Prediction development of selected groups of engineering materials used in the automotive industry

The purpose of the article is to present the results of comparative quantitative analysis of selected materials and manufacturing technologies, to indicate their development outlooks and to present its application opportunities in the automotive industry. Concerning of the demand from the automotive sector for components and parts made of cast aluminum alloys, the development expectations of their effective manufacturing technology meeting the expected product properties, including surface laser treatment as well as physical and chemical vapour deposition, were evaluated to be very high.