Datamonitor's Light trucks Global Industry Guide is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the light trucks 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 on a global, regional and country basis.

Scope of the Report

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry's prospects, competitive landscape and profiles of the leading companies

* Covers Global, European, Asia-Pacific & 11 individual country markets

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

Highlights

The global light trucks market generated total revenues of $234.1 billion in 2005, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.6% for the five-year period spanning 2001-2005.

Market consumption volumes increased at a CAGR of 2.3% between 2001-2005, to reach a total of 11.4 million units.

Looking forward, the global light trucks market is expected to accelerate from its current value growth position. With an anticipated CAGR of 4% in the 2005-2010 period, the market is expected to have reached a value of $285.3 billion by 2010.

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Definition

The market for light trucks includes all light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and light buses and coaches (LBCs) weighing up to 3.5 tonnes. This includes pick-ups and vans, but excludes sports utility and similar vehicles. The market value is calculated in terms of manufacturer selling price (MSP), and excludes all taxes and levies. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2005 annual average exchange rates.

For the purposes of this report, Europe comprises Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, Taiwan, China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.

The Americas comprises the US, Canada, Brazil and Mexico.

The global market consists of Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas.