Great Wall wants to sell 700 000 vehicles worldwide in 2013

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Great Wall wants to sell 700 000 vehicles worldwide in 2013
 

- Great Wall is one of the largest independent Chinese  carmakers along with Chery , Geely and BYD . The manufacturer has not yet signed a joint venture agreement with a foreign manufacturer , such as SAIC , FAW , Dongfeng or BAIC , while the Chinese carmaker Changan went this year from an independent manufacturer to manufacturer bound by a joint venture (with PSA) .


- Great Wall has sold 401 568 vehicles on the Chinese market in the first eight months of 2013 ( +39.3 %) , which represent a volume of 600 000 units throughout the year, to which must be added an extra 100 000 exported units ( CKD ) destined for assembly plants outside of China , such as Bulgaria or Russia.


- Great Wall therefore expects to sell 700 000 vehicles in 2013 , beating Chery , Geely and BYD that sell less than 600,000 vehicles each this year, while Great Wall is younger than its competitor manufacturers. Since 2010 , it has become China's largest manufacturer of SUVs , a category of vehicles which has made great progress in China.


- In the first eight months of 2013 , Great Wall sold 50 % of SUVs (M2 , M4, H5 , H6 ), 30% of sedans (C20 , C30 , C50 ), 20% pick-ups. The sales of the brand’s SUVs  have grown by 60 % over the year , the brand sold 30% more sedans and pick –up sales remained stable. Compared to its direct competitors , Great Wall has a full comprehensive range of vehicles.

 
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Ford is the third manufacturer of hybrid vehicles worldwide

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Ford is the third manufacturer of hybrid vehicles worldwide
 
- Toyota is still the world's leading carmaker of hybrid vehicles. It passed early 2013the threshold of 5 million hybrid vehicles sold in fifteen years of existence. The Japanese carmaker has sold  1.1 million vehicles (with its luxury Lexus brand) in 2012 alone, nearly 15% of its global sales. 55% of hybrids were delivered to Japan, 27% in the U.S. market where diesel is almost non-existent.

- Honda, who by the end of September 2012 passed the million sales threshold  in thirteen years, sold last year nearly 150 000 hybrid vehicles worldwide. Honda is in second place behind Toyota. General Motors sold 85 000 hybrid vehicles + 60 000 Chevrolet Volt / Opel Ampera in the world since 2007. As for PSA Peugeot-Citroen, the group sold 20,000 hybrids in 2012 and aims 40,000 sales in 2013.

- Ford sold 45,000 hybrid vehicles in the United States in the first half of 2013, more than five times the amount of the first half of 2012. The American carmaker has sold 257 000 hybrid vehicles since their launch. Ford is now part of the top 3 carmakers of hybrid vehicles.

- Ford currently sells five hybrids (Fusion Hybrid, Fusion plug-in hybrid, hybrid C-Max, C-Max plug-in hybrid, Lincoln MKZ hybrid) and an electric model (the electric Focus).
 
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PSA has committed itself to 1 million cars in France in 2016

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PSA has committed itself to 1 million cars in France in 2016
 

- Early 2013, Renault decided not to close factories in France and revive its manufacturing operations in the country in exchange for agreements on competitiveness within the company. The manufacturer thus committed to producing in France at least 710 000 vehicles in 2016 (against 533,000 in 2012 and 987,000 in 2007).


- Today, the PSA Group istaking on a similar initiative by committing to a production of one million cars in 2016 (against 1 116 000 in 2012 and 1 425 000 in 2007) in exchange for agreements on competitiveness in the company.


- But observing the figures, we see that this commitment is to a minimal standard since it is based on a production volume  below that of 2012 and well below the numbers of 2007. Only the year 2013 will be even worse, since Inovev has calculated a production of 900,000 vehicles produced by PSA in France, extrapolation made from the figures of the first eight months of the year.


- Given the current overcapacity of the group particularly in France (according to Inovev, they would be well above 30%, even without including the Aulnay plant), it will be difficult not to close another plant before 2016, another commitment made by the group.


- PSA now has five plants, if one disregards the Aulnay plant which will cease its activity by the end of October 2013 , and is committed to maintaining these five factories in working order in 2016, with specific production targets for each of them. These objectives are provided below.

 
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Asian manufacturers are more and more interested in Brazil

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Asian manufacturers are more and more interested in Brazil
 
- Asian carmakers (Japanese and Korean) had ignored South America in their overall transplant strategy (factories located outside of Japan). Since the early 2000s, however, some manufacturers like Toyota, Honda and Hyundai, have been trying an incursion in this region, mainly in Argentina and Brazil, where the market is growing rapidly.

- This year, Mitsubishi began producing the ASX SUV in its Brazilian factory in Catalao. The ASX is already made in Japan, the United States, Indonesia and China, and has sold over 26,000 copies in the Brazilian market since its launch (imports from Japan).

- For its part, Nissan has announced that the Versa sedan is one of the models manufactured in the new factory of Resende, which will become operational in the first half of 2014. The plant will initially produce the Micra and the Versa will join it in the second half. The Resende plant will provide a capacity of 200 000 vehicles per year.

- The Brazilian plant of the Chinese carmaker Chery is expected to be operational in early 2014. The establishment of this plant will allow the Chinese carmaker to avoid import taxes imposed by the country. The factory located in Sao Paulo will assemble the Chery compact Celer (Fulwin 2 in China). Production capacity will be 150,000 vehicles per year.
 
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The mexican Nissan-Daimler plant will start by 2016

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The mexican Nissan-Daimler plant will start by 2016
 
- Nissan and Daimler have decided to unite themselves in the making of the compact models of their respective high-end brands (Infiniti and Mercedes), a new Nissan-Daimler factory (JV 50/50) in Mexico.

- The plant number 2 Aguascalientes, scheduled to open in early 2016 will produce the new Infiniti Q30, compact four-door model that will share its engine and chassis elements with the Mercedes Class A, Class B and GLA.

- The GLA, a compact SUV that will be launched next spring in Europe and a few months after the United States, is also one of the models likely to also be produced in this plant.

- The Q30 and GLA were presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2013, the first, a concept version and the second, a final version (the first Mercedes GLA will be produced in the Rastatt plant in Germany).

- Daimler will decide on the production of other models in collaboration with Nissan in Mexico by the end of the year. These would include recent Class A and Class B.

- The number 1 plant of Aguascalientes, which is 100% owned by Nissan, currently manufactures the Nissan Versa Tiida (compact sedan of segment C) at a rate of 250,000 units per year. Let us recall that Nissan has another plant in Mexico, located in Cuernavaca, which manufactures cars from segments B and C (Micra Sentra Tsuru) and a pick-up (Frontier).
 
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