The new domestic automakers in the United States and Canada : history, impacts, and prospects

The new domestic automakers in the United States and Canada : history, impacts, and prospects / AJ Jacobs.

This book provides a unique historical and qualitative review of ten foreign automakers with plants in developed North America from their early beginnings to their export entry into North America. It seeks to expand the knowledge of American and Canadian policymakers pursuing a new foreign motor veh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobs, A. J. (Andrew James), 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
Series:Comparative international development.
Subjects:
Automobile industry and trade > United States > History.
Automobile industry and trade > Canada > History.
Automobiles, Foreign > United States > History.
Automobiles, Foreign > Canada > History.
International business enterprises > United States > History.
International business enterprises > Canada > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Automobile industry and trade
Automobiles, Foreign
International business enterprises
Kfz-Industrie.
Industriegeschichte.
USA.
Kanada.
Canada
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and Overview
  • pt. I The Early Foreign Automaker Plants in the United States and Canada
  • 2. First European and Foreign Automaker Plants in the United States: 1900s-1940s
  • 3. The Golden Age for European Cars in North America Part I: Volvo and Renault's Early Plants in Canada and the United States
  • 4. The Golden Age for European Cars in North America Part II: VW and Renault Again
  • 5. Birth of the Japanese New Domestics: Isuzu and Toyota's 1960s Joint First Steps in Canada
  • pt. II The Japanese Invasion and the Birth of the New Domestic Automakers
  • 6. Imports, Trade Friction, and the Japanese Invasion Part I: The Rise of Honda and Nissan in the United States and Canada
  • 7. Japanese Invasion Part II: And Here Comes Toyota
  • 8. The Second Wave of Japanese Auto Transplants Part I: Mazda and Mitsubishi Are Next to North America, 1980
  • 1992
  • 9. The Second Wave of Japanese Auto Transplants Part II: Joint Ventures Bring Suzuki, Subaru, and Again Isuzu to North America, 1980
  • 1992
  • pt. III Here Come the German Luxury and South Korean Automakers
  • 10. Here Come the Germans Part I: BMW Lands in the Palmetto State, 1992
  • 2002
  • 11. Here Come the Germans Part II: Mercedes-Benz in the Heart of Dixie, 1993
  • 2002
  • 12. Then Came the Koreans: Hyundai in Quebec and Hyundai-Kia in the Southern Auto Corridor, 1985
  • 2010
  • pt. IV Who's Coming and When? Predicting the Future Expansions of Foreign Automakers
  • 13. The New Big Three: The United States and Canadian Prospects for Japan's Largest Automakers
  • 14. The Potential Near-Term Expansions of Japan's Smaller Producers in the United States and Canada
  • 15. Projections for European Automaker Expansions in the United States and Canada
  • 16. Projections for Korean and Chinese Automaker Expansions in the United States and Canada
  • 17. European Acquisitions and Projections for Indian Automaker Plants in the United States and Canada
  • pt. V Planning for the Future: Assessing the Automakers, Sites, and Summary
  • 18. Worth the Investment? A Brief Study of Honda, Nissan, Toyota, BMW Plants, and the Rest
  • 19. Top Sites/Areas Competing for the Next Major Foreign Auto Assembly Plants
  • 20. Summary and Concluding Thoughts Regarding the New Domestics and Foreign Automakers in the United States and Canada.

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