Inovev forecasts 20,000 Kona Electric per year
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Inovev forecasts 20,000 Kona Electric per year
- Hyundai intends to be present in all markets. After its hybrid vehicles (Ioniq, Sonata) and fuel cell (ix35 and Nexo), the Korean brand is attacking the market for 100% electric vehicles with the Kona Electric B segment SUV. Derived from the thermal Kona which has been on the market for several months, the Kona Electric will offer two different engines:
1. a basic version with a 136hp electric motor powered by a battery of 39.2 kWh, for an announced range of 312 km (NEDC).
2. a more upscale version with a 204hp motor powered by a battery of 64 kWh, for a range of 482 km (NEDC).
- These engines are more powerful than that used on the Kia Soul (another segment B SUV) whose power does not exceed 110hp. The Hyundai Kona Electric will be produced in the Korean factory of Ulsan and will be marketed from summer 2018 in Europe. Inovev expects 20,000 units per year, while 100,000 units are expected for the Kona Thermal.
- In 2017, the Hyundai Kona Thermal has sold 7,000 units in Europe ( 3 months of sales ) and 23,000 units in Korea (6 months of sales ), for a total of 30,000 units. The figures for January 2018 are in line with Inovev forecasts: 4,500 in Europe and 3,500 in Korea, i.e. the equivalent of 96,000 units for the whole year.
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Inovev forecasts production of 70,000 Lexus UX per year
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Inovev forecasts production of 70,000 Lexus UX per year
- Lexus presents the UX SUV that follows upon the CT saloon that does not seem to have met the manufacturer's goals.
- Replacing a sedan with an SUV is not an absurd idea as the sedan is losing market share to the growth of SUVs, which today represent one in three sales in most major markets.
- This segment C SUV is the third SUV marketed by the Lexus brand, after the RX (E segment) and the NX (D segment). It is based on the TNGA platform shared by the new Toyota Auris and the Toyota CHR, which is a big hit all over the world.
- In 2017, 300,000 CHR were sold worldwide, 130,000 of which were produced in Japan and 170,000 in Turkey.
- The new Lexus UX manufactured at the Japanese Tahara site is presented by Toyota as a premium version of the Toyota CHR, with the intention of extending the strong commercial performance of the CHR to the Lexus UX.
- The Lexus UX will be marketed at the end of 2018 in Japan and the USA then in 2019 in Europe. It will be equipped with a 4-cylinder petrol 2.0 168 hp engine and a 4-cylinder hybrid petrol-electric 2.0 176hp engine. It is unfortunate that this model (like all Lexus models) is not available in a plug-in hybrid version.
- Inovev forecasts production of 70,000 units per year for the new Lexus UX.
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Inovev forecasts production of 150,000 Toyota Auris per year
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Inovev forecasts production of 150,000 Toyota Auris per year
- Toyota introduced the new Auris generation at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. This C-segment sedan, which is essentially sold as a hybrid (this engine now accounts for half of the sales, the other half being made up of gasoline and diesel engines) will be produced in England, on the Toyota Burnaston site, as was the previous generation.
- The new Auris is based on the new global TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) platform. The new model competes with C-segment general-purpose sedans, such as VW Golf, Ford Focus, Opel Astra, Renault Megane, Peugeot 308, Fiat Tipo, Honda Civic, Mazda 3, Hyundai i30 and Kia Ceed, albeit with the advantage of hybrid motorization.
- The new generation of the Auris is 4cm longer than the previous one (it now reaches 4.32m) and above all it will no longer be available in diesel version (this engine was previously supplied by BMW), Toyota is anticipating the sharp decline in influence of diesel on all European markets. The manufacturer believes that the former purchasers of diesel versions will now move to hybrid versions.
- Two hybrid engines are also proposed: a 1.8 of 136 hp and a 2.0 of 177hp. From then on, the big Toyota Avensis with its less powerful engines seems doomed. It will probably not be replaced.
- Inovev forecasts production of 150,000 Auris per year in Burnaston, of which 100,000 hybrids.
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Volvo XC40 voted Car of the Year 2018
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Volvo XC40 voted Car of the Year 2018
- After the election of the Peugeot 3008 SUV in 2017, a SUV wins the Car of the Year award again in 2018, i.e. the Volvo XC40, which like the Peugeot 3008 is a C-segment SUV.
- The Volvo XC40 won the title with 325 points, ahead of the Seat Ibiza (242 points) and the BMW 5 Series (226 points). This is the first time the Volvo brand has won this title, and indirectly this is also a first time award for the Chinese OEM Geely, owner of Volvo Cars, and very dynamic in recent months.
- The XC40 is the second SUV to be awarded since the trophy was first awarded in 1964. The 58 journalists who elect the Car of the Year thus reflect the automotive market by awarding SUVs two years in a row, as these models currently represent one in three sales in most major markets. What's more, C-segment SUVs account for the majority of SUVs sold in Europe and China. Only the United States still buys larger SUVs, relegating these models to the D and E segments.
- Inovev has released an analysis for the Volvo XC40 (published on October 16, 2017). This SUV is the first Volvo model to use the CMA platform developed jointly by Volvo and Geely for all models in the C segment group. Inovev forcasts an annual volume of 50,000 XC40 manufactured in Gent, not counting the units that will be manufactured in China.
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Audi unveils the next generation of its A6 sedan
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Audi unveils the next generation of its A6 sedan
- At the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, Audi unveils the new generation of the A6 (E-segment) sedan, replacing the one launched in 2011. This model retains the old-generation silhouette and the MLB platform shared with the Audi A4, A5 and A7. The Audi A6 is traditionally the direct rival of Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5 Series, but also Volvo S90 / V90 and Jaguar XF.
- The Audi A6 is manufactured in two countries, Germany (Neckarsulm) and China (Changchun). Production in China is sold locally, while production in Germany is destined for the whole world. Germany's exports to China have been steadily declining over the last fifteen years, as China's production expanded and became saturated. Thus, in 2017, no more Audi A6 were exported from Germany to China, while the Chinese factory has manufactured 150 000 units (vs 50 000 in 2005) and that the German factory has manufactured 100,000 units (vs 200,000 in 2005). The global production volume of the Audi A6 (Germany + China) remained the same in 2017 compared to 2005: 250,000 units. It is the production per plant that is different. Inovev expects production of 300,000 units a year of the new model, including 150,000 in China and 150,000 in Germany.
- The new Audi A6 is powered by 4-cylinder 2.0 (252hp) and V6 3.0 (335hp) petrol engines, as well as 4-cylinder 2.0 (201hp) and V6 3.0 (228hp and 286hp) diesel engines with 48V mild hybrid technology. A plug-in hybrid engine will be added in 2019.
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