Mass Motorisation in Spain
Document Type
Article
Program
Sociology (Pitzer)
Publication Date
2006
Keywords
mass motorization, Spain, automobiles, automobile ownership
Abstract
Until the late 1970s an authoritarian State’s commitment to a policy of economic self-sufficiency motivated the creation of an indigenous automobile industry. The mass production of automobiles began in 1950, when a government agency, the Instituto Nacional de Industria, sponsored the creation of the Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo (SEAT). The Spanish government used SEAT as a basis for further industrial development by mandating the maximum use of locally produced components. This requirement helped to spur the development of a supplier industry, but at the expense of high production costs and poor product quality.
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DOI
10.7227/TJTH.27.2.10
Recommended Citation
Volti, Rudi. “Mass Motorization in Spain,” The Journal of Transport History, 27, 2 (September 2006). doi: 10.7227/TJTH.27.2.10
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