The new Opel Movano, (currently built on a Renault base) will be built on a PSA platform
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The new Opel Movano, (currently built on a Renault base) will be built on a PSA platform
- The PSA group, which has owned the former European subsidiaries of the GM group, Opel-Vauxhall, since 2017, is gradually replacing all the commercial vehicles of these two sister brands with Peugeot-Citroën-based models.
- The Opel Combo (category N1-1) was the first to be replaced. Previously using the Fiat Doblo’s, bodywork, platform and engines , it has now been based on the Peugeot Partner and Citroën Berlingo since 2018.
- The Opel Vivaro (category N1-2) was the second to be replaced. Previously using the Renault Trafic’s bodywork, platform and engines , it has now been based on the Peugeot Expert and Citroën Jumpy since 2019.
- The Opel Movano (category N1-3), currently based on the Renault Master, will therefore be replaced in 2020 by a model derived from the Peugeot Boxer and Citroën Jumper, themselves derived from the Fiat Ducato.
- The Opel Combo has been manufactured since 2018 at the PSA site in Vigo (Spain), alongside the Peugeot Partner and Citroën Berlingo. The Opel Vivaro has been manufactured since 2019 at PSA's Luton site in England. The future Opel Movano will be manufactured as of 2020 at the Fiat site in Val di Sangro (Italy), alongside the Peugeot Boxer and Citroën Jumper.
- The production of the Opel Movano has varied considerably since 2005. However, since 2015, volumes have fluctuated between 20,000 and 25,000 units per year. Inovev forecasts 25,000 units per year of the future Opel Movano.
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Honda announced the closure of its British Swindon plant in 2021
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Honda announced the closure of its British Swindon plant in 2021
- Honda Group (Honda, Acura) announced the closure of its British Swindon plant in 2021. The manufacturer explains that vehicle electrification requires a review of its global production activities and a focus on regions where it expects high production volumes, such as Japan and China. In addition, Honda emphasizes the need to rationalize the production of the Honda Civic. This decision was not obvious as the Swindon plant had been chosen as the hub for Civic's production worldwide and had benefited from significant investments in 2015. According to Inovev, in addition to the factors stated by the manufacturer, others must be considered:
1. The European market has become a second-class market for Honda (the manufacturer occupies only 1% of this market and Europe represents only 3% of its worldwide sales), which makes the presence of assembly plants in Europe questionable.
2. The uncertainties of the last two years regarding the Brexit may also have played an important part in Honda's decision. Especially since this uncertainty is likely to continue.
- The Swindon plant, which was established in 1985, has a capacity of 250,000 units per year, which means that it currently operates at less than 65% of its capacity.
- This plant now only manufactures the Civic sedan, since CRV and Jazz have not been produced there for several months. In 2018, 137,000 Civic units were produced in this plant, of which nearly 40,000 were sold in Europe and 97,000 were exported to other regions of the world (including 54,000 units to the United States).
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The future Opel/Vauxhall Mokka will be manufactured at the PSA site in Poissy
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The future Opel/Vauxhall Mokka will be manufactured at the PSA site in Poissy
- The PSA group has announced that the new generation Opel/Vauxhall Mokka , to be presented at the Paris 2020 Motor Show, will be manufactured at the French site in Poissy, alongside the DS 3 Crossback, and not at the German site in Eisenach, as initially planned. This decision will enable the Poissy plant to continue production.
- The next generation of the Opel/Vauxhall Mokka will share the CMP platform with the DS 3 Crossback, which has just started production this month and is expected to gradually replace the old DS 3, which dates back to 2010.
- The future Opel/Vauxhall B segment SUV, which will be available - like the DS 3 Crossback - in both ICE and 100% electric versions, will start up on the Poissy assembly lines at the end of 2020 or at the latest in early 2021, i.e. a few months after the Peugeot 208 will have stopped production at this site, as its production will be concentrated on the Slovak site in Trnava (the new generation of the Peugeot 208 will start at the end of 2019).
- The current generation of the Opel/Vauxhall Mokka is manufactured partly at the Spanish site in Zaragoza (alongside the Opel Corsa, Opel Crossland and Citroën C3 Aircross) and partly at GM's Korean site in Pupyong. The transfer of the Mokka to Poissy will raise the question of the future of the German site in Eisenach, since the Opel/Vauxhall Adam model manufactured there today will be discontinued next summer, without replacement.
