just seen some up-to-the-minute figures showing exactly how the world’s leading motor producing countries fared last year. now I don’t understand whether to laugh, cry or resort to suspicion bordering on disbelief.
Did China truly develop 24 million of the 72m vehicles made last year? If true, this means the Chinese churned out millions more than second-place Japan (7.9m), Germany (5.7m), the us (3.9m) as well as South Korea (3.9m) combined. Unbelievable.
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India (3.7m) is the next huge thing, as well as is poised to overtake Korea, the us and then even Germany, thereby producing an Oriental lock-out in the worldwide top 3 by 2020.
• The worldwide vehicle producing wage gap
But Spain as well as Mexico, creating 2.4m as well as 2m vehicles respectively, are other rising stars, while Brazil (1.8m) isn’t doing poor in ninth place. After a whirlwind 2016, Britain clung to its impressive setting as 10th largest producer with 1.7m cars.
Significantly, we’re ahead of subsidised France (1.6m), the dark equine Czech Republic (1.3m) as well as distressed Russia (1.1m). Iran, Slovakia, Indonesia as well as Turkey made 1million motors apiece; Thailand as well as Canada 800,000 each. It’s tragic that the when mighty Italy has been relegated to a lowly 20th in the world, creating just 700,000 vehicles a year. however Spain along with SEAT (orphaned by Italy and Fiat in the eighties) are having the last laugh; they now develop four times more than Italy with its many famous brands including Ferrari.
At the bottom end of the scale, war-torn Ukraine somehow handled to develop 4,340 vehicles as well as Venezuela made 849. however Bangladesh – still listed as having 16 automobile makers – tried as well as failed to boost output from one vehicle to two vehicles per day. Nigeria was, according to an upbeat Ford Motor Company, because of develop Blue Oval products from 2015, yet had official production figures of zero cars, vans or buses in 2016.
On the exact same continent, Algeria is now the fastest-growing vehicle creating nation anywhere on the world – thanks largely to investment from French giants who understand Algerians can be paid the kind of low wages (£1-£2 an hour) Indians as well as Mexicans earn.
Auto workers across the Med in France enjoy unsustainable hourly rates of nearer £30. Consequently, they can expect more of ‘their’ tasks to be exported to ultra-low-wage North Africa – which may be building your next Peugeot, Citroen or, heaven forbid, Vauxhall.
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