 728,000 units. (2) Europe up 4.0% to 205,000 units. (3) Asia up 0.6% to 1,598,000 units. (4) Other markets down 11.6% to 180,000 units.	2,857,000
		2013 Growth	+1.9%		-0.7%
		2014 Q1 (Ended Jun. 30)	691,000	(1) Japan up 10.0% to 184,000 units. (2) Europe up 0.4% to 49,000 units. (3) Asia up 10.2% to 413,000 units. (4) Other markets down 0.7% to 45,000 units.	759,000
		2014 Q1 Growth	+8.6%		+14.7%
		Forecast for Year Ended Mar. 31, 2015	2,113,000	(1) Japan down 7.3% to 675,000 units. (2) Europe up 1.6% to 208,000 units. (3) Asia up 5.8% to 1,690,000 units. (4) Other markets up 1.5% to 183,000 units.	2,933,000
		Forecast Growth	+4.2%		+2.7%
Toyota		2013 Full Year (Ended Mar. 31)	9,116,000	(1) Japan up 3.7% to 2,365,000 units. (2) North America up 2.4% to 2,529,000 units. (3) Europe up 5.6% to 844,000 units. (4) Asia down 4.4% to 1,609,000 units. (5) Latin America up 13.4% to 413,000 units. (6) Oceania down 4.4% to 259,000 units.	9,032,000
		2013 Growth	+2.7%		+3.8%
		2014 Q1 (Ended Jun. 30)	2,241,000	(1) Japan down 3.8% to 506,000 units. (2) North America up 3.0% to 710,000 units. (3) Europe up 7.2% to 207,000 units. (4) Asia down 2.2% to 385,000 units. (5) Latin America remains flat at 106,000 units. (7) Oceania down 3.3% to 58,000 units.	2,239,000
		2014 Q1 Growth	+0.4%		-0.6%
		Forecast for Year Ended Mar. 31, 2015	9,100,000	(1) Japan down 3.0% to 2,210,000 units. (2) North America up 6.1% to 2,620,000 units. (3) Europe up 6.3% to 850,000 units. (4) Asia down 3.2% to 1,630,000 units. (5) Latin America up 18.1% to 430,000 units. (8) Oceania down 7.7% to 250,000 units.	---
		Forecast Growth	+2.5%		---
Volkswagen		2013 Full Year	9,728,250	(1) Pacific Asia up 13.7% to 3,632,000 units. (2) North America up 0.5% to 901,000 units. (3) South America down 8.1% to 987,000 units. (4) Europe/other markets up 0.7% to 4,209,000 units.	9,727,848
		2013 Growth	+4.1%		+5.1%
		2014 Q1	2,562,000	(1) Domestic market up 3.7% to 305,000 units. (2) Overseas market up 8.5% to 2,257,000 units.	2,565,000
		2014 Q1 Growth	+7.9%		+7.4%
		2014 Q2	2,645,000	(1) Domestic market up 4.8% to 339,000 units. (2) Overseas market up 6.0% to 2,306,000 units.	2,669,000
		2014 Q2 Growth	+5.9%		+6.8%
		2014 H1	5,207,000	(1) Domestic market up 4.3% to 644,000 units. (2) Overseas market up 7.2% to 4,563,000 units.	5,234,000
		2014 H1 Growth	+6.8%		+7.1%

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