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YOUR GLOBAL CRAFTSMAN STUDIO
Automobiles fitted with a gasoline engine
first appeared in Germany roughly
150 years ago. In 2013, the number of
automobiles owned throughout the world
surpassed 1.1 billion, which means that
one in every 6.2 people in the world’s total
population of about 7.2 billion owns a car.
In fiscal 2014, 89.75 million automobiles
were manufactured globally and the
numbers continue to grow in the huge
Chinese and U.S. markets.
An erawhere almost one in every six people in theworld owns a car
EYE ON THE MARKET
Evolution of Fuel Efficiency
and Machining Technologies
EYE on theMARKET
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Automobileproductionbycountry
Motor vehicle produced by country in 2013
Source: Khassen Y., Wikipedia. Organisation
Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles
(OICA). Material from the Japan Automobile
Manufacturers Association, Inc.
1k.
10k.
100k.
1M.
(No. of automobiles)
10M.
