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Conclusion to Part III: The Future of the Spanish Car Industry

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Part III closes with this chapter, which provides summary data on annual car production in Spain and focuses on how the country’s lower-than-EU-average labor costs fostered post-1989 growth. The final section speculates on Spain’s prospects for car production during the 2020s.

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    Ward’s (1956–2018, 2012–2014); AFNAC (2003–2017). Utilizing international standards as defined by Ward’s, car production totals from 1973 forward include car-chassis based light utility vans, the precursors to SUVs and CUVs.

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    Ibid.

  3. 3.

    Ibid.

  4. 4.

    Ibid.

  5. 5.

    Ward’s (1956–2018); AFNAC (2003–2017); ACEA (2013–2018).

  6. 6.

    Eurostat (2018); UN (2018).

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    A. J. Jacobs

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Jacobs, A.J. (2019). Conclusion to Part III: The Future of the Spanish Car Industry. In: The Automotive Industry and European Integration. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17431-6_18

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