WORLD PRODUCTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES BY COUNTRY - 1998-1999
    1998     1999  
             
             
COUNTRY Passenger Bus & Motor Motor Cycles Passenger Bus & Motor Motor Cycle
  Cars Coaches & Mopeds Cars Coaches & Mopeds
             
             
 Argentina  353,074 2,663   224,733 1,177  
 Austria  97,774 71 19,832 123,586 71 21,647
 Belarus  1,258 1,033 20,405 195 754 24,446
 Belgium  951,196 2,697        
 Canada  1,977,099     1,378,821    
 Chile  2,830     1,468    
 Colombia  53,981 5,355   23,871 2,277  
 Czech-Rep.  399,480 1,216 3,811     5,096
 Ecuador  26,641     9,764    
 Finland  31,500     34,000    
 France  3,887,000 2,900 471,600 4,157,000 3,000  
 Germany  5,348,000   60,700      
 Hungary  67,789 700   68,105 300  
 India  401,002 95,854 1,793,200 390,709 80,528 2,059,453
 Italy  1,378,105 3,982 895,900      
 Japan  8,055,763 56,953 2,636,296      
 Korea  1,625,125 159,687 250,261 2,361,735 228,282 293,501
 Netherlands  210,000 1,513 8,500 310,000    
 Pakistan  33,683 425 96,991 28,389 815 68,574
 Poland  592,355 1,888 11 647,232 1,772 53
 Portugal  181,388 197        
 Romania  104,335 258 181 88,854 71  
 Slovak-Rep.  86,343 51   126,561    
 Slovenia  126,397 63   118,132    
 South Afrrica  209,204 7,711   235,956 6,059  
 Spain  2,217,000   382,300 2,281,617 1,588  
 Sweden  368,305 14,742 500      
 Taiwan  294,138 1,078   246,943 448  
 Turkey  222,200 35,640   215,923 31,564  
 Ukraine  25,844 2,404 238 9,723 2,001 654
 United Kingdom  1,748,000 2,436 15,100      
 United States  5,554,312          
 Venezuela  27,675 1,313        
 Yugoslavia  10,562 140        
             
   Source: World  Road Statistics 2001