Description of Detroit automobile industry

1. AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
IN DETROIT

2.  The name Detroit comes from a French word
that means, ‘the narrow place or strait.
 It located at the narrowest point of the
channel of Detroit river, which connects the
upper and lower regions of the vast great
lakes water system.
 It was founded by a French trader in 1701 as
a fur trading post.
 It is the oldest city in the Midwest

3. The automotive industry designs, develops,
manufactures, markets, and sells motor
vehicles, and is one of the world's most
important economic sectors by revenue.
 It is located in United states of America and is the
most efficient in the world.
 In America, the automobile has become the
keystone for happiness and hallmark of success.

4.  The first practical automobile with a petrol
engine was built by Karl Benz in 1885
in Mannheim, Germany. Benz was granted a
patent for his automobile on 29 January 1886,
and began the first production of automobiles
in 1888, after Bertha Benz, his wife, had proved
with the first long-distance trip in August 1888
(from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back) that
the horseless coach was absolutely suitable for
daily use. Since 2008 a Bertha Benz Memorial
Route commemorates this event.

5.  Soon after, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm
Maybach in Stuttgart in 1889 designed a vehicle from scratch
to be an automobile, rather than a horse-drawn carriage fitted
with an engine. They also are usually credited as inventors of
the first motorcycle, the Daimler Reitwagen, in 1885,
but Italy's Enrico Bernardi, of the University of Padua, in 1882,
patented a 0.024 horsepower (17.9 W) 122 cc (7.4 cu in) one-cylinder
petrol motor, fitting it into his son's tricycle, making
it at least a candidate for the first automobile, and first
motorcycle;. Bernardi enlarged the tricycle in 1892 to carry
two adults.

6.  Until 2005, the U.S.A. was leading the world
in total automobile production. In 1929
before the Great Depression, the world had
32,028,500 automobiles in use, and the US
automobile industry produced over 90% of
the automobiles in the world, i.e. 28,551,500.
And over one half the cars in foreign lands
were of U.S. make. At that time the U.S. had
one car per 4.87 persons.

7.  In 2006, Japan narrowly passed the U.S. in
production and held this rank until 2008. In
2009, China took the top spot with 13.78
million units produced. With 18.3 million
units produced 2010, China produced nearly
twice the amount of second place Japan (9.6
million units), the U.S. trailed in place 3 with
7.8 million units.

8.  About 250 million vehicles are in use in the
United States. Around the world, there were
about 806 million cars and light trucks on the
road in 2007, consuming over 260 billion US
gallons (980,000,000 m3) of gasoline and diesel
fuel yearly. The automobile is a primary mode of
transportation for many developed economies.
The Detroit branch of Boston Consulting
Group predicts that, by 2014, one-third of world
demand will be in the four BRIC markets (Brazil,
Russia, India and China).

9.  Other potentially powerful automotive
markets are Iran and Indonesia. Emerging
auto markets already buy more cars than
established markets. According to a J.D.
Power study, emerging markets accounted for
51 percent of the global light-vehicle sales in
2010. The study expects this trend to
accelerate.

10.  Increase is per capita income.
 Abundance of Basic raw materials.
 Sparse population that was scattered over a
large area, which increased the need for a
fats system of transportation.
 Inventive Talent and development of
manufacturing techniques.
 A huge local and international market.