The new generation Renault Trafic, Opel Vivaro, Nissan NV300
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- The next generation Renault Trafic, Vivaro and Nissan NV300, which share the same body and the same platforms will be launched during the summer of 2014, after having seen their launch been postponed twice.
- Current generations of these three models are produced on both the GM plant of Luton (Great Britain) and on the Renault-Nissan plant of Barcelona (Spain). The next generation of Trafic and NV300 will be manufactured at the Renault-Nissan plant of Sandouville and the next generation Vivaro in the Luton plant.
- The Sandouville plant will therefore become a 100% dedicated plant to LCV whereas today it also produces PC (Laguna and Espace).
- The new generations of the Espace and the Laguna (planned for 2014 and 2015 respectively) will be manufactured in the Douai plant (alongside the Renault Scénic). This is a significant production transfer for the Renault-Nissan group.
- The arrival of the new Trafic and NV300 will take place in a context of massive under-utilization of the plant (poor sales of the Espace and Laguna). With these new models, Sandouville should quickly regain a utilization rate of around 70% (ie. 100 000 vehicles produced out of a production capacity of 150 000 per year).
- For the Barcelona plant, the production loss due to commercial vehicles will be compensated by the arrival of a Nissan sedan from segment C. As regards to the Luton plant, GM has not announced any new models to compensate for the loss of production there.
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The Argentinean passenger car market grew by 8.8% in 2013
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The Philippine passenger car market grew by 7.6% in 2013
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- The Philippine passenger car market grew by 7.6% in 2013 to 52 000 units, which represents a volume of sales the same size as Luxembourg.
- According to the CAMPI (Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc), car sales in the Philippines are expected to grow in coming years, induced by an enrichment of the middle classes and a motorization rate that remains very low.
- The Philippines has nearly 100 million inhabitants while their car market is almost equal to that of Luxembourg, who has only 500 000 inhabitants, in other words 200 times less people. According to the CAMPI the Philippine market is expected to grow by 10% in 2014 to 57 000 units.
- Japanese manufacturers currently hold 80% of the Philippine market while U.S. manufacturers only occupy 10% of the market. Toyota has 41% market share, far ahead of Mitsubishi (24%). Followed far behind by Honda (7%), Ford (7%), Renault-Nissan (4%), Hyundai-Kia (3%) and Suzuki (3%). In 2013 Toyota and Mitsubishi together account for 65% of the Philippine market.
- By model, the Toyota Vios (a 4-door sedan from segment B), Toyota Innova (MPV from segment D), Mitsubishi Montero (SUV), Toyota Fortuner (SUV) followed by the Toyota Avanza (MPV from segment B) occupy the top five places.
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The Thai passenger car market fell by 3.8% in 2013
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The fifteen most popular models worldwide in 2013
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- According to Inovev estimates, the most popular models worldwide in 2013 were the Ford Focus, Ford F-Series and Toyota Corolla.
- Ford succeeded in placing three models in the top six places, although it is only the sixth largest manufacturer in 2013. This is due to its policy of "global models" set up by Ford’s management following the financial crisis of 2008 and inspired by what had already been attempted a few decades earlier.
- The Ford Focus was therefore produced throughout Europe, North America, China, Russia and Argentina. The Ford Fiesta was manufactured in Europe, North America, China, India and Brazil. Over the last thirty years the Ford F-Series has remained the most popular pickup van world wide, ahead of the Toyota Hilux and Chevrolet Silverado.
- Toyota has five models ranked in the top 15, the Corolla, Prius, Camry, Hilux pickup and SUV RAV4.
- Volkswagen has two models ranked in the top 15, the Golf and the Jetta, which form the core products of the brand for many years. VW has remained the third largest manufacturer in 2013, behind Toyota and GM.
- GM has two models ranked in the top 15, the Cruze and the Silverado pickup.
- The C segment is the largest segment in this ranking followed by pick-ups and segment D sedans. The Ford Fiesta is the only representative of segment B.
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