More cars to have airconditioning

4 July 2002: A recent study of 400 German car owners revealed that a climate control system was among the most important features for vehicle comfort. A new reports says that penetration levels are expected to reach up to four out of every five cars sold in Europe by the year 2005.

Air conditioning has long been viewed as essential in Japan and North America. The main companies in the business are Behr, Calsonic Kansei, Delphi Automotive Systems, Denso, Sanden, Valeo, Visteon, and Zexel

The report from ABOUT Automotive is by Matthew Beecham, author of two best-selling Economist Intelligence Unit publications, The European automotive components market and World automotive components: market prospects to 2005.

July 2002