Influenced by Japan's Global Automotive Industry

600 thousand vehicles worldwide is estimated to be produced in March of this failure.

Global automotive industry is likely to lose production of about 600 thousand vehicles until the end of March. The earthquake and tsunami that devastated the eastern part of Japan has cut off the supply of components, including car paints.
Approximately 320 thousand vehicles estimated to have failed to produced worldwide until March 24. Vice President of IHS Insight Automotive, the automotive industry consultant agencies from the United States, Michael Robinet, said that companies assembling cars in North America will also be affected, at least start next April.
"The next wave, decommissioning the plant [North America] in line with the reduced supply of components and spare parts," Robinet said in an interview via telephone, as quoted Autonews, Monday, March 28, 2011.
Toyota Motor Corp. said it has lost production of up to 140 thousand vehicles, and Honda Motor Co. has lost 46,600 cars and 5,000 motorcycles.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. also cut production to 15 thousand vehicles. Mazda Motor Corp. also has said its production decreased 31 thousand cars, on Friday. Some U.S. dealers have been put off ordering Japanese cars
"Mazda factory in Hiroshima and Hofu has halted production of new models," said Tim Gilman, Mazda spokesman. The factory that makes Mazda3, Mazda2, RX-8, MX-5, CX-7 and CX-9.
Mazda factories are not damaged, however, a number of damaged infrastructure to its factory, and also lack of power supply.
Nissan Motor Co., General Motors Co. and other companies have not provided details about their losses.
Merck KGaA has lost production of metallic automotive paint pigments because of its factory located at 28 miles from the plant Fukushima Dai-Ichi. "We can not produce," said Gangolf Schrimpf, a company spokeswoman based in the German.
Merck did not know when company engineers can re-enter the factory Onahama. Estimated temporary cessation of this takes four to eight weeks.
"It's not our fault, and we can not go back," said company spokesman who is affiliated with the drug manufacturer Merck & Co..
One of the affected from the cessation of supply of this paint is Chrysler. German luxury car company has limited the demand for vehicles is a particular color, like black, Blackberry Pearl, and red. "The colors are potentially deficient," said company spokesman bucara, Katie Hepler.
Ford also has asked dealers to stop the bidding for the vehicles black tuxedo and red.
PPG Industries Inc., the largest paint supplier to the North American automotive production, in October saying that silver is the most popular color last year. Silver, gray, black and charcoal accounted for 31 percent of option-paint vehicles in North America, up from 20 percent in 2008.
Black and white became the second choice, with a composition of 18 per cent respectively. "Next is the red, by 11 percent," says PPG.