Friday, May 15, 2009

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.














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.

Friday, May 8, 2009

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.