Worldwide shipments of car navigation systems will increase this year, but the majority of them will still be sold in Japan. Shipments of the systems in 1998 are expected to post a year-on-year increase of 26% to 1.5 million units, according to a survey conducted by Nikkei Market Access. Last year 90% of the world’s car navigation systems were sold in Japan. The figure for 1998 is expected to drop slightly to 80% at 1.2 million units.
