2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev forecasts 100,000 units per year in Europe for the new VW Passat
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2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev forecasts 100,000 units per year in Europe for the new VW Passat
- Until 2022, the Volkswagen Passat (D-segment sedan) was produced in Europe, China and the United States, with a different body for each of these regions. Production of the Passat ceased in the United States in 2022, while it continues in Europe and China. In China, the local Passat has seen its sales stabilize at around 200,000 units per year for ten years, while in Europe, the Passat has seen its sales divided by three for ten years and even divided by four since 2006-2007.
- The one that was Volkswagen's revival car in 1973, after the collapse of the Beetle in the early 1970s, gradually became a marginal car within the German carmaker. So much so that Volkswagen had considered not replacing the current Passat. Especially since the brand's D-segment sedan promised a bright future was the battery electric ID7. Finally, a new generation of Passat will see the light of day in 2024, but only in station wagon (SW) version in order not to interfere with the ID7 available only in sedan body.
- The new generation of the Volkswagen Passat SW presented at the 2023 Munich Motor Show shares its MQB platform with the future Skoda Superb which is evolving on the same market, in sedan and station wagon versions. The Passat SW is 15 cm longer, than the Superb. The engines are numerous: a 2.0 petrol TSI (201 hp or 261 hp), a 2.0 diesel TDI (120 hp or 148 hp), a 1.5 petrol 48V MHEV (148 hp) and a 1.5 petrol PHEV plug-in hybrid (201 hp or 268 ch). Obviously no electric motor. Inovev forecasts 100,000 units per year in Europe the new VW Passat.
2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev predicts 500,000 sales of the new Volkswagen Tiguan SUV in 2025
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2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev predicts 500,000 sales of the new Volkswagen Tiguan SUV in 2025
- The third generation of the C-segment Volkswagen Tiguan SUV will probably be the last, as this model unveiled at the 2023 Munich Motor Show will see its seven-year commercial career come to an end in 2030, when all Volkswagen models sold in Europe are expected be equipped with fully electric motorisation. However, the range of battery electric cars is identified by the designation ID (ID3, ID4, ID5, ID6, ID7, etc.).
- The Volkswagen Tiguan will therefore make its last lap in Europe between 2024 and 2030. And it will really be a challenge for the carmaker because the Tiguan is one of the best-selling SUVs in the world, with 800,000 sales in 2018, 700 000 sales in 2019 and another 530,000 sales in 2022. It will be very difficult for Volkswagen to produce a battery electric SUV at such a volume.
- The new Tiguan unveiled at the 2023 Munich Motor Show will still be equipped with petrol (1.5 TSI) and diesel (2.0 TDI) engines and plug-in hybrid petrol engines of 204 hp and 272 hp, but will not be entitled to battery electric motorization reserved for the ID range.
- This is why Inovev is not optimistic about the expected production volume of the new Tiguan, in a period when battery electric motorization should develop strongly and where internal combustion engines will continue to decline.
- We can count on 500,000 sales per year in 2024-2025 then 400,000 in 2026-2027, 300,000 in 2028-2029 and 200,000 in 2030.
- The new Tiguan will compete with the Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage as well as the Peugeot 3008, Citroën C5 Aircross, Opel Grandland, DS 7 which will be available in a battery electric version.
2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev forecasts 5,000 units a year of the new Mercedes AMG GT coupe
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2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev forecasts 5,000 units a year of the new Mercedes AMG GT coupe
- Mercedes is presenting at the 2023 Munich Motor Show the replacement for its AMG GT coupe marketed from 2014 to 2021. This new high-performance coupe will support the recent Mercedes SL (2021) available only in a roadster version from which it takes up the platform and engines.
- It is therefore in a way the coupé version of the Mercedes SL (although the bodies are different) since the SL will never be marketed in a coupé version and the AMG GT will never be marketed in a roadster version (unlike the old AMG GT).
- The management of Mercedes felt that the roadster version of the old AMG GT had killed the commercial career of the old Mercedes SL and that the same mistake should not be made twice.
- For its part, the AMG GT sedan continues its commercial career, but it is obvious that with the development of battery electric engines and increasingly severe penalties on high-displacement sports cars, it will not be easy to sell these cars (AMG GT coupé, SL roadster, AMGT GT sedan) in the next few years, except perhaps in the United States and in the Middle East countries…
- The AMG GT coupé competes with the Porsche 911, BMW M8, Aston-Martin Vantage and Chevrolet Corvette. Inovev is counting on a production of 5,000 units per year of the new AMG GT coupe.
2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev forecasts 50,000 units per year of the new Mercedes CLE coupe
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2023 Munich Motor Show - Inovev forecasts 50,000 units per year of the new Mercedes CLE coupe
- Mercedes has decided to replace its two C-Class (D-segment) and E-Class (E-segment) coupés with a single coupé called CLE combining the two old proposals, namely a line inherited from the C-Class coupé with dimensions close to the E-Class coupé. The new Mercedes CLE coupe thus measures 4.85 m, 16 cm longer than the old C-Class coupe and 1 cm longer than the old E-Class coupe (E-segment). The CLE dimensions is close to the BMW 8 series ones, and not on those of the BMW 4 Series coupé (D-segment) or the Audi A5 coupé (D-segment).
- The new CLE becomes Mercedes' only two-door four-seat coupe, following the recent phasing out of the S-Class. It meets two objectives: to offer more space on board than in the old C-Class coupe and to offer a more dynamic line than that of the old E-Class coupe. We can even discern several details reminiscent of the old S-Class coupe (F-segment), like the lines on the hood or the general line.
- The new Mercedes CLE coupé is offered with a 204 hp (CLE 200) and 258 hp (CLE 300) 2.0 petrol engine and a 197 hp 2.0 diesel engine (CLE 220d). These engines are fitted with 48V micro-hybridization (MHEV) as standard.
- Two more powerful engines will be available from next year: a 381 hp six-cylinder petrol engine (CLE 450) and a 313 hp four-cylinder petrol engine (CLE 300 e) already seen under the hood of the C-Class sedan and the GLC SUV. Inovev forecasts 50,000 units a year of the German-made CLE coupe.
2023 Munich Motor Show - Chinese carmakers may present their Premium models
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2023 Munich Motor Show - Chinese carmakers may present their Premium models
- The Dongfeng carmaker, which should be present at the Munich show, could reveal its know-how in the design of Premium cars, in a country which represents the largest market for Premium vehicles in Europe, with brands such as Mercedes, BMW, Audi and Porsche.
- Chinese carmakers have developed electric motorization on a large scale with the support of the Chinese government and have even managed to offer competitive electric cars against foreign brands due to unbeatable prices. At the same time, the design of Chinese cars has made great progress, sometimes surpassing the foreign brands. We can call on foreign designers who have more freedom to create new models, because Chinese carmakers are less timid. The next step was to create premium cars capable of competing with those of foreign brands, often through new brands dedicated to this type of model.
- This is what Japanese carmakers had done in other times, creating Lexus (Toyota), Infiniti (Nissan) and Acura (Honda). This is what the Korean Hyundai-Kia did more recently by creating the Genesis brand.
- However, Chinese carmakers are making a difference by adding electric motors to their Premium models, thus confirming their technological lead. Dongfeng's Premium brand is called Voyah and it could unveil its large battery electric sedan, the I-Land at the Munich show, whose design is signed by Ital Design. Xpeng could unveil its limousine called P7, Changan its Avatr 11 SUV, Leapmotor its C11 SUV.
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