Well, no, I don't work in the industry, but I have been reading about cars/manufacturers or studying the automobile sphere for more than three decades now, i.e. from the mid-'80s (and China for close to 20 years)

Lately, say for 15 years or so, I have taken a keener interest in the manufacturing/planning aspects of the industry, so you will often find me talking about plants, investments, platforms, production etc.
(Going off-topic for a moment)
I have also had the fortune of associating, over the years, with certain experts in the field (like our dear Erik now) who have been very kind about answering my queries or satisfying my curiosities at various points of time. For instance, in the 2000s, I had made humble contributions to
Pal Negyesi's website AutoIndex or GlobalAutoIndex (he used to be a member of this forum long time back).
I have a tenuous personal connection to auto manufacturing in that my dad, in an advisory/supervisory role, was part of the team that worked on the assembly/localization of the
Jonga off-road vehicle back in the 1960s (in addition to production of Nissan- and MAN-based military trucks) at the Indian Ordnance Factories in the town of
Jabalpur.