1. Analyst View
2. Research Overview
3. Industry Overview
3.1 Global Automobile Market
3.1.1 Production
3.1.2 Sales
3.2 Global Automotive Market by Region
3.2.1 Production
3.2.1.1 Passenger Cars
3.2.1.2 Commercial Vehicles
3.2.1.3 Heavy Trucks
3.2.1.4 Light Commercial Vehicles
3.3 Future Forecast (2007-2010)
4. China Automotive Industry Performance
4.1 Past Performance
4.1.1 Performance by Product Segments
4.1.1.1 Heavy Commercial Vehicle
4.1.1.2 Light Commercial Vehicles
4.1.1.3 Passenger Car
4.1.1.4 Two Wheeler (Motorcycles)
4.1.2 Performance by Manufacturers
4.1.3 Export & Import
4.2 Current Performance
4.2.1 Performance by Product Segment
4.2.1.1 Passenger Car
4.2.1.2 Commercial Vehicle (Bus & Truck)
4.2.1.3 Motorcycle
4.2.2 Export & Import
5. Industry Analysis
5.1 Forces Driving the Market
5.1.1 Growing Economy
5.1.2 Infrastructure
5.1.3 Foreign Investment
5.1.4 Business Attractiveness
5.2 Challenges Faced by the Industry
5.2.1 Environmental Concerns
5.2.2 Rising Oil Prices
5.2.3 Market Competition
5.3 Key Opportunities of the Industry
5.3.1 Passenger Car Stock
5.3.2 Low Emission Automobiles
5.3.3 Increasing Purchasing Power
5.3.4 Vertical Integration
5.4 Future Prospects (2007-2010)
5.4.1 Passenger Car Sales Forecast (2007-2010)
5.4.2 Passenger Car Registration Forecast (2007-2010)
5.4.3 Commercial Vehicle Sales Forecast (2007-2010)
5.4.4 Commercial Vehicle Registration Forecast (2007-2010)
5.4.5 Motorcycles Sales Forecast (2007-2010)
5.4.6 Automotive Export Forecast (2007-2010)
5.5 China Auto Policy to Establish a Competitive Automotive Industry at Global Level
5.6 Impact of Auto Industry’s WTO Commitments
5.6.1 Tariff & Non-Tariff Measures
5.6.2 Investment Measures
5.6.3 Trade in Services related to Automobiles
6. Major Players
6.1 Volkswagen
6.2 Mazda
6.3 Nissan Motor Company Ltd.
6.4 Honda
6.5 General Motors
6.6 Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Group)
6.7 Hyundai Motor Company
6.8 Toyota
6.9 Suzuki
6.10 Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd.
6.11 Tianjin Faw Xiali Automobile Co., Ltd.
6.12 Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd.

List of Figures:

