BMW plans to build a new plant in Mexico

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BMW plans to build a new plant in Mexico
 

- BMW plans to build an assembly plant in Mexico to increase its presence in North America. Ludwig Willisch, the President of BMW of North America, said that preliminary discussions had been initiated with local governments, but the start of production in Mexico could take several years.


- BMW indeed expects a definitive agreement of free trade between the United States and Europe .


- This announcement follows the announcement of its competitor Audi formalizing the construction of a plant in Mexico to produce the next generation of SUV Q5 exported primarily to the United States and Canada. The Audi site of San José Chiapa will be operational by the end of 2015/beginning of  2016.


- The BMW plant in Mexico is also used mostly for exports to the United States and Canada,knowing that the current site located in South Carolina came to saturation after the launch of the all-terrain X4 early 2014and will not be expanded.


- BMW is already building a factory in Brazil, at Santa Catarina, which should be operational by the end of 2014, and will be used for export to all of Latin America, where the brand is also poorly represented.


- Daimler is also considering establishing itself in Mexico over the next few years.

 
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Suzuki is going to build a new plant in Indonesia

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Suzuki is going to build a new plant in Indonesia
 
- Suzuki wants to strengthen its position in Indonesia and in the ASEAN region markets by implanting a second car assembly plant in this area. This region has indeed a great potential for sales and growth.

- The new plant, which will become operational in 2014, will rise Suzuki's total production capacity from 150 000 to 200 000 units per year in Indonesia with the possibility of increasing the volume again later on.

- In 2012, Suzuki produced 142,755 vehicles in Indonesia and 62,900 in the first seven months of 2013.

- For now, no information has been communicated as to the name of the vehicles produced, but one can assume they will be small cars, as this is the specialty of the Suzuki brand.

- The carmaker had recently announced the construction of an engine plant nearby Jakarta, where is located its largest car assembly plant.

- In addition, Suzuki plans to expand its existing plant by gradually increasing its capacity from 150 000 to 220 000 units per year. The latter produces cars and motorcycles. Let us recall that Suzuki is a major producer of motorcycles, manufacturing nearly 1.2 million motorcycles each year in Indonesia.
 
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Volkswagen launches the Jetta Hybrid

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Volkswagen launches the Jetta Hybrid
 

- Like most major carmakers, Volkswagen explores, through its "Blue Motion Technologies" program, the different modes of propulsion available :  combustion engine, electric engine, hybrid engine.


- After the Touareg, the Volkswagen Jetta is the second to turn towards the hybrid solution.The brand has installed two engines under the hood: a four-cylinder petrol 1.4 TSI 150 hp and an electric block of 27 horse power. Between the two, a clutch allows under certain conditions to drive in 100% electric mode.


- Above the rear axle and encroaching slightly on the boot volume, a lithium-ion battery can run in electric mode, but on a very small distance: 2 km and a maximum speed not exceeding 70 km / h .


- This set allows Volkswagen to display an average consumption of 4.1 l/100 km for emissions of 95 g CO2/km (manufacturer data). Despite an increase in weight, the Jetta Hybrid is below the threshold of 1,500 pounds.


- Externally, few differences. Price: from 31,000 euros, while a Toyota Prius is priced EUR 28,000. A rechargeable hybrid version (plug-in) is expected in the short term. This version will be even more expensive.


- This model will be manufactured with all other Jettas in the Mexican plant of Puebla. The primary market for the hybrid Jetta will be the U.S., the world's second largest hybrid market behind Japan, but much more open to competition.

 
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Renault, like PSA is having to stop its production in Iran

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Renault, like PSA is having to stop its production in Iran
 
- Renault was forced to interrupt his automobile production in Iran, as PSA had to last year.

- The two French manufacturers undergo tougher international sanctions against the Iranian government, which include since only recently the automotive industry . PSA Peugeot-Citroën group had stopped the production in Iran in 2012 for the same reasons.

- While the the PSA group had been pressured by its largest private shareholder, the American manufacturer, General Motors, the Renault-Nissan group has been pressured directly from the U.S. government, which would have used  the presence of Nissan on U.S. soil.

- Renault, which had produced up to 100,000 vehicles per year (CKD) in Iran in recent years (Dacia Loganmodels slightly modified) will have to write off this production that accounted for 4% of the world production of Renault in 2012 .

- PSA produced for its part up to 450,000 vehicles per year (CKD) in Iran in recent years (this activity was started with the Paykan in the late 70s). This production represented up to 13% of world production in best years.
 
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Saab may well reboot its production

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Saab may well reboot its production
 
- The National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS)company, which bought Saab in 2012 following its bankruptcy in 2011, said that the car brand could gradually resume production from autumn 2013.

- The 9.3 sedan could once again be assembled on the Trollhättan site (probably in an electric version).

- Initially, the Saab 9.3 should be marketed in Europe and China (since the NEVS company is linked to a Chinese company called Beijing National Battery Technology), but other markets will be added gradually.

- Models based on the Phoenix platform (developed before the bankruptcy of Saab in 2011) could then be produced at the site of Trollhättan.

- This platform will enable the production of models with sizes greater than those of the 9.3, as a future 9.5 (The 9.5 stopped in 2011 on a GM platform seems to of been abandoned) or an SUV.

- Let us recall that the Chinese brand "Beijing" is already using the platform of the old Saab 9.3 for its own account, as SAIC uses the old Rover for its own account.

- In terms of bodywork, the Beijing C60 models are very close to the last 9.3 models produced by Saab.

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