Inovev expects production of 250,000 Jeep Wranglers / year
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Inovev expects production of 250,000 Jeep Wranglers / year
- The Fiat-Chrysler Group has unveiled the new generation of the Jeep Wrangler with the traditional silhouette of this model that is the direct heir to Jeep of the 1940s and 50s, although the vehicle has undergone many changes since that time. The last major change seen in the previous generation (2007-2017) was the addition of a four-door long version that doubled Wrangler's sales. These have increased from 150,000 annual units to approximately 250,000 units.
- Inovev believes that the new generation will remain at this level for several more years, despite the expected decline in the US market as a whole.
- The Jeep Wrangler has a special aura, by its history and design, and intends to maintain its particularity in the face of the multitude of SUV that have appeared on the market for ten years. Even within the Jeep range, the Wrangler retains a loyal customer base and still accounts for nearly 20% of the brand's sales, despite the expansion of the range in recent years. The Wrangler will be produced as previously on the site of Toledo (Ohio - USA), a historic site of the Jeep brand, since Willys already manufactured these models there in the 40s and 50s. The engines are a 4-cylinder 2.0 gasoline 260hp, a V6 3.0 diesel 250hp and a V6 3.6 gasoline of 280hp. The only models comparable to the Wrangler are the Mercedes G-Class (launched in 1979) and the now defunct Land Rover Defender.
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Inovev expects production of 50,000 Subaru Ascents/ year
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Inovev expects production of 50,000 Subaru Ascents/ year
- Subaru has unveiled its new E segment SUV, the Ascent, for the US market, which will attempt to turn the page on the commercial failure of the Tribeca SUV that was unable to convince the American customer. Curiously, this Japanese specialist and pioneer of all-wheel drive has never been able to really sell SUVs in the United States, except for this Tribeca which sold very few, whereas the SUV market today is close to 40% of US registrations.
- The Subaru Ascent, competitor of Ford Explorer, Chevrolet Traverse, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Toyota Highlander, Nissan Murano, Honda Pilot, Mazda CX8, Mercedes GLS, Volkswagen Atlas, is a 5 meters long SUV capable of carrying up to eight passengers. This is the largest vehicle ever produced by Subaru.
- The Ascent is developed on Subaru’s new modular platform, which is already used by the new Impreza, and should be generalized to other models such as Legacy, Outback, Levorg and Forester. The Ascent is powered by a 4-cylinder flat fuel (Boxer) 2.4 developing 260hp which is not too powerful, given the 2,268 kilos of the vehicle. The Subaru Ascent, marketed in the summer of 2018, will be produced at the manufacturer's only US plant in Lafayette, Indiana. No sales forecasts have been provided by Subaru, but Inovev thinks that this model could reach a volume between 40,000 and 50,000units per year.
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Algeria expects to produce up to 250,000 vehicles in 2018
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Algeria expects to produce up to 250,000 vehicles in 2018
- The quotas of imports of new vehicles imposed by the Algerian government have allowed Algeria to acquire recently, in a very short time, a national automobile industry, but whose actors are all foreigners:
§ Renault will produce 60,000 vehicles (Symbol, Sandero) in 2017 and 100,000 in the long term.
§ Hyundai will produce 40,000 vehicles (i20, Santa Fe) in 2017 and 100,000 in future (i10, i20, Accent, Elantra, Santa Fe).
§ Volkswagen is building a factory in Relizane that will start operating in 2018 and targets 50,000 units in 2018 and 100,000 longer term (Polo, Golf, Caddy, Ibiza, Fabia, Octavia).
§ Kia will start producing Picanto then Rio and Cerato (40 000 vehicles planned for 2018 and 75 000 in future)
§ PSA has recently announced that it will start assembling vehicles from 2018 (208, 301, C-Elysee) at the rate of 25,000 units per year and then 100,000 units in future.
§ Suzuki has announced that it will produce 15,000 vehicles (Alto, Swift) in 2018 and 75,000 longer term.
- In this country, which has a motorisation rate of 200 vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants, the manufacturers are aiming for a production of 250,000 vehicles in 2018 and up to 550,000 in the long term (2022-2023). Inovev nuances these objectives (see graph), while noting that the Algerian market reached up to 437,000 units in 2012.
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The top light truck sales in the USA over the first 9 months of 2017
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The top light truck sales in the USA over the first 9 months of 2017
- The American market is becoming increasingly oriented towards light trucks (pickups, SUVs, minivans) which make up 64% of sales in 2017 (against 60% in 2016). This category breaks down as follows:
§ 65% SUV (29% C segment, 21% D segment, 11% E segment, 4% B segment) in 2017, compared to 63% in 2016 (including 29% C segment, 20% D segment, 11% E segment, 3% of B segment)
§ 25% pickups in 2017, compared to 25% in 2016
§ 6% minivans in 2017, compared to 7% in 2016
§ 4% delivery vans in 2017, compared to 5% in 2016
-If we look at the top 20 sales of light trucks by model, we see that the first three places are traditionally occupied by the big pickups of Ford (659 000 sales), Chevrolet (419 000 sales) and Dodge (375 000 sales). Japanese automakers place three SUVs of the same segment in the following three places: the Toyota RAV4 (312,000 sales), the Nissan Rogue (297,000 sales) and the Honda CRV (281,000 sales). The first purely American SUVs (Ford Escape, Chevrolet Equinox, Ford Explorer, Jeep Grand Cherokee) are placed in the following four places. Most models‘ sales increased in 2017. Notable exceptions are Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and Jeep Cherokee.
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Mercedes has consolidated its first place in the World Premium Market in 2017
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Mercedes has consolidated its first place in the World Premium Market in 2017
- In 2017, production of Mercedes passenger cars continued to grow faster than that of BMW or Audi, which means that Mercedes has consolidated its leading position among the world’s premium manufacturers.
- This year, the production volume of Mercedes will exceed 2.3 million units, while BMW (without Mini) will not exceed 2.2 million and Audi will not exceed 2 million.
- Mercedes (which had been the leader of the premium manufacturers during several decades before 2004) overtook Audi in 2015, and BMW in 2016 .
- Mercedes has benefited in recent years from both the repositioning of the Class A (whose sales increased from 100,000 units in 2012 to 250,000 in 2017) and the successive renewals of the S-Class (in 2013), C Class (in 2014). ) and E Class (in 2016). In addition, the replacement of the GLK by the GLC has increased D-segment SUV sales volume from 100,000 units in 2012 to 250,000 in 2017.
- Finally - Inovev treated this topic in the analysis of October 16, 2017 - Mercedes has overtaken BMW and Audi in the Chinese market in 2017. Mercedes has become the first premium brand on the world market, while it was far behind only two or three years ago . Mercedes is also the first premium brand on the US market.
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