New Cars in South America

New Cars in South America

Datamonitor's New Cars in South America industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the new cars industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

Why you should buy this report

* Spot future trends and developments

* Inform your business decisions

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* Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

The new cars market consists of the initial retail sale of passenger cars. The market value is calculated at retail selling price (RSP) and the market volume is given in terms of units sold. Any currency conversions used in this report have been calculated at constant 2007 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report North America comprises Canada, Mexico and the US.

South America comprises Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Venezuela.

The Americas comprises North and South America.

Western Europe comprises Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Eastern Europe comprises the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Russia.

Europe comprises Western and Eastern Europe.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Volume 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation 11
CHAPTER 5 Market Share 12
CHAPTER 6 Five Forces Analysis 13
6.1 Summary 13
6.2 Buyer Power 14
6.3 Supplier Power 15
6.4 New Entrants 16
6.5 Substitutes 17
6.6 Rivalry 18
CHAPTER 7 Leading Companies 19
7.1 General Motors Corporation 19
7.2 Volkswagen AG 22
7.3 Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. 25
CHAPTER 8 Market Forecasts 29
8.1 Market Value Forecast 29
8.2 Market Volume Forecast 30
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 31
9.1 Methodology 31
9.2 Industry Associations 32
9.3 Related Datamonitor Research 32

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: South America New Cars Market Value: $ billion, 2003-2007 9
Table 2: South America New Cars Market Volume: Units, 2003-2007 10
Table 3: South America New Cars Market Segmentation: % Share, by Value, 2007 11
Table 4: South America New Cars Market Share: % Share, by Volume, 2007 12
Table 1: Key Facts: General Motors Corporation 19
Table 1: Key Financials: General Motors Corporation 21
Table 2: Key Facts: Volkswagen AG 22
Table 3: Key Financials: Volkswagen AG 24
Table 4: Key Facts: Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. 25
Table 5: Key Financials: Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A. 28
Table 6: South America New Cars Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2007-2012 29
Table 7: South America New Cars Market Volume Forecast: Units, 2007-2012 30