Overview of the European market (PC + LUV) in Q1 2015

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Overview of the European market (PC + LUV) in Q1 2015

 

- The European market (PC + LUV) increased by 8.6% in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the first quarter of 2014; reaching 4 054 721 units against 3 734 844 units last year. PCs represented 3 635 579 units (89.7% overall) and increased by 8.5% and LUVs represented 419 142 units (10.3% overall) increasing by 9.3 %.

- The European market has rebooted more fiercely and more quickly than expected. It is still too early to tell if the first quarter growth rate will persist and if the increase of the European market in the whole of 2015 will be above the 2% originally planned.

- The countries that have benefited from strong growth in the first quarter of 2015 were mainly Spain (+ 32.2%) thanks to the extension of the PIVE Plan, Portugal (+ 36.1%), Ireland (+ 29.5%) and Italy (+ 13.8%). The results of these countries, which are precisely those who had seen the strongest decline in their registration numbers, reflecting improved economic conditions, consumer confidence and easier access to financing. Therefore, a catch-up phenomenon can be observed  even if the levels in certain countries are still below those known in previous years.

- Countries with large volume also participated in the overall growth of the European market, since Germany saw its registrations increase by 6.4% in the first quarter of 2015, +6.8% for England and +6, 9% for France. These three countries alone accounted for almost 30% of the European market.

- The most successful manufacturers were the Daimler Group (+ 16.8%), Renault-Nissan (+ 15.2%), Fiat-Chrysler (+ 11.8%)
and BMW (+ 11.6%), but the VW group remains the European market leader with almost 25% market share.

 

 

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Changan to build a new plant in Chongqing

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Changan to build a new plant in Chongqing

 

- In 2014, the Changan group produced 2 142 466 passenger cars, an increase of 24% compared to 2013. Under its own brand names, 954 000 units were produced under Changan (+ 30% compared to 2013), 76 715 under Hafei (-18%) and 415 under Hebei (-84%). So, with these three brands, Changan is the leading 100% Chinese manufacturer in terms of sales. With its non-Chinese partners, 1 111 343 units were produced in JV (+ 24% compared to 2013), including: 811 662 units with Ford (+ 19%), 169 536 units with Suzuki (+ 19%), 103 with Mazda 207 (+ 52%) and 26 938 units with PSA (+ 840%).

- Also in 2014, the Changan Group has 1.7 million units of capacity for its three Chinese brands (including 810 000 for Changan, 400 000 for Hafei and 500 000 for Hebei) and 2.15 million units with its partners including 1.2 million for Ford, 500 000 for Suzuki, 250 000 for Mazda and 200 000 for PSA.

- The manufacturer has not reached over capacity and with the development of its business in the Chinese market Changan has announced the construction of a new assembly line with a capacity of 240 000 additional vehicles.

- The vehicles currently produced by Changan on this site are the CX20, CX30, Benni, Alsvin, Alsvin V3, OCAD, Zhishang XT, CS35, Raeton, Xingguang 4500, Changan Star 2, Changan Star S460, Honor, Taurus. No information on the vehicles that will benefit from these new capabilities has been released, but it should be noted that the C segment sedan, OCAD (+ 82.9% to 163 476 units), the Honor MPV (+ 36.6% to 143 581 units) and the SUV from C-segment, the CS35 (+ 42.4% to 108 322 units) were up sharply in 2014.

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New and transferred models produced in Europe in 2015

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New and transferred models produced in Europe in 2015

 

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Entry models represents 14.6% of sales of the Renault-Nissan group in 2014 against 2.7% in 2005

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Entry models represents 14.6% of sales of the Renault-Nissan group in 2014 against 2.7% in 2005

 

- In 2014, the Renault-Nissan group first met and exceeded 8 million vehicles produced and sold a year (an increase of 2% compared to 2013).


- But all of the Group's brands did not met the same success: Nissan (+ 3% to 4.7 million units), Renault (+ 3% to 2 million units), Dacia (+ 5% to 541 638 units) and Infiniti (+ 12% to 161 108 units) rose. Lada (- 11% to 448 114 units) and Samsung (-9% to 196 189 units) declined. The new Datsun brand (23 692 units) was only launched in 2014.


- Since 2005, the main progression of the Renault-Nissan group is to be awarded to the Dacia brand (+ 218% since 2005). It now represents 6.7% of group's sales. However, the Dacia-badged models in Europe are also sold under the Renault label in other geographical areas (South America mainly). Thus, a range called "Entry" is shared between Dacia and Renault brands worldwide. The Entry range in 2014 represented 14.5% of all sales of the Renault-Nissan group, against 2.7% in 2005.
The Entry range, based initially on the B0 platform, has since 2012 been based on a modified platform called M0.


- The Logan, the first model of the Entry range is the third most manufactured vehicle in 2014 (288 000 units). The model that has increased the most in the past two years in this range is the Sandero (326 000 units), but the Duster remains the best-selling model (384 000 units).


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The GM Group increased its global sales by 2% the first quarter of 2015

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The GM Group increased its global sales by 2% the first quarter of 2015

 

- The GM Group announced it had sold 2.4 million vehicles worldwide in the first quarter of 2015, representing an increase of 2% compared to the first quarter of 2014. GM's global growth is slightly stronger than that recorded by all manufacturers (+ 1.7%).


- Its sales rose by 9% in China (961 000 units) and 6% in the US (648 000 units). Over the same period, the GM group registered a decline in sales in Russia (-XX%), Brazil (-XX%) and Argentina (-XX%) who have seen their markets collapse. Sales in South America also dropped by 15% over this period.


- In Europe (29  countries), the situation is mixed. Indeed, the Opel brand saw sales increase by 7%, but this increase was not sufficient to compensate for the sales loss of Chevrolet, total sales of the GM group in this region decreased by 4%.


- When looking at the breakdown by brands within the group, Chevrolet's global sales fell 4.3%, while those of Cadillac increased by 2.5%, those of Buick increased by 7.6% GMC by 15% and 7% for Opel.


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