Profit compression cost auto parts "shrunk" shrinkage in what?

Current competition as car industry, when price competition space getting smaller and smaller when taken to pursuit of profit for some cars cost compression such as configuration, resulting in quality "shrunk" issue highlights. For instance, some auto makers, key parts of a safety factor of 1.5 to 1.2, as by reducing the safety factor of Interior quality, reduce the frame and other means to control costs.

Although this is also consistent with national safety standards, but in fact greatly increase the failure rate and the risk of the car, with serious hidden dangers to consumers ' lives and property safety.

A few years ago in one joint-venture car companies have called out "reducing cost and increasing efficiency" slogan. Results led to a reduction of the production vehicles to appear fully equipped. Enterprise competitive products directly into the small car modification reducing distribution.