Fiat's Mirafiori plant will produce only 30,000 vehicles in 2018
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Fiat's Mirafiori plant will produce only 30,000 vehicles in 2018
- The Mirafiori Fiat plant (Turin), which started operating just after the Second World War, was intended at the time to significantly increase the production capacity of the Italian manufacturer because the Lingotto plant had insufficient capacity (less than 100 000 units per year) to meet the demand expected in the 1950s.
- The Mirafiori plant reached its peak in the 1960s with a production of one million vehicles a year, mostly 500, 600, 850, 1100, 1300/1500 and 124/125. The Mirafiori plant then rivaled the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, which at that time produced an equivalent volume of production.
- Starting in the 1970s, the production volume of the Mirafiori plant fell rapidly: 800,000 in 1976, 660,000 in 1986, 326,000 in 1996, 226,000 in 2006 and 38,000 in 2016. Production will not exceed 30,000 units in 2018. The reason for this vertiginous drop in production at the Mirafiori site is multiple. The construction of new factories in Rivalta (1968), Termini (1970), Cassino (1972) and Melfi (1993) seems the most obvious explanation. But the decline in sales of the Fiat Group in the 2000s and the relocation of models to eastern European countries (Poland, Turkey, Serbia) also contributed to the marginalization of the Mirafiori plant in the new structure of the Fiat Group's industrial base in Europe. Today, only the Alfa-Romeo Mito and Maserati Levante are produced at Mirafiori.
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Toyota announces ten new electric models in China by 2020
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Toyota announces ten new electric models in China by 2020
- The Toyota group announced at the 2018 Beijing Motor Show that it will launch ten new electric models in the Chinese market by 2020. The manufacturer, which sells about one million vehicles every year in China, is obliged, according to the quotas imposed by the Chinese government to each manufacturer, to sell nearly 100,000 electric or electrified (BEV, PHEV or HEV) cars in 2019, volume which will be expected to grow gradually until 2030.
- However, Toyota already has a highly electrified range in the global market, mainly non-rechargeable hybrid cars (HEV) that it sells in small quantities in China, but in large numbers in other major markets. The goal of the manufacturer is now not only to significantly increase sales of hybrid cars in the Chinese market, but also to launch sales of 100% electric cars (BEV).
- Thus, the model Izoa (CHR) presented at the Beijing Motor Show will be available in China in a 100% electric version in 2020. In addition, the Corolla and Levin rechargeable hybrids (PHEV) presented at the same show will be marketed in China from 2019. Seven other HEV, PHEV or BEV models will be marketed in the Chinese market by 2020. Some models (HEV and PHEV) will be taken from existing ranges abroad. For Toyota, their production in China will mark the first assembly of 100% electric and plug-in hybrid models outside of Japan.
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Volkswagen launches new brand in China
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Volkswagen launches new brand in China
- Volkswagen is launching a new brand in China, which will be dedicated to 100% electric vehicles. This brand is called SOL. It will help to ensure that Volkswagen sells nearly 400,000 electric cars in 2020 and 650,000 in 2025, as required by the quotas set by the Chinese government for each manufacturer based in China, depending on their sales volume.
- The SOL brand, which is the result of a partnership between Volkswagen and China's JAC (Anhui Jianghuai Automobile), unveiled its first model, at the Beijing Motor Show: the E20X which is a compact SUV that could anticipate the styling of the future VW T-Cross presented in Europe at the end of the year.
- This model provides 116hp power and 300 kilometers of autonomy. Between now and 2023 it will be followed by the phased launch of ten new 100% electric models, two new models per year on average for five years. All these models should be produced in China.
- The Volkswagen Group is the manufacturer that will have to make the most effort on the Chinese market in order to sell 10% of its sales in electric cars, 12% in 2020, 20% in 2025 and 30% in 2030, and thus be in line with the requirements of the Chinese government, because today it sells more than 4 million vehicles a year.
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Beijing 2018 Motor Show Review
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Beijing 2018 Motor Show Review
- The Beijing Motor Show, which takes place every two years (even years) ,like the Shanghai show (odd years), once again featured a profusion of novelties, including a large number of SUVs and electric cars often launched under new brands which were completely unknown a year ago. SUVs make up 40% of the Chinese market currently and supply continues to grow. Among the twenty main innovations retained by Inovev, 14 are SUVs, which is 75% of the number of new products selected. SUV sales will therefore not decline in China anytime soon.
- The quotas that the Chinese government will impose on OEMs operating in China as of 2019 (their sales will have to include at least 10% of electric vehicles next year, 12% in 2020, 20% in 2025, 30% in 2030) also have the consequence of developing a massive offer of entirely new electric models (174 new products presented at the 2018 Beijing Motor Show). We are witnessing the birth of new brands dedicated to electric vehicles, such as Tengshi, Changjiang Rivers, Weilai, Polestar, Singularity, Aichi, Weimar, Baiteng, Zhengdao, Euler, Yundu and Jianghuai VW.
- Independent Chinese manufacturers, which occupy 37% of the Chinese VP market currently, account for half of the innovations selected by Inovev. These companies are determined to succeed and are forging ahead.
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The most produced car in Great Britain in 2017
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The most produced car in Great Britain in 2017
- We have seen in our previous analyzes that the VW Golf was the most produced car in Germany (and Europe) and that the Toyota Yaris was the most produced car in France. What is the most produced car in Britain?
- This is the Nissan Qashqai (C-segment SUV), as for many years. The Sunderland plant (North East of England) is the only site that produces this model in the European Union. There is a factory in Russia (Saint Petersburg) that manufactures the Qashqai, but for local demand only. The Nissan Qashqai is also manufactured in China and will soon be in the United States, under the name of Rogue Sport (the Rogue is the US version of the Nissan X-Trail).
- 301,000 Nissan Qashqai were manufactured in Europe in 2017 (against 310,000 in 2016), of which 232,000 were sold in the European Union (against 217,000 in 2016), where it is in sixth position of sales by model, making it the best-selling SUV in Europe, ahead of the Volkswagen Tiguan.
- The drop in Qashqai's production volume in 2017 (-9,000 units) is due to the transfer of part of the production to the Russian plant in Saint Petersburg. Previously, Qashqai sold in Russia were exported from the Sunderland factory.
- The next generation of Qashqai should be launched in 2020. It should be produced on the same production sites as today, alongside the future X-Trail, which will be manufactured for the first time in Europe.
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