The Ukrainian market has lost 60% of its volume since 2008

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The Ukrainian market has lost 60% of its volume since 2008
 
- After bursting  sales between 2006 and 2008, the Ukrainian car market has fallen back in 2011 and 2012 to 2006 levels. It was in 2008 that the market reached a peak in sales (600,000 units), followed by the financial crisis, the market collapsed, to 162,000 units in 2009 and 163,000 units in 2010, before a small increase to 238,000 units in 2012.

- Compared to 2008, the Ukrainian market has lost 60% of its sales in four years.

- In the first two months of 2013, the market is still down by 15% (compared to the first two months of 2012) and could by the end of the year be around 200,000 units.

- By carmaker, the Hyundai-Kia group is ahead of the Volkswagen and the Renault-Nissan group. The Korean company is rarely in first position in Europe. The local AutoZAZ group is in fourth place, ahead of Toyota and GM.

- Chinese carmakers Geely and Chery are well positioned as they occupied 6.6% of the Ukrainian market in 2012, one of the best scores they achieve in Europe. Let us recall that Russian carmakers occupied less than 3% of the market in 2012.

- The ten best-selling cars in Ukraine in 2012 were the Skoda Octavia (7924 units), the Lada Samara (7378 units), the Hyundai Accent (6988 units), the ZAZ Sens (6837 units), the Renault Logan (5 795 units), the Kia Rio (5624 units), the VW Polo (5373 units), the ZAZ Lanos (5185 units), the Geely CK (4949 units) and the LadaPriora (4267 units).

13-17-5

 

The New Zealand market has increased by 19.1% in 2012 (over 2011)

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The New Zealand market has increased by 19.1% in 2012 (over 2011)
 

 - The New Zealand market (PC + LCV) has grown by 19.1% in 2012 (over 2011) to 100,794 units (against 84,630 units in 2011). This is only the third time in twenty years that this market exceeds 100,000 units.

- Toyota still remains the largest carmaker in New Zealand (for the 25th consecutive year), with a total sales volume of 21,620 units (+23.3%), including 14,992 passenger cars (+27.1%) and 6628 light commercial vehicles (15.5%), representing a market share of 21.5%. The most sold model in New Zealand is the Toyota Corolla, that summed up 5,324 sales (5.3% market share),  ahead of the Toyota Hilux pickup (4182 sales, 4.1% market share ).

- With the exception of Geely, Chinese brands have increased their sales in this market in 2012. Sales of Great Wall vehicles have increased by 86% last year to 999 units. Chery share's had increased by 32%, with 227 units. Overall, Chinese brands accounted for 1266 sales (1.2% market share).

- Let us recall that New Zealand, with a population approaching 4.5 million residents, closed its vehicle assembly plants in 1990, and has since been mainly importing vehicles from Australia, Japan, Thailand and Korea.

 

13-17-2

 

China is driving growth in global passenger car sales in the first quarter of 2013

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China is driving growth in global passenger car sales in the first quarter of 2013
 
The growth in sales of passenger cars in the world was driven in the first quarter of 2013 by China:
 
Compared to the first quarter of 2012:
- The Chinesemarket grew by 17.2% in the first quarter of 2013.
- The European market (27 countries) declined by 9.4% in the first quarter of 2013.
- The U.S. market grew by 6.4% in the first quarter of 2013.
- The Brazilianmarket grew by 2.0% in the first quarter of 2013.
- The Japanese market declined by 7.2% in the first quarter of 2013.
- The Indian market declined by 10.8% in the first quarter of 2013.

13-16-10

 

The Nissan Altima is the car the most in the U.S. in March 2013

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The Nissan Altima is the car the most in the U.S. in March 2013
 
- The Toyota Camry and Honda Accord are the two cars the most sold in the U.S. since 1997. These models are classified as mid-sized segments in this market ( European E segment ). Their Ford and Chevrolet competitors are called Fusion and Malibu.

- In recent years, the competing car from the Nissan brand, the Altima, has been growing without interruption in term of sales to finally come close the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord sales,  market leaders for nearly fifteen years.

- In March 2013, the Nissan Altima sales (37,763 units) have exceeded those of the Toyota Camry (37,663 units) and the Honda Accord (36,504 units) for the first time. If this trend continues, the Altima could become the most sold car in the U.S. in 2013.

- Moreover, this model is more recent than the Camry and Accord that are at the end of their cycle. According to the carmaker, the Altima would have benefited  from the 2011 production problems Toyota and Honda were having, very much affected by the Japanese tsunami. Indeed, some of the Toyota Carmy and the some of the Honda Accord potential customers would have preferred to acquire a Nissan Altima, rather than waiting several months for  the delivery of the car they planned to buy initially, this phenomena would have accelerated the growth.

13-17-3

 

BYD is going to set up a production plant in the US

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BYD is going to set up a production plant in the US
 

- BYD, China's largest carmaker of electrically powered vehicles, announced it would build an assembly plant for electric vehicles in Lancaster (California), in the United States. Work will begin on May 1, 2013.


- The future plant will produce electric buses for public transport companies in North America and South America. The carmaker stated that the vehicles produced in Lancaster will respect the specific emission standards of California.

 

- BYD intends to assemble in this plant fifty electric buses in 2013 and a hundred a year from 2014. Approved to be driven on U.S. roads since March, the BYD K9 electric bus has been tested by Hertz (car rental company) to transport passengers between the airport and its own rental sites. The first specimens of this particular electric bus should be supplied to the airport of Los Angeles, Stanford University and at the headquarters of the Apple computer company.

 

- The announcement was given just weeks after the creation of a joint venture in Europe for the establishment of a similar assembly plant in Bulgaria. To date, BYD has sold more than 300 electric buses worldwide and has received in 2013 orders for more than 1,300 buses making it the largest manufacturer of electric buses in the world.

13-17-1

 

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