the links between car companys

there are many connections between different car companys so they can keep going and work better.

there are many deals done between companys so they can keep going. more recently it is a big problem for gm. they are trying to sell their company so they can keep the buissness going but they dont think they can do it themselves.

car companys also buy other car companys to get plans. this was perfectly illustrated by bmw and land rover. bmw saw that land rover were having problems so they made an offer. bmw did this purely to get land rovers designs for the workings of a 4x4. then bmw all of a sudden had a new 4x4 the x5.

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car companys also buy other companys purely to get more revenue to put in the other company. this is like fiat who when they were a very big company bought out ferrari. now ferrari is making lots of money as it went to more countries and became more popular.

the importance of cars in countries

the importance of cars are different in different countries and they all have specific areas they all focus on and like effected by their history.





this is very evident in Italy. in Italy the focus on passion and the looks of cars. this is very important to the car manufactures and the locals. this is very noticeable as most of the worlds super car manufacturing companies are based in Italy e.g. Ferrari, Lamborghini, pagani and Maserati. in Italy they have a very serious interest in cars, you can see this outside any of the super car test tracks looking at the test drivers driving the cars.

this is even true within the main stream manufacturing car companies in Italy like alfa romeo which are known to be lovely to look at and drive but have terrible reliability.

this is because the italiens are very passionate about everything like food, family and art, so it only makes sense that their cars are passionate as well.

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In Germany the focus is completely different and they focus on engineering and not a lot on the looks and feel of their cars.in Germany the try to get the most out of everything and make it work as well as it possibly can. The also try to make the car as affordable and reasonable to buy to make it easier for their cars to sell. They also like to develop new technologies to put in their cars as their is stiff competition within their markets. The Germans also like to have fast cars but they do it differently to the it It Italians , they put a bigger engine into one of their normal cars and then improve everything further to make it super quick.

this is because the german car idustry had to regain money quickly after ww2 so they had to become the best to regain their share of the market and make some money after losing the war.

In America the have a passion for anything big so that's what's important in America. The like everything they to be big like their jeeps and pick-up trucks are the size of vans. They also have an obsession with Muscle cars, this is because it is a generally terrible car with a huge 7 or 8 litre engine, they have a thing about having a huge engine that you can use in drag races but can't handle well.

this is because americans have always wanted to be rebels and outlaws so people like the idea of being able to be past the speed limit of the line in 4 seconds.

In England the emphasis is put on comfort. There are two main car manufacturing brands set up in England are Aston martin and rolls Royce. These brands are all about comfort for everyday use. Both show the importance to the British of having a comfortable car but something a bit out of the ordinary.
Another important part of British cars is there racing heritage. all there main manufactures took part like bentley and aston martin.

they like comfortable cars because all of a sudden britian became very rich and these cars are the best way to go to work and still show of to their buissness partners.

the location of car manufacturing plants

The location of car manufacturing plants is affected by many factors. One of the factors that effect the location of car manufacturing plants is the facilities in the area. A major factor on the location of car manufacturing plants is the ability to get workers to and from work. this means that car manufacturing plants are normally based near well established public routes that allow free flow of a lot of people. this is important as if there was no roads to the car manufacturing plant then they could not do sufficient business to survive. look the main ferrari factory is surrounded by lots of main roads and has a railway nearby. it is also located near a city were all its employees can live.

The transport routes are also important because if there isn't sufficient transport routes to the sellers than the cost of transport would become to great.

the location of car manufacturing plants is also effected by the cost of labour in the specific area as it will effect the cost of production. the cost of labour also effects the output of car manufacturing plants because if they are cheaper the car manufacturing plants are able to hire more staff and then produce more cars.

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the utilities in an area also effects the likelihood of a car manufacturing plant setting up because if the facilities aren't set up like water,electricity and gas. this effects the set up of car manufacturing plant because if the car company have to set up all those facilities then the cost of establishing the car manufacturing plant. this is likely to turn off prospective new car manufacturing plants.

another factor for the location of car manufacturing plant is the cost of labour. this factor is becoming less important as the car industry has become more computerized with robots on the production line instead of people. it is still fairly important because if they can't afford to get staff then the factory will stop running.

car manufacturing plants also need to have a educated staff so the have to establish the car manufacturing plants in an area that has the ability to educate the staff so that the people would be able to work smartly and have people to manage the workers as well as educated i.t people to run the robots on the production line.

all in all its not one of these that effect the location of car manufacturing plant it is all of the factors together that really matter to the location of car manufacturing plants.

introduction

hello this is my blog about the geography of cars.