All articles by Nick Gibbs – Page 10
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ArticleA taste for two wheels
The world’s largest motorcycle market still has room for expansion The numbers involved in the world’s largest two-wheeler market are truly astonishing. Last financial year, 15m motorcycles, scooters and mopeds were sold in India, up from 8m in 2008/9. Back in 1971, the figure was just 100,000.The incredible size and ...
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ArticleTough time for trucks
AMS reviews the commercial vehicle market in India as it experiences short-term troublesCommercial vehicles (CVs) have recently gone through a difficult period in the Indian market. Although the country’s economic growth has seen production of all CVs almost double from just over half a million in the financial year ending ...
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ArticleIndian promise
AMS reviews one of the world’s fastest-developing automotive markets in the context of a recent downturn, rising exports and a liberalised marketWith a population of 1.2 billion and vehicle ownership of just 13 per 1000, India would appear to be an automotive manufacturer’s dream. Growth has already been astonishing over ...
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ArticleTough time for trucks
Nick Gibbs reviews the commercial vehicle market in India as it experiences short-term troublesCommercial vehicles (CVs) have recently gone through a difficult period in the Indian market. Although the country’s economic growth has seen production of all CVs almost double from just over half a million in the financial year ...
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ArticleInvesting in Izmit
Hyundai has recently updated 80% of the production line at its Turkish plant. AMS went to admire the automation Europe is overburdened with automotive factory capacity to the extent that over half of the region’s 160 car plants are running below 70% productivity, according to Q1 figures from analysts IHS ...
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ArticleCloser to the machines
As robotics companies push the boundaries of automation, human operators and robots are working in closer collaboration than ever before."Your new colleague is a robot.” This is a favourite line of Thomas Visti, chief commercial officer for Denmark-based Universal Robots, which is at the forefront of a revolution in automation ...
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ArticleA South American sunrise?
Brazil leads the way for the automotive industry in a continent beset by economic and political challenges, writes Nick GibbsSouth America as a whole is becoming a hotbed of automotive production thanks to intense activity in Brazil, which is producing the bulk of vehicles and stimulating manufacturing elsewhere on the ...
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ArticlePlants reaping their rewards
Manufacturers such as Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes are now firmly ensconced on US soilThe three European car companies building in the US have contributed as much to revised fortunes in the southern states as any manufacturer. The states themselves certainly paid handsomely for the privilege as the attraction of running ...
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ArticleThe road to recovery for the Big Three
Being forced to tighten their belts has put North America’s Big Three carmakers in a strong global position, writes Nick GibbsOrion Lake, north of Detroit, is to build the Buick Verano, which shares much with the Opel/Vauxhall Astra. And Chrysler saviour Fiat resurrected the idled Jeep plant of Belvidere, Illinois ...
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ArticleBuilding on a reputation
Asian manufacturers are expanding their range and amount of production in North America, reveals Nick GibbsJapan’s major automakers, famously embedded into the North American manufacturing landscape, are set to become more so. Honda was first to establish itself in the US back back in 1982 when it began building the ...