Hi, just a lot of numbers going around, might interest some of you petrol heads......cheers Bob
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!
If you've not seen this previously, it is quite stunning: Not just the changes in world car manufacturing leadership (which are plenty sobering) but also the always-moving digital graphic technique. (You can't take your eyes off it!)
Note particularly what has happened to the UK, and Russia, and other European countries. And note, especially, what has happened to China. It was not even ON the Top 10 list for the first 50-60 years of this chart. But watch what happens, and how FAST it happens, once China decides to get into the automobile business
wonder if Miss know it all will get an audience with Xi Jinping to lecture him about petrol polluting cars
bgt said
03:39 PM Aug 24, 2020
Interesting. Around 1995 Japan over takes the USA and then it is reversed. Japanese manufacturers established plants in the USA so there are some anomalies in the figures but China is 'scary' . Mercedes are built in Thailand etc etc.
Collo said
04:44 PM Aug 24, 2020
Incredible how China has overtaken the rest of them so quickly. We have a Parjero and a triton, both built in Thailand.
We thought about buying a LDV as our second vehicle as they are almost half the price of a comparable Mitubishi but decided to put some money into the Triton and keep it going.
Wonder how China embraces the EV revolution?
Whenarewethere said
06:28 PM Aug 24, 2020
I have been very happy with my Land Rover Freelander which was built in England. It has a Ford engine & various components are sourced from Volvo.
erad said
07:32 PM Aug 24, 2020
I wonder about the numbers as well. There are lots of Japanese cars made in the USA, so I wonder how the local manufacturers (GM Chrysler, Ford) are faring these days. The surge in Chinese cars is probably almost entirely domestic consumption. Soon they will flood the markets with their exports (subsidised prices??? - NEVER). The numbers are staggering.
SouthernComfort said
04:30 PM Sep 2, 2020
I don't think the numbers really tell the full story. Although they do attest to how much work the automotive industry has provided to the populous in each of the those manufacturing countries. Other than that the chart represents cars produced regardless of where brands originated. Mexico, Brazil, Canada feature up and down the scale but they have no brands to call their own, they build cars of other nations. In fact a large percentage of vehicles built in those countries are U.S. brands and in the case of Brazil & Mexico also German brands.
I've always had a 'thing' about trying to buy a car built in its country of origin as opposed to an outsourced factory somewhere else. Probably makes no real difference to build quality, but I like the authenticity of it. Out of 29 cars owned and 9 company cars over 50 years, only 4 failed the test. The rest were built where they were conceived right up to my present Detroit built Jeep.
Hi, just a lot of numbers going around, might interest some of you petrol heads......cheers Bob
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!
If you've not seen this previously, it is quite stunning: Not just the changes in world car manufacturing leadership (which are plenty sobering) but also the always-moving digital graphic technique. (You can't take your eyes off it!)
Note particularly what has happened to the UK, and Russia, and other European countries. And note, especially, what has happened to China. It was not even ON the Top 10 list for the first 50-60 years of this chart. But watch what happens, and how FAST it happens, once China decides to get into the automobile business
https://para-rigger.posthaven.com/top-ten-car-producing-countries-1950-2019
Incredible how China has overtaken the rest of them so quickly. We have a Parjero and a triton, both built in Thailand.
We thought about buying a LDV as our second vehicle as they are almost half the price of a comparable Mitubishi but decided to put some money into the Triton and keep it going.
Wonder how China embraces the EV revolution?
I have been very happy with my Land Rover Freelander which was built in England. It has a Ford engine & various components are sourced from Volvo.
I've always had a 'thing' about trying to buy a car built in its country of origin as opposed to an outsourced factory somewhere else. Probably makes no real difference to build quality, but I like the authenticity of it. Out of 29 cars owned and 9 company cars over 50 years, only 4 failed the test. The rest were built where they were conceived right up to my present Detroit built Jeep.