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Now Available: Automotive: Taiwan Industry Guide - PR Inside

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 06:19 AM PST

2010-03-12 15:19:27 - Fast Market Research recommends "Automotive: Taiwan Industry Guide" from Datamonitor, now available

Datamonitor's Automotive: Taiwan Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Taiwan Automotive industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, textual analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, and profiles of the leading companies. This incisive report provides expert analysis with distinct chapters for Light trucks, Medium & Heavy Trucks, Motorcycles,

New Cars and Trucks

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation for Light trucks, Medium & Heavy Trucks, Motorcycles, New Cars and Trucks
* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies
* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards
* Includes five-year forecasts for Light trucks, Medium & Heavy Trucks, Motorcycles, New Cars and Trucks

Highlights

* The Taiwanese trucks market generated total revenues of $763.2 million in 2009, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -21.3% for the period spanning 2005-2009.
* The Taiwanese light trucks market generated total revenues of $608.5 million in 2009, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -21.6% for the period spanning 2005-2009.
* The Taiwanese medium and heavy trucks market generated total revenues of $154.6 million in 2009, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -20.2% for the period spanning 2005-2009.
* The Taiwanese motorcycles market generated total revenues of $1,647.9 million in 2008, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.3% for the period spanning 2004-2008.
* The Taiwanese new cars market generated total revenues of $7.9 billion in 2009, representing a compound annual rate of change (CARC) of -7.4% for the period spanning 2005-2009.

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* Spot future trends and developments
* Inform your business decisions
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Partial Table of Contents:

CHAPTER 1 LIGHT TRUCKS IN TAIWAN 12
1.1 Market Overview 12
1.2 Market Value 14
1.3 Market Volume 15
1.4 Market Segmentation I 16
1.5 Market Segmentation II 17
1.6 Market Share 18
1.7 Five Forces Analysis 19
1.8 Market Forecasts 25
CHAPTER 2 MEDIUM & HEAVY TRUCKS IN TAIWAN 27
2.1 Market Overview 27
2.2 Market Value 29
2.3 Market Volume 30
2.4 Market Segmentation I 31
2.5 Market Segmentation II 32
2.6 Market Share 33
2.7 Five Forces Analysis 34
2.8 Market Forecasts 40
CHAPTER 3 MOTORCYCLES IN TAIWAN 42
3.1 Market Overview 42
3.2 Market Value 44
3.3 Market Volume 45
3.4 Market Segmentation I 46
3.5 Market Segmentation II 47
3.6 Market Share 48
3.7 Five Forces Analysis 49
3.8 Market Forecasts 56
CHAPTER 4 NEW CARS IN TAIWAN 58
4.1 Market Overview 58
4.2 Market Value 60
4.3 Market Volume 61
4.4 Market Segmentation 62
4.5 Market Share 63
4.6 Five Forces Analysis 64
4.7 Market Forecasts 70
CHAPTER 5 TRUCKS IN TAIWAN 72
5.1 Market Overview 72
5.2 Market Value 74
5.3 Market Volume 75
5.4 Market Segmentation I 76
5.5 Market Segmentation II 77
5.6 Market Share 78
5.7 Five Forces Analysis 79
5.8 Market Forecasts 85
CHAPTER 6 MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 87
CHAPTER 7 APPENDIX 89
7.1 Data Research Methodology 89

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Taiwan Light Trucks Market Value: $ million, 2005-2009 (e) 14
Table 2: Taiwan Light Trucks Market Volume: Units thousand, 2005-2009 (e) 15
Table 3: Taiwan Light Trucks Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2009 (e) 16
Table 4: Taiwan Light Trucks Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2009 (e) 17
Table 5: Taiwan Light Trucks Market Share: % Share, by Volume, 2009 (e) 18
Table 6: Taiwan Light Trucks Market Value Forecast: $ million, 2009-2014 25
Table 7: Taiwan Light Trucks Market Volume Forecast: Units thousand, 2009-2014 26
Table 8: Taiwan Medium & Heavy Trucks Market Value: $ million, 2005-2009(e) 29
Table 9: Taiwan Medium & Heavy Trucks Market Volume: Units thousand, 2005-2009(e) 30
Table 10: Taiwan Medium & Heavy Trucks Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2009(e) 31
Table 11: Taiwan Medium & Heavy Trucks Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2009(e) 32
Table 12: Taiwan Medium & Heavy Trucks Market Share: % Share, by Value, 2009(e) 33
Table 13: Taiwan Medium & Heavy Trucks Market Value Forecast: $ million, 2009-2014 40
Table 14: Taiwan Medium & Heavy Trucks Market Volume Forecast: Units thousand, 2009-2014 41
Table 15: Taiwan Motorcycles Market Value: $ million, 2004-2008 44
Table 16: Taiwan Motorcycles Market Volume: Units thousand, 2004-2008 45
Table 17: Taiwan Motorcycles Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 46

