Automotive

Spotlight...

  • Automotive M&A insights 2009
    This edition provides an annual review of M&A activity and key trends within the global automotive industry. As we look back at 2009, how did distress in the sector drive consolidation, restructuring and acquisitions by opportunistic strategic and financial buyers? Better understand the outlook for deal activity and trends in 2010 and beyond.
  • Global Automotive Perspectives: Preparing to Compete - Issue 1, 2010
    2010 promises to be another challenging year for automotive companies, as survivors must prepare to compete in a volatile environment. Reporting to their stakeholders, reviewing existing transfer pricing policy, and rethinking their business structure are among top concerns and are discussed in this issue of Global Automotive Perspectives.

The automotive industry is no stranger to change. Many of the changes occurring in the global marketplace today - tightened credit markets in a capital-intensive industry, declining consumer confidence, increased government involvement - are the most recent manifestations of this reality.

The combination of these new realities with familiar industry challenges such as volatile raw materials costs and fuel prices, tighter regulations, capacity and sourcing challenges and the need to satisfy consumer demand for cleaner, greener cars, have combined to create a business environment that has had a profound effect on the global automotive industry.

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ global automotive practice professionals can help you turn your business issues into opportunities that can help your business survive and thrive. We encourage you to make use of the resources we offer on our website and to engage us in discussion on how we can leverage our global capabilities to address your business needs and challenges.

How PricewaterhouseCoopers can help you

To address these business challenges, many automotive executives choose to work with a professional services organisation that has its finger on the pulse of the automotive industry; an organisation that deeply understands the industry’s fundamental issues and brings the experience to provide solutions that work. Only a global organisation with the highest level of automotive industry experience can add value to your operations.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is that global organisation. Welcome to our global automotive practice!