Automobile

Automobile

About 250 million vehicles are in the United States. Around the world, there were about 806 million cars and light trucks on the road in 2007; they burn over 260 billion gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel yearly. The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells the world's motor vehicles. In 2007, more than 73 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide.

Companies in the Automobile industry

General Motors
General Motors
Revenue: $207,349,000,000
Headquarters:Detroit, Michigan
Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Revenue: $192,038,000,000
Headquarters:Toyota, Japan
Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen Group
Revenue: $149,054,000,000
Headquarters:Wolfsburg, Germany
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Revenue: $146,277,000,000
Headquarters:Dearborn, Michigan
Daimler AG
Daimler AG
Revenue: €99,400,000,000
Headquarters:Stuttgart, Germany
Honda Motor Company, Ltd
Honda Motor Company, Ltd
Revenue: $94,018,000,000
Headquarters:Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Revenue: $88,716,800,000
Headquarters:Chūō, Japan
Peugeot
Peugeot
Revenue: $82,965,000,000
Headquarters:Paris, France
Fiat
Fiat
Revenue: $80,112,000,000
Headquarters:Turin, Italy
Hyundai Motor Company
Hyundai Motor Company
Revenue: $74,900,000,000
Headquarters:Seoul, South Korea
BMW
BMW
Revenue: €49,000,000,000
Headquarters:Munich, Germany
Chrysler Group LLC
Chrysler Group LLC
Revenue: $36,156,000,000
Headquarters:Auburn Hills, Michigan
Navistar International
Navistar International
Revenue: $14,724,000,000
Headquarters:Lisle, Illinois
ZF Friedrichshafen
ZF Friedrichshafen
Revenue: €12,600,000,000
Headquarters:Friedrichshafen, Germany
Visteon
Visteon
Revenue: $11,418,000,000
BorgWarner Inc.
BorgWarner Inc.
Revenue: $5,263,900,000
Headquarters:Auburn Hills, Michigan
Subaru
Subaru
Revenue: ¥4,138,000,000
Headquarters:Tokyo, Japan
Monaco Coach Corporation
Monaco Coach Corporation
Revenue: $1,298,000,000
Headquarters:Coburg, Oregon
Studebaker
Studebaker
Revenue: $387,400,000
Headquarters:South Bend, Indiana
IMSM
IMSM
Revenue: £4,000,000

Books written about the Automobile industry

TitleAuthorCopyright DateGenre
Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon William J. Holstein Non-fiction
Auto Legends: Classics of Style And Design Robert Cumberford Coffee table book
How Toyota Became #1: Leadership Lessons from the World's Greatest Car Company David Magee Non-fiction
Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress Douglas Brinkley Non-fiction
Getting the Bugs Out: The Rise, Fall, and Comeback of Volkswagen in America David Kiley Non-fiction
The Art and Colour of General Motors Non-fiction, Coffee table book
The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Industry Brock Yates Non-fiction
On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors Patrick J. Wright Non-fiction
Sloan Rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors David Farber Non-fiction
Iacocca: An Autobiography William Novak Autobiography, Non-fiction
The great car craze Ashleigh Brilliant
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