The Road to 2020 and Beyond: What’s Driving The Global Automotive Industry?
In this McKinsey report, analysis tells the story that is largely optimistic and sometimes surprising, but the most important narrative thread is this: the global automotive industry is about to enter a period of wide-ranging and transformative change.
What’s Driving the Global Automotive Industry?
For the last century, the car culture has spread over the entire globe.
As much as any other product, the car has shaped not only the global economy but how billions of people live.
In Europe alone, the automotive industry accounts for roughly 12 million jobs (including related jobs); in the US, more than 8 million; and in Japan, more than 5 million.
For all of its staying power, though, the industry has also seen constant change.
Today’s cars – with their drive-by-wire electric systems or drive assistants – would have astonished Henry Ford, Ferdinand Porsche, and Kiichiro Toyoda.
They would also have been taken aback by the increasingly demanding environmental requirements and the rise of new players, particularly in China. So what’s next?
This in-depth research offers a perspective on where the automotive industry is headed.
It is based on many discussions and interviews with the top management of leading automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and an analysis of data from the top 17 (by sales) global OEMs, which comprise 80 percent of global sales.
This work was designed to answer the most crucial questions:
- How are the industry and the market evolving?
- What are the future challenges and opportunities?
- How can OEMs benefit from these new challenges and opportunities?
- What are the implications for different market segments?
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