The current international automotive industry the main features of

1. Pursuit of economies of scale. At present the international automotive industry economies of scale of universal standards is the annual output of cars more than 1 million, the total output of 1.5 million cars over. For developing countries, this standard is an annual output of more than 400,000 cars (including 400,000). This year Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler merger, Volkswagen and BMW Zhenggou Wicks Group's Rolls-Royce, have all demonstrated that the pursuit of economies of scale and market share has become intense for contemporary international automobile industry development direction of the main .

2. Versatile production to car-oriented products. The pursuit of economies of scale is the result of an automobile company to produce, including passenger cars, trucks, cars, tractor and heavy off-road vehicles, various models of small cars, but cars for leading products. Car manufacturing technology products because of their higher level, the lower reaches of large enterprises, their quality can represent a country's overall industrial development level as the basic personal transport, the next century car market is still great room for development, and other automotive products of Than, with the per capita income growth, the expansion of car market fastest. So in the mature stage for the international automobile industry, car-oriented products to be an inevitable option. In the automotive industry developed countries, cars keep cars account for the community as a whole tenure of both the proportion of the more than 60 percent.

3. Oligopolistic market structures. In the automotive industry is growing, manufacturers to reduce costs, the pursuit of economies of scale and to the increasingly fierce competition, and ultimately the bankruptcy, closure, association, merger forming an oligopoly market structure, development of the industry into maturity. At this stage, very few survivors, but have been achieved economies of scale. For example, the 1920s, U.S. auto manufacturers have 80, France has more than 150, the United Kingdom has 40, Italy has more than 30; to the 1970s, the United States only four that GM, Ford, Chrysler, the U.S. Motor vehicles (the United States after the vehicle was the Chrysler merger), the entire Western Europe has only 12 car companies.

4. Government participation. As the socio-economic pillar industries, the automotive industry both in developed and developing countries are without exception, subject to government assistance. A State industrial policies also have a far-reaching impact on the automotive industry. In 1979, Chrysler verge of collapse, the U.S. government immediately in December that year passed the "Chrysler Loan Guarantee Act," by the Government to come forward to provide financial guarantees. Chrysler accept the loan assistance after gradually out of its predicament, in 1982 profit 2.4 billion U.S. dollars, car sales over 2 million. Examples of this government support the automobile industry to become a successful example.

5. Transnational production. As a wide range of sectors within the division of labor and cooperation, in general, more than 30 percent of vehicle plant is the cost of the purchase by external inputs, including steel, aluminum and other metals, tires, brake line pipe, battery installations, carburetor , Spark plugs, fuel pumps, wiper, locks, door handles and other parts. The automobile industry gradually formed a small number of car assembly plant by more than supporting parts business, and then to the lower reaches of large enterprises as the foundation of the pyramid structure, manufacturers started on a global scale, optimize the allocation of resources, transnational production. Transnational nature of the performance of production in China is that almost all of China's automotive products bear the scars of the International Automotive Group. For example, Volkswagen and General Investment SAIC production Santana and Buick; Germany in the production of the Jetta and Audi, FAW, FAW general and co-production cars and trucks Xuefu Lan Van French investment in Dongfeng Citroen Fukang production; France Production in Guangzhou Guangzhou Peugeot, Ford and Jiangling Motors co-production Transit light trucks; U.S. auto production investment in Beijing Beijing Cherokee; Suzuki investment Changan Auto and other motorcycle factory, and so on.