Audi to launch Q4 E-Tron and E-Tron GT in 2021
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Audi to launch Q4 E-Tron and E-Tron GT in 2021
- Audi, now a 100% subsidiary of the Volkswagen group, was the brand on which future electric range was not yet cleared, especially because the group's program did not officially include Volkswagen ID3 and ID4 derivatives for this brand as it was announced for Seat and Skoda.
- We know a little more about the future electric range of the Audi brand, because after the BEV E-Tron (E-segment SUV available in standard version and in coupe version called "Sportback"), the carmaker has announced the launch in 2021 of a BEV C-segment (or D-segment) SUV called Q4 E-Tron, which will be also available in standard version and in a “Sportback” coupe version. The price of these vehicles will approach 60,000 euros.
- The second electric model announced by Audi in 2021 is called the E-Tron GT. This model belongs to the segment of an Audi A7 (segment E) and is based on the platform of the Porsche Taycan. The E-Tron GT would be available as a standard and Avant version, meaning in a station wagon version.
- Note that in the combustion engine range, Audi has announced the launch of the so-called “Sportback” coupe version of its Q5 (D-segment SUV).
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BMW to launch i4 and iNext in 2021
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BMW to launch i4 and iNext in 2021
- BMW has announced that it will launch in 2021 its new battery electric vehicles (BEVs), the i4 sedan and the iNext SUV, in addition to the i3 sedan and iX3 SUV currently marketed by the carmaker.
- The i4 model is a D-segment sedan, equivalent to a 4 Series Gran Coupé that it is presumably intended to replace. At 4.70 m long, it targets the Tesla Model 3 which is currently the best-selling electric car in the world, the best-selling in the United States and China, and one of the best-selling in Europe. Vowed to a maximum range of 450 km, the i4 sedan will be produced at the Bavarian site in Munich, alongside the 3 Series and 4 Series equipped with thermal engines. The i3 sedan (B-segment) seems threatened, as its specific shell in carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) put it at a too high price level. The price of the BMW i4 will be in the order of 75,000 euros.
- The second electric model announced by BMW is the iNext which finally comes as an SUV and no longer in the form of a minivan as it had been envisaged for a time. This model seems to duplicate the BMW iX3 even if the iNext will be placed above in terms of price, at 93,000 euros (20,000 euros more than the iX3).
- At this price, the iNext will not make big sales scores, but it reflects the strategy of the Bavarian carmaker (as well as that of Audi and Mercedes) to enter the category of electric cars from the top of the range.
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Citroën will launch its new C5 sedan in 2021
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Citroën will launch its new C5 sedan in 2021
- Citroën (a subsidiary of the PSA group) had removed its C5 model from its range in 2017, after having produced 1.5 million units since the model's origin in 2001. There is therefore a fleet of Citroën C5 still substantial in Europe and more recently in China. This D-segment sedan will therefore have an successor, as the carmaker has announced the presentation of an all-new C5 at the end of 2021, with a launch in early 2022.
- This new model, which should be produced in Mulhouse alongside the Peugeot 508 and DS 7 Crossback, should adopt the eVMP platform unveiled in the summer of 2020, a platform which allows the use of both a thermal engine, an hybrid engine or a electric motor + battery with the same basis.
- The Peugeot 508 and DS 7 Crossback will have to wait for their next generation to be equipped with this new platform which the future Peugeot 308, Opel Astra, Peugeot 3008 and Opel Grandland will inaugurate. It should also be noted that the future Peugeot 308 scheduled for 2021 will be produced at the Mulhouse plant, alongside the C5, whereas previously it was produced at the Sochaux plant. Currently, there is a C5 Aircross model in the Citroën lineup, which is an SUV derived from the Peugeot 3008. It is now the brand's most upscale model pending the future C5 sedan.
- The difficulty for Citroën will be to differentiate this C5 from all the models of the DS brand, which is also rather in the top of the range. We will observe in particular if the new C5 will take sales of the DS 9.
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The Dacia Spring sold in Europe will be imported from China
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The Dacia Spring sold in Europe will be imported from China
- Despite the desire of the various governments to relocate part of the automobile production in their country, as in France or in USA, the automotive industry decide on the location of their models according to their own interests. Thus, the Renault group has decided to produce in China (with Dongfeng) all the Dacia Springs sold in the world, which implies that the Springs sold in Europe will be imported from China.
- The Spring, which will be the cheapest BEV (if we put aside the Citroën Ami) could thus become the best-selling car in Europe car produced in China, when today it is the MG ZS (also a BEV), which achieved 6,000 sales in the first half of 2020. The Honda Jazz having ceased to be imported from China since the launch of the last generation. It is to remember that Renault's objective is to sell 100,000 Dacia Spring each year in Europe.
- The arrival of Chinese cars in Europe (mainly BEV) could therefore begin with the importation of the Dacia Spring, which is also sold in China under the name Renault K-ZE.
- Renault decided at the start of the year to stop its sales of combustion engine cars in China, but to continue selling electric cars under its own brand. The problem is that Renault only sold 97 units of the K-ZE in China during the first seven months of 2020, which is not viable, and therefore exporting in large numbers to Europe would make it possible to sustain the carmaker’s production capacities on the Chinese soil.
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Among the 10 best-selling cars in France, 3 are produced in France
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Among the 10 best-selling cars in France, 3 are produced in France
- French carmakers have largely relocated their car production to Spain, Eastern Europe and Morocco over the past twenty years.
- The models that were relocated were above all models from the lower segments (A and B segments), more difficult to make profitable according to Renault and PSA, but yet it is paradoxical to note that Nissan produces its Micra (segment B) in France and that Toyota is producing its Yaris (segment B) in France.
- Of the ten best-selling cars in France in 2020, only three are produced in France: the Peugeot 3008 (seventh sale), the Renault Zoé (ninth sale) and the Toyota Yaris (tenth sale).
- The biggest sales come from abroad: the Renault Clio (first sale) comes from Turkey and Slovenia, the Peugeot 208 (second sale) comes from Slovakia, the Citroën C3 (third sale) comes from Slovakia, the Renault Captur (fourth sale) comes from Spain, the Peugeot 2008 (fifth sale) comes from Spain, the Dacia Sandero (sixth sale) comes from Morocco and Romania, the Renault Twingo (eighth sale) comes from Slovenia.
- In total, 82% of passenger cars sold in France are imported from outside or 77% of vehicles if we include light utility vehicles.
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