Abstract | Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Summary

Chapter 1: Introduction
Glaring issues
Report coverage

Chapter 2: The Market
Market trends
Overview
Advanced front lighting
Daytime running lights
Market players
Market shares
Front lighting
World
Europe
North America
Asia-Pacific
Exterior lighting
Interior lighting
Market forecasts
High intensity discharge lamps
World
Europe
North America
Japan
LED market
Market values
Front lighting market
HID
LED
Interior lighting

Chapter 3: Technical review
Defining the elements
Aerodynamic headlamps
Complex reflector headlamps
High intensity discharge headlamps
Headlamp levelling
Headlamp washing
Signal lamp innovations
A bright future for neon lighting?
Interior lighting innovations
Camera, lights, action: Night vision systems

Chapter 4: Manufacturers
Automotive Lighting
Guide Corporation
Hella
Ichikoh
Koito
Osram
Philips Automotive Lighting
Sidler
Stanley Electric
Valeo
Visteon

List of figures

• Figure 1 Bi-xenon system on the Mercedes-Benz E-class
  
• Figure 2 Visteon’s Advanced Front Lighting system
  
• Figure 3 Visteon halogen AFS technology installed on Skoda’s Octavia test car
  
• Figure 4 Visteon’s light distribution with and without AFS
  
• Figure 5 Audi A8 headlamp unit
  
• Figure 6 Light distribution with static bend lighting
  
• Figure 7 Light distribution with dynamic bend lighting
  
• Figure 8 With the dynamic bending light, the range of the dipped beam light in bends can be increased by up to 90%
  
• Figure 9 Leading light: Hella’s Varilis
  
• Figure 10 Hella’s DynaView fitted to a Jeep Wrangler
  
• Figure 11 Daytime running lights
  
• Figure 12 Worldwide market shares of OE front and rear lamps, 2003
  
• Figure 13 Shares in the Western European automotive headlamp market, 2002
  
• Figure 14 Shares in the Western European automotive auxiliary front lamp market, 2002
  
• Figure 15 European high intensity discharge headlamp market shares, 2002
  
• Figure 16 Shares of the North American automotive headlamp market, 2002
  
• Figure 17 European exterior lighting market shares, 2002
  
• Figure 18 Market shares: French exterior lighting market shares, 2002
  
• Figure 19 Market shares: Exterior lighting suppliers to Renault, 2002
  
• Figure 20 Market shares: Exterior lighting suppliers to Audi, 2002
  
• Figure 21 Market shares: Exterior lighting suppliers to Ford, 2002
  
• Figure 22 Market shares: Exterior lighting suppliers to GM Opel/Saab, 2002
  
• Figure 23 Market shares: Exterior lighting suppliers to BMW, 2002
  
• Figure 24 Market shares: Exterior lighting suppliers to Mercedes-Benz, 2002
  
• Figure 25 Market shares: Exterior lighting suppliers to Toyota Europe, 2002
  
• Figure 26 European vehicle interior lighting market shares, 2002
  
• Figure 27 Market shares: French interior lighting market shares, 2002
  
• Figure 28 Market shares: Interior lighting suppliers to Renault, 2002
  
• Figure 29 Market shares: Interior lighting suppliers to Audi, 2002
  
• Figure 30 Market shares: Interior lighting suppliers to Ford, 2002
  
• Figure 31 Market shares: Interior lighting suppliers to GM Opel/Saab, 2002
  
• Figure 32 Market shares: Interior lighting suppliers to BMW, 2002
  
• Figure 33 Market shares: Interior lighting suppliers to Mercedes-Benz, 2002
  
• Figure 34 Market shares: Interior lighting suppliers to Toyota Europe, 2002
  
• Figure 35 Audi Nuvolari
  
• Figure 36 Koito’s aerodynamic type halogen headlamps
  
• Figure 37 Hella’s plastic lens with granules
  
• Figure 38 Headlamp levellers
  
• Figure 39 Three generations of electrical headlamp levellers, Mark I, II and III
  
• Figure 40 BMW 5-series front lamps
  
• Figure 41 BMW 5-series rear lamps
  
• Figure 42 BMW 7-series interior
  
• Figure 43 Maybach’s central roof lighting module
  
• Figure 44 Autoliv’s Night Vision System: Driver’s view when high beams are off
  
• Figure 45 Autoliv’s Night Vision System: Driver’s view when high beams are on
  
• Figure 46 Autoliv’s Night Vision Display
  
• Figure 47 Signal functions using LEDs as light sources
  
• Figure 48 Stop lamp 1st stage (9 LEDs)
  
• Figure 49 Stop lamp 2nd stage (25 LEDs)
  
• Figure 50 Stop lamp 3rd stage (9 LEDs constant, 16 LEDs flashing)
  
• Figure 51 Optimum illumination in the glove box compartment with eight white LEDs
  
• Figure 52 Accessorise your car, virtually

List of tables

• Table 1 Summary of lighting manufacturers’ business activities
  
• Table 2 Automotive high intensity discharge systems fitted to new passenger cars, Europe, Japan and North America, fitment percentage estimates and forecast, 2000 - 2010
  
• Table 3 Western Europe: HID penetration by vehicle segment, 2001 - 2010
  
• Table 4 Automotive Centre High Mounted Stop Lamps using LEDs fitted to new cars, Europe, Japan and North America, fitment percentages estimates and forecast, 2000 - 2007
  
• Table 5 Automotive high intensity discharge headlamps fitted to new cars, Europe, Japan and North America, wholesale market value estimates and forecast 2000 - 2007
  
• Table 6 Total LED market value for OE vehicles, Europe, North America and Japan, 2000 - 2007
  
• Table 7 Lighting requirements by vehicle class
  
• Table 8 Vehicle interior lighting market, Europe, Japan and North America, wholesale market value estimates and forecast, 2000 - 2007
  
• Table 9 Hella’s automotive lighting divisional key figures, 1997/98 - 2001/02
  
• Table 10 Ichikoh Industries Ltd and consolidated subsidiaries key financial performance, 1997 - 2001
  
• Table 11 Koito’s automotive lighting equipment sales, North America, Asia and Europe, 2000 - 2002
  
• Table 12 Stanley Electric’s key financial performance, 1998 - 2002
  
• Table 13 Stanley Electric’s subsidiaries and affiliates