Figure 3-1: General Automotive Industry Model
Figure 3-2: Worldwide - Automotive Production by Region (%), 2005
Figure 3-3: Worldwide - Passenger Car Sales (in Million Units), 2000-2004
Figure 3-4: Worldwide - Car Production (in Million Units), 2005
Figure 3-5: Worldwide - Passenger Car Registrations (in Million Units), 2002-2006
Figure 3-6: Worldwide - Commercial Vehicles (including Buses) Production (%), 2005
Figure 3-7: Worldwide - Heavy Trucks Production by Region (%), 2005
Figure 3-8: Worldwide - Light Commercial Vehicle Production by Region (%), 2005
Figure 3-9: Worldwide - Forecast of Passenger Car Registration (in Million Units), 2007-2010
Figure 4-1: China - Automobile Production (in Million Units), 2001-2005
Figure 4-2: China - Automobile Sales (in Million Units), 2001-2005
Figure 4-3: China - Automotive Industry Market Share (%), 2005
Figure 4-4: China - Heavy Commercial Vehicle Sales (in Thousands Units), 2002-2004
Figure 4-5: China - Heavy Commercial Vehicle Sales Share by Market Players (%), 2004
Figure 4-6: China - Light Commercial Vehicle Sales (in Million Units), 2002-2004
Figure 4-7: China - Passenger Car Sales (in Million Units), 2001-2005
Figure 4-8: China - Market Share of Passenger Cars by Company (%), 2004
Figure 4-9: China - Motorcycle Production (in Million Units), 2004 & 2005
Figure 4-10: China - Automotive Component Sales (in Million Yuan), 2004 & 2005
Figure 4-11: China - Passenger Car Imports (in Thousand Units), 2000-2004
Figure 4-12: China - Production & Sales of Automobile (in Million Units), 2006
Figure 4-13: China - Production & Sales of Passenger Cars (in Million Units), 2006
Figure 4-14: China - Passenger Car Registration (in Million Units), 2004-2006E
Figure 4-15: China - Production & Sales of Commercial Vehicles (in Million Units), 2006
Figure 4-16: China - Registration of Commercial Vehicles (in Million Units), 2005 & 2006
Figure 4-17: China - Production & Sales of Motorcycle (in Million Units), 2005 & 2006
Figure 4-18: China - Automotive Exports & Imports (in Thousand Units), 2005 & 2006
Figure 4-19: China - Foreign Exchange Generated by Auto Export (in Billion US$), 2005 & 2006
Figure 5-1: China - Per Capita GDP Growth (in US$), 2003-2006E
Figure 5-2: BRIC - FDI Cumulative Inflows (in Billion US$), 2002-2005
Figure 5-3: China - Business Indicators, 2006
Figure 5-4: China - Production & Consumption of Petroleum Products (in Thousand Barrel/Day), 2001-2006
Figure 5-5: Worldwide - Number of Cars/1000 Population, 2006
Figure 5-6: China - Number of Passenger Cars/1000 Population (1998-2006)
Figure 5-7: China - Forecast for the Automobile Sales (in Million Units), 2007-2010
Figure 5-8: China - Forecast for Passenger Cars Sales (in Million Units), 2007-2010
Figure 5-9: China - Second Hand Car Sales (in Thousand Units), 2005 & 2006
Figure 5-10: China - Forecast for Passenger Car Registration (in Million Units), 2007-2010
Figure 5-11: China - Forecast for Commercial Vehicle Sales (in Million Units), 2007-2010
Figure 5-12: China - Forecast for Commercial Vehicle Registration (in Million Units), 2007-2010
Figure 5-13: China - Forecast for Motorcycle Sales (in Million Units), 2007-2010
Figure 5-14: China - Forecast for Automotive Export (in Billion US$), 2007-2010

List of Tables:

Table 3-1: Worldwide - Automotive Production (in Thousand Units), 2005
Table 3-2: Worldwide - Heavy Truck Production (in Units), 2004 & 2005
Table 4-1: China - Motorcycle Sales (in Units), 2003 & 2004
Table 4-2: China - Output by Leading Automobile Manufacturers (in Units), 2004
Table 6-1: Volkswagen - Financial Overview (in US$), 2003-2005
Table 6-2: Mazda - Financial Overview (in US$), 2004-2006
Table 6-3: Nissan Motor Company Ltd. - Financial Overview (in Million US$), 2004-2006
Table 6-4: Honda - Financial Overview (2004-2006)
Table 6-5: General Motors - Financial Overview (in Million US$), 2004-2006
Table 6-6: Hyundai Motor Company - Financial Overview (2003-2005)
Table 6-7: Toyota - Financial Overview (in Million US$), 2004-2006
Table 6-8: Suzuki - Financial Overview (in Million US$), 2003-2005
Table 6-9: Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. - Financial Overview, 2005
Table 6-10: Tianjin Faw Xiali Automobile Co., Ltd. - Financial Overview, 2005
Table 6-11: Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. - Financial Overview, 2005