WHERE THE CARS ARE

IN developing nations throughout the world, domestic car production is a foremost symbol of industrial coming-of-age. As a result, the list of auto-producing countries is lengthening, even if many of them make cars only under license with the major manufacturers in other nations. Such arrangements vary widely, from mere final assembly of a vehicle to the production of most parts locally. Manufacturers' labels are often misleading. The Nasr (Victory) sedans of the U.A.R., for example, are in fact Fiats assembled in Cairo. Some countries--for one, Red China, which makes passenger cars named Red Flag and Phoenix--refuse to publish production figures, and outsiders can only estimate the output. Following are the totals of world auto production for 1967, the latest year for which figures are available:

NORTH AMERICA Italy 1,461,956

United States 7,489,478 Belgium 451,711*

Canada 720,807* Spain 380,509*

Total 8,210,285 Sweden 172,849

LATIN AMERICA Netherlands 77,542

Brazil 139,576* Austria 2,223*

Argentina 131,778* Total 8,238,864

Mexico 88,577* EASTERN EUROPE

Venezuela 50,210* U.S.S.R. 251,441

Chile 2,500* East Germany 111,516

Peru 2,064* Czechoslovakia 110,000

Colombia 1,496* Yugoslavia 45,000 (est.)*

Costa Rica 967* Poland 26,500

Total 417,168 Bulgaria 870 (est.)*

ASIA Total 545,327

Japan 1,521,021

India 38,905* AFRICA

Philippines 14,641* South Africa 139,202*

Malaysia 6,500* Nigeria 3,000 (est.)*

Thailand 6,347* Kenya 600 (est.)*

China (Taiwan) 4,452* 600 (est.)*

South Korea 4,452* Total 143,402

Pakistan 3,800 (est.)* MIDDLE EAST

Singapore 2,175* U.A.R. 13,000*

Red China 1,750 (est.) Iran 11,423*

Total 1,604,071 Turkey 3,700*

Israel 3,491 WESTERN EUROPE

Total 31,614 West Germany 2,511,896

Great Britain 1,595,533 AUSTRALIA 312,062*

France 1,584,645 World Total 19,507,444

*Produced solely under license arrangements and/or by subsidiaries of foreign car manufacturers.

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