Germany, then Japan.
The car industry was the nation's biggest business in the 1920's. In the 1920's 20 percent of the people had a vehicle.
Jeremy Clarkson, in a BBC special from 2000, told the history of the Japanese automotive industry, in "Car Years: How Japan Took Over the World And Then Lost It".
From BNET; "the Toyota (TM) Prius recently unseated the Suzuki Wagon R as the biggest-selling car in Japan, according to press reports. However, Suzuki still argues that the Suzuki Wagon R is the biggest-selling minicar. And if you total up almost 3.5 million sales since the first generation of the Wagon R went on sale in 1993, it's still the biggest seller."
After WW2 they invested heavily in technology and have a lot of manufacturing (eg. car industry, electronics etc) which helped to boost their GDP.
The maximum power of the motor for the car Vauxhall Brava is 94PS . The cars are very popular in Japan and other countries within Asia as well as England.
1. Japan 2. Germany 3. United States of America 4. France 5. South Korea
What are the three biggest french car manufacturers?"
The recent history of the car industry has seen General Motors and Chrysler go through bankruptcy. The car industry is improving.
People will be affected for years to come due to radiation and the Japanese economy especially the car industry is suffering.
In 2010/2011, the top 3 car part manufacturers where Bosch (Germany), Denso (Japan) and Continental (Germany). Further large manufacturers are Bridgestone, Aisin Seiki, Magna and Michelin.
japan copies everything, invents very little,not even the car.