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What's Driving the Southern Automotive Corridor?

Just 25 years ago, a Web site designed to provide critical site selection information on states in the South for prospective automotive suppliers, original equipment manufacturers and the site consultants who represent them would be a doomed venture. For one, there wasn't enough transportation equipment industry activity in the American South to support such a site 25 years ago. Secondly, the Southern Auto (or Automotive) Corridor brand wasn't thought of yet. But more importantly, the Internet, much less Web sites, didn't exist.  

We know why you're here. You've logged onto SouthernAutoCorridor.com because you seek opportunity. You have discovered and thus realized that the American South is the fastest-growing automotive region in North America. And it's getting bigger every day. Here are some examples of how big the Southern Auto Corridor is getting:

1.  In years' 2001, 2002 and 2003, there were 21 OEM expansions and four new OEM announcements made in the South. During that same period, there were only 10 OEM expansions announced in the rest of the country, including the Midwestern Auto Corridor, and no new OEM announcements.
2. In the winter 2002/2003 quarter, there were 27 significant automotive announcements made in the South, 10 more than any single industry announced in the region in any quarter from 1992 to 2002. 
3.  In calendar year 2003, 85 significant (100 jobs or more) automotive deals were announced in the South, breaking the single industry record for deals announced in the region in any year since 1992 by more than 40 deals. 
4.  In years' 2001, 2002 and 2003, over $7 billion was invested by automotive OEMs in the South, while less than $4 billion was invested by OEMs in the Great Lakes region in those same three years.
5. The last four major automotive assembly plants announced by automakers for U.S. locations have landed in the South. 

So what's driving the Southern Auto Corridor? Well, what's driving the suppliers are the OEMs. What's driving the OEMs? Operating costs, incredibly talented and hard working labor and the fact that the American South is home to the majority of the nation's right to work states. Both suppliers and OEMs have discovered that the South offers the highest level of profitability of any region in the U.S. That's why many of the world's automakers build their best-selling cars, trucks and vans right here in the South today.

The future of the Southern Auto Corridor is the motivation behind the investment we have made in SouthernAutoCorridor.com. We believe we are just now experiencing the beginning of a long and profitable partnership with the world's automotive industry. Yes, many more OEMs will announce in the South in the near and far future. And their suppliers will continue to flock to the region.

So, how do you begin finding a foothold in the Southern Auto Corridor for your operation? There is no better place to start than right here at SouthernAutoCorridor.com, or its brother and sister, Southern Business & Development magazine its Web site, www.sb-d.com. We know the South best. For more than a dozen years we have published Southern Business & Development magazine, the only publication in existence focusing on site selection for companies wanting to establish a foothold on Southern dirt. Because of that, we know where the best sites are in the South for the automotive industry.

Free land? Yes, it's available for the right deal. Free buildings? Possibly. Free labor? Naw, but competitively priced labor abounds in the Southern Auto Corridor. Incentives? Absolutely. No better incentives can be found anywhere. A place to profit for high-end manufacturers like those found in the automotive industry? No place, and that includes Mexico, China or anywhere else you can place a finger on a globe, is better suited for the manufacture of the world's best automobiles and trucks. Yep, we stand by that statement. 

So go ahead and get in touch will us. Simply click the button in the top right hand corner of the main page that reads "Click for Free Info on Automotive Sites in the South," fill out the form and you will be introduced to real professionals who can assist you in finding a foothold in the Southern Auto Corridor. Even if you can't make the move yet, you'll at least receive some great free data and pictures from automotive paradise. And that folks is the Southern Auto Corridor. Find a foothold. After all, the Southern Auto Corridor is all the rage! 

mike@sb-d.com