Working towards the creation of a Russian luxury brand

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Working towards the creation of a Russian luxury brand
 
- At the request of the Russian government, Russian manufacturers are reported to beworking on a national luxury brand intended to competewith Mercedes, BMW and Audi.

- Three Russian manufacturers (Zil, Gaz and Marussia) should be presenting their projects to the Russian authorities by the end of the first half of 2013. Currently, Russianmanufacturersmake a few armoured saloon cars for the government, but itwouldlike to see them expand their offer so that a wider public can be reached and to compete against the Premium brands, which are mainly German.

- Sales of Premium brands have consequentlyexperienced major growth in Russia over the last few years and this grow this likely to continue over the next few years.

- Sales of Mercedes vehicles in Russiathusincreased by 30.4% in 2012 to 41 410 units, while sales of BMWs increased by 33.2% to 37 515 units, and Audi sales increased by 44.1% to 33 512 units. The marketshare of the three manufacturers in Russia reached 3.8% in 2012, as opposed to 3.1% in 2011.

 

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Major decline in multi-purpose vehicles in the NAFTA zone over the last 10 years

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Major decline in multi-purpose vehicles in the NAFTA zone over the last 10 years
 

- The Chrysler plant at Windsor (Ontario), which assembles the Chrysler Town&Country minivan (called the "Voyager" on markets outside of NAFTA) and the Dodge Caravan, is reducing its manufacturing rates in order to adjust its production to the level of demand. The combined sales of the two minivan models assembled at Windsor fell 15% over the first two months of 2013.


- Globally, MPV production, which was nearly 1.2 million units in 2000 (including all manufacturers) fell almost by half over a ten-year period (650 000 units in 2012). This type of vehicles received strong competition from SUVs and crossovers, which are attracting increasing numbers of customers.


- GM and Ford have gradually abandoned the MPV category. Today, only three manufacturers continue to produce them in North America: Chrysler (the Voyager, the Caravan), Honda (the Odyssey) and Toyota (the Sienna).


- In Europe, the production of MPVs like the Voyager has experienced the same phenomenon (the E segment, which includes the Renault Espace, VW Sharan, Ford Galaxy, etc.), with a production level that fell nearly 40% from 2000 to 2012. However, the volumes are not comparable to the NAFTA zone's volumes, as European production in 2012 was 170 000 units.

 

  

Malaysian production has been stable since 2005

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Malaysian production has been stable since 2005
 

- Malaysian production has been stable since 2005. It hovers around 560 000 vehicles per year(569 620 in 2012, 533 809 in 2011, and 567 715 in 2010).


- Two national manufacturers have captured two thirds of the market: Perodua and Proton. These two manufacturers are little known in other regions of the world because they export very few vehicles from Malaysia:

- Perodua is a manufacturer with Daihatsu as a shareholder (with 20% of its capital), with a single factory (at Rawang) that has a capacity of 250 000 units per year. It produces three vehicles, including two in the B segment (the Viva and the Myvi), and one in the C segment (the Alza).

- Proton (whose group owns the Lotus brand) is better known and has, since 2006, been Malaysia’s second producer behind Perodua. The manufacturer has two factories in Malaysia, one in Shah Alam that has a capacity of 180 000 units per year, and one in Tanjung Malim with a capacity of 150 000 units per year. Proton produces a MPV (the Exora), as well as B segment vehicles (the Saga FLX and the Satria) and C segment vehicles (the Inspira, the Persona, and the Prevé).


- The other manufacturers, who share one third of the market, are mainly Japanese (Toyota, Nissan, Honda, and Suzuki). Lastly, the  Korean group Hyundai-Kia and the German manufacturers BMW and Daimler assemble and sell low quantities of models.

 

 

 
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 Data source: File #104 - Worldwide Production data detailed by make from 2005 to 2012

  

Toyota unveils its light utility vehicle based on PSA and Jumpy Expert

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Toyota unveils its light utility vehicle based on PSA and Jumpy Expert
 
- We had previously  noted that PSA was looking last spring  for a partner in order to compensate for the  Fiat withdrawal 2017 from  the Sevelnord site (Valenciennes, France) in 2017. This has now happened  with the arrival of Toyota which has agreed to market a utility vehicle based on the Peugeot Expert, Citroen Dispatch and Fiat Scudo (light commercial vehicles).

- The Japanese automaker benefits without high cost from a new light commercial vehicle that was lacking in its European range.  The light utility vehicle market  in Europe accounts for  between 1.2 and 1.8 million vehicles each year (including one third in the  category of  Expert, Dispatch, Scudo ...).

- In 2013 fall, Toyota PROACE  will be produced alongside the PSA and Fiat vehicles. And three years later, the Fiat Scudo will disappear from  Sevelnord production lines. The PSA plant Sevelnord has the capacity to produce 175,000 vehicles, but had assembled 80 000 vehicles in 2012 (light utility vehicles and vans 807/C8).

- Technical specifications of PROACE remain the same as Peugeot Expert’s, Citroen Dispatch’s  and Fiat Scudo’s.
 

  

Renault has chosen a Nissan platform for its future top-end vehicles

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Renault has chosen a Nissan platform for its future top-end vehicles
 

- Renault ultimately decided to do without its partner Daimler for its future top-end vehicles, particularly the future Espace (2014) and Laguna (2016) models. It is a Nissan platform which was chosen for developing the two new models that will be produced at Douai.


- In its range of vehicles, the Renault-Nissan group have D and E segment platforms, used in particular by Infiniti, the group’s top-end brand.These platforms may provide a response to Renault’s demand, like Samsung managed to do in the past with the Fluence, Koleos and Latitude vehicles.


- In the D and E segments, decade after decade, Renault has seen its production gradually decrease down to a level which is now too small to say. Consequently, fewer than 30 000 units of the Laguna are produced each year (as opposed to 100 000 in 2007 and 250 000 in 2002). Only the Espace model continues to be produced by the manufacturer in the E segment, although also in very small quantities.


- The ambition for the future top-end vehicle, based on a Nissan platform, will be to increase Renault’s sales volumes in the D and E segments, particularly in China, where Renault previously had a low profile due to the Renault-Nissan group’s agreements.


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 Data source: File #10 - Start of Production (SOP) of new and modified vehicles in Europe 

  

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