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Published: 07 September 2022

• Algeria
• Registrations

Algerian car market collapsed in the first half 2016

 

- Algerian automobile market collapsed in the first half 2016, compared to the first half of 2015, following the new auto import rules imposed by the Algerian government (new licensing).

- Sales of new cars fell by 68% in first half 2016, to 53,356 units, which leads to think of a car market of less than 90 000 vehicles on the full year 2016, down 66% compared to 2015, (when 265,000 new vehicles have been registered).

- As a consequence of this foreseeable market collapse, the number of active dealers on Algerian soil was halved. They decreased from 80 down to 40.And some dealers who survived the collapse experience great cash difficulties, as their sales fell by 80% or even 90% in one year. They will likely have to permanently stop their activity in 2017, except if succeeding to transfer part of their activity to the production of spare parts.

   

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Published: 07 September 2022

• Production
• Volkswagen
• Germany

Audi unveils the new generation of the A5

 

- Alongside the sedan and station wagon A4 , Audi offers since 2007 a sportier variant labelledA5 and available in coupe, cabriolet and Sportback (which is actually a sports hatchback sedan) version. One year after the launch of the new generation of the A4 sedan, Audi has unveiled the A5 coupe and the A5 Sportback.
The convertible version is expected to be launched next year.

- Into the close to 100 000 vehicles A5s produced each year in Neckarsulm (Germany), the Sportback represents between 52% and 55% of yearly sales, the coupe between 27% and 30% of sales and the convertible around 18% of sales . The Sportback represents more than half of the Audi A5 sales. It is this model that has just been unveiled this month.

- The Audi A5 competes with other models  of Premium D segment, such as the BMW 4 Series (coupe, convertible, Gran Coupe), which is its main competitor with a comparable range, and as well the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, Mercedes C-Class, Jaguar XE, Alfa Giulia, Volvo S60 or even DS 5.

- The new generation of Audi A5 Sportback loses 85 kg on the weighing scale, a lightening obtained in particular through an optimization of the MLB platform shared with the Audi A4. The model comes equipped with 3 petrol engines (2.0 TFSI of 190ch and 252ch and 3.0 TFSI 354ch) and three diesel engines (2.0 TDI and 3.0 TDI 190ch 218ch and 286ch). Its dimensions are unchanged.

- Inovev forecasts a production  level of 100,000 Audi A5 a year in Europe.

 

   

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Published: 07 September 2022

• Registrations
• Russia

The Russian market will not restart in 2016

 

- The Russian car market will not restart in the second half of 2016 but more likely in the second half of 2017.

- In the first 8 months of 2016, the Russian market is down 14.9% and the trend was not reversed in August (-18%), which makes expect a volume of 1.35 million vehicles over the year 2016 (against 1.6 million units in 2015).

- Economic parameters remain unfavorable with a purchasing power of Russian which fell down sharply due to the recession hitting the country following the collapse of oil prices and Western sanctions linked to the Ukrainian crisis.

- Suddenly, the Russian economic organizations and automakers expect a still weak Russian market in 2017 (1.3 million units), with a slight recovery late in the year.

- In this context, the volume of imports remain low. Import sales decreased 14.3% in the first half of 2016, whereas they had fallen by 49.6% in 2015 and 18.4% in 2014. They will reach their lowest point in 2017 (300 000 units against 315,000 in 2016, 370,000 in 2015, 730,000 in 2014 and 900,000 in 2013).

   

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Published: 07 September 2022

• China
• Production
• PSA

PSA inaugurates its fifth assembly plant in China

 

- PSA group has so far four plants in China: three in JV with Dongfeng, and one in JV with Changan.

- The three plants in JV with Dongfeng are located in Wuhan(Hubei, Central China) and represent a production capacity of 750,000 vehicles a year (250,000 x 3). They produce Peugeot and Citroen for the Chinese market.

- The plant in JV with Changan is located in Shenzhen (Guangdong, Southern China) and represents a production capacity of 200,000 vehicles per year. This plant manufactures DS for Chinese market.

- In 2015, PSA sold in China 730,000 vehicles locally produced (407,000 Peugeot, Citroën 298 000, 25 000 DS).
The carmaker targets one million units in 2018.

- Consequently a fifth plant was needed and has been built. This plant,  located in Chengdu (Sichuan, Central Western China), has just been inaugurated. It is fully dedicated to the production of  SUVs (capacity: 250,000 units per year).

- Despite disappointing sales figures in the first half 2016 (-20% compared to the first 6 months of 2015), PSA maintains its objectives, counting on  the introduction of new SUVs whose 4008 (derived from the new EU 3008).

- Sales of SUVs (total) of all brands grew + 45% in first half 2016 in a PC market rising by 9%. Chinese SUV market now represents nearly 40% of the entire Chinese market.

 

   

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