What will shape key light vehicle markets in H2 2015?

For Automotive World's exclusive special publication, 'The auto industry in 2015: half-term report', automotive industry analysts and senior representatives at a selection of automotive industry trade bodies provided their thoughts on the performance of the global automotive industry in the first half of 2015, and their views on how the second half of the year would develop.

Here are selected extracts from that report, as the industry looks forward to the second half of 2015.

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The US market

Alec Gutierrez, Senior Analyst at Kelley Blue Book, says he does not anticipate any events in H2 2015 that could derail the US market’s current momentum. “There is some talk that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates, which would dampen consumer demand. In the second half of 2015, we don’t anticipate that the move would be significant enough to slow growth.