Are there other names we should watch out for in the auto world?
And that they'll be free to make a series of decisions as a new car company in a new auto world.
The auto world has descended on the Shanghai Auto Show this week.
Who are these relatively little-known tycoons of the auto world in China?
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Driven to a deal Last year we predicted that Volvo would buck the auto world's recent merger trend and remain independent (Aug. 10, 1998).
Even Toyota Motor (nyse: TM - news - people )--which is seen as the auto-world's success story--has sunk 18.3%.
Even Toyota Motor--which is seen as the auto-world's success story--has sunk 18.3%.
Thomas Choi, an analyst for Samsung Securities, estimates that world auto manufacturing capacity now is 40% more than demand.
The world auto market is actually doing okay, except for Europe.
The problem extends beyond Brazil, with economic forecasts showing the majority of global growth in auto sales taking place in emerging-market nations as the world's auto fleet doubles to 1.5 billion by 2020.
China has passed Germany to become the third-largest auto market in the world, after the U.S. and Japan.
Nor do I see this as the end of the world for auto suppliers.
India is the sixth largest auto market in the world with production expected to reach 4.3 million units in 2012.
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Brazil is the fourth largest auto market in the world and success in this country would imply a significant upside for the automaker.
The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in the world.
Chinese vehicles sales growth has slowed down in 2012 even though the country overtook the U.S. last year to become the largest auto market in the world.
The auto industry becomes a world within itself, with employment in the support industries being two to three times the level of employment within just the manufacturing segment.
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The automaker will use the stand- or parts of it- at 10 other auto shows around the world this year, including the Shanghai Motor Show in China in April and Geneva show in March.
So, in an effort to find out what exactly is going on and, it is hoped, make cars safer, researchers at universities, hospitals and auto companies around the world are beginning to cobble together a new dummy.
This means that Sirius XM is now fully exposed to one of the highest selling auto brands in the world, which means that in the coming quarters, the company should be able to generate more revenue and profits.
Around the world, auto factories are considered an economic development prize not only because the factories themselves usually employ more than 1, 000 workers at good wages, but because they attract auto-component factories to build nearby, generating thousands more jobs.
Today, even the fastest of fast four-wheeled machines only connect to the world at large over 3G, another sign of the auto industry struggling to keep up with the world of consumer electronics.
That is encouraging the world's auto makers to continue cruising in the fast lane.
That was the lowest point for U.S. auto sales per capita since World War II.
There are plenty of concerns around the world that the auto market may be peaking, as I wrote for Forbes recently.
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Flush with cash from its then- booming memory chip business, Samsung enlisted Nissan in 1994 to build a world-class auto business from scratch.
In the first half of 2012, Toyota overtook General Motors to regain its spot as the largest auto selling company in the world.
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The refreshed Panamera celebrates its world debut at Auto China in Shanghai, which opens on April 21, where further details on the new models will be revealed.
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Grand Theft Auto IV literally broke a world record in 2008 when it became the highest grossing game in a period of 24 hours, selling 3 .6 million copies in a single day.
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