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Hyundai is going to begin the i10 production in Turkey

- Hyundai owns a plant in Turkey since 1997 (Izmit), which currently manufactures all i20s (segment B) sold in Europe and North Africa, Turkey and the Middle East.

- The new Hyundai the i10 (segment A) will be launched this summer and its production will start at the Izmit plant in September 2013. This model completes the carmaker's range produced in Europe that today consists of i20 (Turkey), i30 (Czech Republic), iX20 (Czech Republic) and Ix35 (Czech Republic).

- As a result, the current capacity of 100,000 vehicles per year in Izmit will be doubled in 2014, rising to 200,000 units per year. Of these 200 000 (the i10 and i20), Hyundai plans to export 160,000 units in 2014 and 180,000 in 2015.

- Remember that 64,000 Hyundai i10 were sold in Europe in 2012 (against 69,000 in 2011, 88,000 in 2010 and 110,000 in 2009) and none at all in Turkey. This model is currently at the end of its life cycle. It is currently produced in India. Regarding the Hyundai i20, 73,000 were sold in Europe in 2012 and 15,000 in Turkey, 88 000 in total, all were made in Turkey.

- It is noted observing these figures that Hyundai expects a strong increase in sales of the i10 in 2014 with the arrival of the new generation, an increase of about 50% compared to 2012, a level close to that achieved in 2009-2010 with the current generation.

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

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Production

Which opened new plants in Europe? And who closed plants?

- When analyzing the number of European plants (excluding Russia) that have opened since 2000, and those that have closed since that date, we observe that as many have opened as closed.

- On the other hand , while 11 factories opened in Eastern Europe, 12 were closed in Western Europe. Part of the production in Europe has thus gradually moved from west to east.

- Another enlightening element while generalist brands closed eight factories and opened nine since 2000, premium brands closed 4 and opened 3. But among generalists mainly Toyota, Hyundai and Kia have opened new plants, while mainly Ford, Vauxhall (Opel) and Rover have closed plants.

- Same phenomenon for premium: those who have opened new plants are BMW, Porsche and Mercedes, while those who have closed plants are Lancia, Jaguar and Saab. Production has been moved from some less dynamic or weak brands to other more vibrant and stronger brands.

- This means that competition in Europe has led to the emergence of certain brands and weakened others. In 2014, three other factories will be closed in Europe, and once again generalist brands: Vauxhall/Opel (Bochum), Ford (Genk) and Citroën (Aulnay).

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

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The Renault Flins plant gradually reboots

- The Renault Flins plant manufactured 115,831 vehicles in 2012 (115 388 443 Clio and Zoe), against 148,561 units in 2011 and 336,613 units in 2006. This severe loss of production is due to the fact that the Twingos that were produced there (between 1993 and 2007) were transferred to Slovenia (Novo Mesto), and that many Clios were transferred to Turkey (Bursa).

- Were added to this the decline of the European market and the end of the Clio III. The year 2012 was the worst year for the Flins plant in twenty years (the maximum capacity of the plant is 300 000 vehicles per year).

- However, Renault's decision to produce 160,000 vehicles on this site in 2016 (see article of 14 February 2013) and to add 82,000 Nissan Micra every year from 2017 allows us to see the future with more optimism.

- Currently, 620 vehicles are released every day from Flins plant (including 440 Clio IV, 100 Clio III and 80 Zoes), in other words a rate of 124,000 vehicles in 2013 (88,000 Clio IV, 20,000 Clio III, 16000 Zoe), representing an increase of 7% compared to 2012.

- It is likely that the production rate of the old Clio III (still available in some markets) will gradually decrease and at the same time the production of Zoe will gradually increase. The Inovev forecast of 40 000 Zoe produced in 2013 is still too optimistic. Achievements could be closer to 20,000 units.

Data source: File #101 - Worldwide production detailed by models

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Registrations

The rate of diesel cars in Europe currently remains above 50%

- The rate of diesel cars (proportion of sales of diesel cars in the total sales of passenger cars) remains above 50% in 2012, but results by country are very varied.

- Below we can see the top 10 Western Europe countries in which can be observed different rates and different variations.

- The countries with most diesel cars are France, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg, that are close to a 70% rate of diesel cars, while Switzerland and the Netherlands have lower rates diesel sales, around 30 to 40%. Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom and Italy are between these two extremes, with a rate of diesel cars in the range of 50%. It is mostly fuel taxes levels (the difference between petrol and diesel) that favored a preference to petrol or diesel.

Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes

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Americans make the large Pickup segment their turf

- While the market for large pick-ups represents 11% of total vehicle sales in the U.S. in 2012 and sales have not returned to their 2012 before crisis levels, the vehicles in this segment remain among the most sold vehicles in this market.

- The Ford F-Series (645,316 units) and Chevrolet Silverado (418,312 units) were also among the two most sold cars in the U.S. market in 2012 , the first retaining his title for the 29th consecutive year. The Dodge Ram (293,363 units) was ranked 7th .

- The three large Pickups are still the most popular models from Ford, General Motors and Chrysler. These vehicles represent almost 25% of their sales.

- Japanese carmakers have so far not managed to attack the last stronghold of American carmakers who control 93% of this market segment. In the first three months of 2013, the Toyota Tundra represented 101,621 sales and the Nissan Titan 21576.