2014 Oto World Highlights

- The Most Outstanding Events in the World Auto Industry in 2014
Latest update date: February 13, 07
2014 was a memorable year for the world automobile industry when it witnessed many outstanding events. Typically, the record recovery, Ford CEO Alan Mulally resigned, the luxury car market continues to grow or Google joins the auto village ...
 
Let's look back on the most significant events, which have attracted the attention of the media as well as consumers during the past year.

Record car record

Never before has the world automobile industry seen a record number of cars recall. In the US market alone, the number of recalled cars surpassed the threshold of 60,5 million units, nearly double the record set of 30,8 million units set in 2004.
 

2014 is the year of record vehicle recall.

2 the biggest problem that caused the record recall was General Motors (GM) ignition fault and Takata airbag error. GM alone has recalled 27 million passenger cars and trucks in the US this year, more than any other automaker. The problem that GM encountered was ignition fault, which led to 42 deaths and 58 cases of injury.

Another large recall comes from a number of carmakers, all using Takata airbags. Takata-made airbags, related to 4 deaths in the United States and more than 100 cases of injury, can explode while being pumped up to shoot metal pieces at people in the car.

CEO Alan Mulally resigned

Former Ford CEO Alan Mulally (far left) and current Ford CEO, Mark Fields (far right).

Alan Mulally's resignation as CEO of Ford (from 01 / 07 / 2014) received special attention from the media. Although he no longer holds the leading role in the American car company, he will always be admired and mentioned as one of the most successful CEOs in the history of the automobile industry, who created a Ford is brave.

Alan Mulally held the position of CEO of Ford from OctoberUMUM / 9 to May 2006 / 6. Alan Mulally's successor is Mark Fields.

Ferrari chairman resigns
 
If Alan Mulally resigns as CEO at Ford is known and planned, the Chairman of Ferrari, Mr. Luca Di Montezemolo, resigning the chairman of the famous supercar company is a "shock".
 

Ferrari chairman resigned "shock" to the media and fans.

Mr. Luca Di Montezemolo has stopped leading the Ferrari for more than 2 decades. The reason given is a deep conflict with Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne.
 
Luca Di Montezemolo wants Ferrari to be unique and unique when it plans to only produce 7.000 cars per year, but Sergio Marchionne thinks the opposite, wants to increase the capacity even more.

However, whatever the reason, the departure of Luca Di Montezemolo has left much regret for the staff and supporters of the Ferrari brand.

The US car market is booming

Despite the trouble with the recall issue, it is undeniable that 2014 is a successful business year for the car manufacturers in the US market.
 

Models like the Honda CR-V have made an important contribution to the booming of the US market.

Important factors contributing to record sales are the recovery of the US economy as well as the sharp decline in fuel prices.

According to the forecast, by the end of the year, the total sales of cars in the US market is estimated at about 2014 million units.

The luxury car market continues to grow

2014 continues to witness the boom of the luxury market with the example of the growth of the trio from Germany BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz.
 
The Bavarian car manufacturer is at the top of the segment with more than 1,63 million units sold to consumers through 11 in the first month of the year 2014 (an increase of 9% over the same period).
 
Audi holds the No. 1 spot in 2 with sales of more than 1,59 million units (an increase of 10,1%) and exceeds the total sales of the whole year of 2013 (1,575 million units).

Global luxury car market grew strongly in the year of 2014.

Meanwhile, the three-pointed star brand is the No. 1 importer with the number of vehicles sold more than 3 million units (an increase of 1,48% over the same period).

BMW has held the top position in the global luxury car segment since it surpassed Mercedes-Benz in the year 1. Audi has been at 2005 since the year 2. Both Audi and Mercedes plan to surpass BMW, leading the luxury car market by the end of the decade.

Google entered the car market

The "king" of the technology village of Google has officially entered a new playground, which is making cars. Google's first "box car" is a self-driving car.

Google's first self-driving car.

This self-driving car has been described by Google as "The Most Miraculous Gift on the occasion of the New Year" for customers. Before releasing its first model, the company experimented with self-driving car technology on many car manufacturers' models. Google's self-driving technology has undergone 1,6 million kilometers of road testing in California. And according to the plan Google will test run this first prototype before testing it "on the streets of Northern California in the new year".

According to Autodaily (Dân Việt)
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