Given the intensifying debate about climate change and the need for further reductions in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, the market outlook for diesel and gasoline direct-injection systems has never been better.

The improvement in diesel engine design has significantly reduced exhaust emission while enhancing vehicle performance capabilities. Indeed, the accent in Europe has been on CO2 reduction and, because of its higher thermal efficiency, diesel offers distinct fuel saving advantages. This, coupled with the fact that many European countries have fuel taxation strategies which benefit diesel, has resulted in a dramatic growth of diesel-engined vehicles at the expense of gasoline. But changing consumer opinions and perceptions of diesels in North America will take some time.

Meanwhile, gasoline direct injection (GDI) continues to be a weapon in the technology armoury of the OEMs in their fight to reduce CO2. Manufacturers believe that homogeneous applications of GDI will be dominant over the next five years and will become more closely associated with boosting (turbo or supercharged) to achieve high levels of engine capacity downsizing.

This fourth edition of the fuel injection report reviews the key market drivers for fuel injection systems, and provides updated market analysis. just-auto's product fitment forecasts predict the market by volume, and by major car-producing region for gasoline direct-injection systems from 2003 through 2013.

Recent innovations in this sector are discussed, and we provide brief profiles of the major manufacturers, namely Bosch, Delphi, Denso and Siemens VDO. Throughout the report we have included a number of exclusive interviews with key executives, namely:

• Dr Steffen Berns, executive vice president, Engineering Gasoline Systems, Bosch and Rolf Leonhard, executive vice president, Engineering Diesel Systems, Bosch.
  
• Osamu Fukasawa, senior manager, Powertrain Management Systems Engineering department, Denso Corp and Hitoshi Tomishima, chief engineer, Diesel Injection Engineering department, Denso Corp and;
  
• Dr Sebastian Schilling, engineering director, Europe, Gasoline EMS & Powertrain Products, Delphi, and Philippe Bercher, deputy director, Diesel Engineering, Delphi.

Chapter 1: Introduction - A brief overview of the market.

Chapter 2: The market - In this extensive chapter we provide information on the market trends, and emerging markets, China, India and Romania.

Commentary on the main players is offered, along with interviews from some of their key executives. Market share estimates for injection pumps, fuel pumps and injectors by manufacturer are provided, along with forecasts for gasoline direct-injection systems through to 2013.

Chapter 3: Technical review - We define the elements of gasoline and diesel injection, and take a look at the latest trends and developments in Direct-injection, Diesel common-rail technology and Gasoline direct injection.

Chapter 4: Manufacturers - Profiles of Bosch, Delphi, Denso and Siemens VDO Automotive include information on products, mergers and acquisitions, revenues, manufacturing facilities and customers.

This report is also available as an Intelligence Set. This is a value for money bundle that consists of the report, plus manufacturer or supplier profiles.