By predicting theft trends and monitoring global theft statistics, we give you the opportunity to keep one step ahead of thieves and protect your brand image. It is also essential to have early awareness of new technology development driven by insurance requirements to protect sales and avoid damaging press commentary.
Our team of experts are able to help you manage the constantly changing needs of your chosen markets with bespoke consultancy or market research reports.
Mechanical and electrical steering and transmission lock suppliers’ concerns over the future of their products prompted SBD to produce this report that analyses the impact of global technology developments in this market.
Asian, European, North American and emerging market forces are strategically evaluated in order to give a complete view of the opportunities and threats to these conventional vehicle security components. The purpose of this report is to look at how factors like new technologies, common global designs, reduction in cost and weight, and electric/hybrid vehicles could affect the future demand for steering column locks compared to alternative solutions to the security legislation needs.
An enhanced key fob is one that gives the user an interface that they can use when away from the vehicle to operate different functions or to check on the status of vehicle systems. This report investigates the features and functionality of these key fobs and explores the technologies that will enable the introduction of enhanced key fobs in the future, and the barriers they are currently aiming to overcome. The report also identifies the factors SBD believes are influencing the direction of enhanced key fob development and the solutions we believe could become commonplace within the next 5 years.
There are more stolen vehicle tracking (SVT) systems sold in the UK than in any other country and they are categorised by a complex series of approval criteria, each of which brings different benefits but at a range of cost, necessary to meet the requirements. The purpose of this report is to clarify the different categories for insurance approval of tracking systems and to summarise which are the most appropriate for manufacturers to target based on a survey of current insurers’ policies. It explains the different insurance criteria, written by Thatcham, to which stolen vehicle tracking systems can be approved.
This report provides a global overview of the changing theft patterns since the 1990s. It includes an analysis of the impact of readily-available information on the internet, changes in legislation and the effect of the world recession to provide a comprehensive picture of vehicle crime and what the future holds.
High value and luxury car sales declining and the onset of competitive telematics services have resulted in SVT system sales volume to drop. SBD expects the European market for SVT to drop more than 30% from 2008 volumes to less than 200,000 units in 2009 and 2010.
SBD’s newly released report “The changing outlook for Stolen Vehicle Tracking” provides a detailed overview of the threats and opportunities for both aftermarket and OE systems as well as helps you understand the future of this market in Europe.
In this report, SBD has studied the alarm fitment across all UK models and analysed the fitment trends and policies of all the major manufacturers. Accompanied with a free comprehensive database covering alarm features, this report provides you with the knowledge needed to keep up to date with the latest developments.
SBD provides a detailed and comprehensive insight into the current status and factors that vehicle tracking manufacturers need to address in order to secure future market growth.
Market Analysis assesses the current market status and the key issues that will determine the successful growth of vehicle tracking in the future.
Technical Analysis gives full details of insurance industry requirements in Europe and provides an invaluable reference source for compliance to OE and aftermarket insurance requirements.