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Honda announced the closure of its Turkish plant in Gebze in 2021
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Honda announced the closure of its Turkish plant in Gebze in 2021
- The restructuring of the Honda group in Europe will not only affect its British plant in Swindon but also its Turkish plant in Gebze. Honda has just announced the permanent closure of this plant in 2021, at the same time as the closure of its Swindon plant.
- The Gebze plant, opened in 1992, traditionally produced Honda brand models for the local market, such as City sedans. But in 2017, this plant started manufacturing the new Civic, in its Sedan version (4-door sedan) while the Swindon plant produced the new Civic in its Hatchback version (5-door sedan). The Gebze plant then began to export part of its production to Europe, following the manufacturer's new organisation, which had just defined the new allocation for each of its two plants located in Europe. These plants were therefore supposed to focus on producing the Honda Civic, in its two forms, the 4-door sedan and the 5-door sedan. From the moment when the uncertainties associated with Brexit no longer allowed the Swindon plant to continue its normal activity, it was obvious that the Gebze plant was also directly threatened, especially since at the same time, the manufacturer planned to repatriate the Civic's production to Japan. After the closure of Swindon and Gebze, Honda will no longer have assembly plants on the European continent.
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2019 Geneva MotorShow - Volkswagen
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2019 Geneva MotorShow - Volkswagen
Porsche Taycan
- The Porsche Taycan will be the brand's first 100% electric sedan to be built on Volkswagen group’s MEB platform dedicated to electric cars . This model, a little more compact than the Porsche Panamera, will be equipped with a 600 hp electric motor allowing a range of 450km.
- The Taycanwill be produced in small quantities at the German site in Leipzig. The high price of this model (close to that of a Panamera) will mean that it will not achieve very large volumes.
- Inovev expects a maximum of 20,000 annual sales.
Skoda Scala
- Skoda replaces its Rapid model (C-segment tri-body sedan) with the Scala, whose body adopts a hatchback line. The Scala, which takes on the look of the old Rapid Spaceback (5-door sedan), is similar in dimensions, to the Volkswagen Golf, but it is based on the MQB-A0 platform (that of the VW Polo, VW T-Cross, Seat Ibiza, Seat Arona, Skoda Fabia) and not on the MQB-B platform (that of the VW Golf).
- The Scala is 13cm shorter than the Rapid sedan but 5cm longer than the Rapid Spaceback.
- Manufactured in MladaBoleslav (Czech Republic), the Scala, which is part of the Skoda range , positioned between the Fabia and Octavia, should achieve production of 70,000 units per year.
Skoda Kamiq
- Skoda presents its new B-segment SUV, the Kamiq, built upon the same platform as the Seat Arona and Volkswagen T-Cross This model completes the Skoda SUV range, alongside the Karoq (C-segment) and Kodiaq ( D-segment).
- The Kamiq will therefore compete with the Renault Captur, Peugeot 2008, Citroen C3 Aircross, Opel Mokka, Opel Crossland, Fiat 500X, Ford Ecosport and Nissan Juke.
- The Kamiq will be the 19th SUV of the Volkswagen group, after the recent Seat Tarraco (D-segment).
Other new SUVs are planned at Audi (Q4, Q6) and Volkswagen (100% electric SUV).
- Kamiq is produced at the Czech MladaBoleslav site.
VW T-Cross
- Volkswagen introduces its new B-segment SUV, the T-Cross. This model is part of the German group's SUV range, below the Volkswagen T-Roc and Audi Q2, but at the same level as the Seat Arona and Skoda Kamiq.
- The T-Cross competes with B-segment SUVs such as the Renault Captur, Nissan Juke, Peugeot, Citroën C3 Aircross, DS 3 Crossback, Opel Mokka, Opel Crossland, Ford Ecosport, Fiat 500X, Jeep Renegade, Hyundai Kona and Kia Stonic.
- The T-Cross is based on the MQB-A0 platform of the VW Polo and Seat Ibiza, and not the MQB-B platform of the VW Golf, VW T-Roc, VW Tiguan, Audi A3, Audi Q2, Audi Q3, Seat Leon, Seat Ateca, Seat Tarraco, Skoda Octavia, Skoda Superb, Skoda Karoq, and Skoda Kodiaq.
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