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Steven Cole Smith, Orlando Sentinel Automotive Editor - Orlando Sentinel

Posted: 12 Mar 2010 06:22 PM PST

In 1996, Bill Warner, a Jacksonville businessman and car collector, decided to put on a car show, so he and his friends assembled some nice vehicles, drawing a modest crowd of 2,200 and raising some money for charity.

To say the Amelia Island Concours has grown is an understatement. "This show is as good as it gets," says Keith Canouse, an Orlando car collector. "I think it's the best in the country," perhaps even surpassing the Pebble Beach Concours, regarded as the king of all car shows, held each year since 1950 in California. Canouse is part of a contingent from the Orlando area that is displaying at Amelia this weekend — he's bringing his 1914 Renault.

"Amelia is a user-friendly show," Canouse says. Warner goes out of his way to make everyone feel welcome, not just the automotive elite. One reason: Warner and his co-chariman, Tom Cotter, consider themselves just a couple of car guys. Cotter has an important collection of Shelby Cobras and Shelby Ford Mustangs, but his daily drive is a 2004 Mini Cooper.

Given the fact that the show, this weekend celebrating its 15th anniversary on Amelia Island near Jacksonville, is considered on par with Pebble Beach, celebrating its 60th birthday this summer, speaks to the work Warner has done. "It doesn't get easier," Warner says. "Every year has its own set of problems."

Such as: Warner, a motorsports enthusiast, always packs the four-day program with multiple racing seminars that draw fans who may or may not be interested in classic cars. This year, he assembled a trio of race drivers unparallel in their influence: Richard Petty, 72, the winningest NASCAR driver ever; Don Garlits, 78, considered the king of drag racing, and Sir Stirling Moss, who competed from 1948 to 1962, winning an incredible 212 of the 529 races he entered, including 16 Formula 1 races.

But last week, Moss, 80, fell at his home in England, breaking both ankles and multiple other bones. Warner's legendary trio became a duo until another legend, racer and car builder Carroll Shelby, agreed to step in. That Shelby, 87 and with a transplanted heart and kidney, would drop everything and come to Florida on such short notice speaks to the influence of Amelia and Bill Warner.

Sunday, the show will draw more than 10,000 people for the judging of the 250-plus vehicles on display, chosen from thousands entered. It's an invitation-only show, and just being accepted to display at Amelia, much less win your class, adds to a vehicle's cachet and value.

Among those displaying is Dave Brewer of Longwood, bringing his 1953 Buick Skylark hardtop. It is one of a kind — "It's entered in a class called, 'Cars you never even realized were built,'" Brewer says. Buick built some Skylark convertibles, but the company built one hardtop just to gauge the reaction. "Usually, cars like that were destroyed after they were shown, but this one survived," he says, because the wife of a General Motors executive liked the car, and it was customized for her tastes. "Amelia Island is the kind of show you just can't miss," Brewer says. "The quality of cars is amazing."

And it isn't just cars: Each year, Warner selects a few brands to feature, and this year, one of them is Triumph motorcycles. Mike Crone of Mount Dora has a national reputation as a Triumph restorer and collector, and he's bringing four bikes: A 1950, 1951 and 1953 model, plus his favorite: "A 1938 Triumph, an original Speed Twin formerly owned by Bud Ekins," a late and legendary stuntman who was the riding partner of actor Steve McQueen. Crone has never even been to the Amelia Island show, but he's aware of the reputation. "I'm looking forward to being a part of it," he says.

Each year, the Amelia Island Concours raises more than $100,000 for charities that include the Community Hospice of Northeast Florida and the Spina Bifida Association. The show begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. Sunday, with judging beginning at 11 a.m. Admission is $50 for adults, $20 for ages 12-18, and free for ages 11 and under.

For more information, including how to get there on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Amelia Island, log onto AmeliaConcours.org

Sentinel Automotive Editor Steven Cole Smith can be reached at scsmith@orlandosentinel.com

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