Avtotor has become the second Russian carmaker behind Avtovaz

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Avtotor has become the second Russian carmaker behind Avtovaz
 

- Avtotor is a Russian carmaker based in Kaliningrad, in an area separated from the rest of Russia, formerly known as the Eastern Prussia. This constructor has grown dramatically since the early 2000s, from 20,000 cars produced in 2005 to 250,000 in 2012 (volume multiplied by 12.5).


- It owes its expansion to agreements with various foreign carmakers whose models are manufactured under license. Today Avtotor manufactures for the BMW Group, General-Motors (Cadillac, Chevrolet, Opel) and Hyundai-Kia.


- In 2013, 53% of cars assembled by Avtotor are Hyundai-Kia, 35% are General-Motors (20% Chevrolet 13% of Opel and Cadillac 2%) and 12% are BMW.All these cars are sold on the Russian territory.


- Today Avtotor represents between 10% and 11% of the production achieved in Russia in the past two years. It is the second Russian caramaker behind Avtovaz (Lada).


- Avtotor managed its way through the crisis of 2009 when production fell by half, due to a collapse of the Russian market that year, the carmaker was at the time on the verge of bankruptcy. Reborn, Avtotor managed to double its production in 2010 (the Russian market restarted that year) to make further progress until 2012. Dependent of the Russian market, Avtotor followed its negative trend in 2013 (down about 10%). 

 
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The US carmarket is still progressing

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The US carmarket is still progressing
 
- The U.S. carmarket continues to perform well in 2013, after increases of 10.3% in 2011 (6.6% for passenger cars and 15.0% for light trucks) and 13.4% in 2012 (17.0% for PC and 8.9% for light trucks).

- In the first eight months of 2013, this market grew again by 9.6% (5.5% for passenger cars and 14.1% for light trucks), compared to the first eight months of 2012. Between early January 2011 and late August 2013, the car market in the U.S. has increased by more than 33% ... It will end the year with nearly 16 million vehicles, almost at the level of the market in 2007, which is far from being the case in the European market that has lost 25% of its volume since 2007.

- In addition, it now sells almost as many light trucks (minivans, SUVs, crossovers, pickups according to U.S. law) than passenger cars (mostly sedans): 5.3 million (on the eight months in 2013) against 5, 4 million PC, which had not happened since the collapse of the market in 2009.

- This year, the market collapsed to 10.4 million vehicles (against 16 million in 2007, 17 million in 2005 and 17.5 million in 2000) and light trucks accounted for 4.7 million units against 5.7 million passenger cars. The crisis has most affected the light truck market recovery but further promotes the development of light commercial vehicles, where U.S. carmakers have a strong predominance (although it is foreign manufacturers who dominate the PC).
 
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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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Volvo Trucks is transferring its production from Turkey to France

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Volvo Trucks is transferring its production from Turkey to France
 
- In 2007, the truck manufacturer Renault Trucks reached an agreement with the Turkish carmaker KARSAN in order to outsource the manufacturing of the Kerax and Premium models for the Turkish market but mainly for export.

- Today, to mark the complete renewal of the Renault Trucks range, Volvo Trucks (owner of Renault Trucks since 2001) prematurely terminated this agreement and will transfer from Turkey to France the production of trucks manufactured under the Renault brand .

- Volvo Trucks is going to stop the production of trucks under the Renault brand in Turkey at the end of 2013, in order to transfer it to France.

- Meeting the new Euro 6 standards these models will be assembled in Renault Industrial Vehicle factories, located in the region of Lyon.

- This transfer will generate a positive long-term effect with better use of existing truck plants, complying with and contributing to the global strategy of the group's truck segment.

- Let us recall that within the Volvo Trucks group, Renault trucks accounted for 22% of sales in the first half of 2013, an increase compared to 2012. The Volvo Group Trucks Sales amounted to 60,000 units during this period.
 
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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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