Title
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
Comments
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