Skoda launches Kodiaq Coupe on the Chinese market
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Skoda launches Kodiaq Coupe on the Chinese market
- Skoda has unveiled the new Kodiaq-derived (D-segment) SUV coupe, but it will be sold on the Chinese market only, according to the manufacturer.
- The Kodiaq coupe is the second SUV coupe launched by a general manufacturer, the first having been the recent Renault Arkana which is sold only on the Russian market.
- General manufacturers are starting to take an interest in this type of body, since until the last few months, only Premium manufacturers (Audi, BMW, Mercedes) were offering SUV coupes.
- But curiously, general manufacturers limit this type of body to specific markets, such as Russia and China, while these models would certainly be successful in Europe and other major markets.
- Skoda's argument is that the Czech firm does not have sufficient capacity on the European continent to produce new models like the Kodiaq coupe, but that they have four factories in China. However, Skoda will sell only 350,000 vehicles in China in 2018. The Czech firm therefore has unused capacity in this country.
- The Kodiaq coupe will be Skoda's fourth SUV on the Chinese market, alongside Kamiq (B-segment), Karoq (C-segment) and Kodiaq (D-segment). These three models currently account for one-third of Skoda's sales in China.
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Spanish automotive industry in turn affected by Brexit
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Spanish automotive industry in turn affected by Brexit
- Inovev recently detailed the difficulties faced by automakers based in Britain, following the British vote to leave the European Union (Brexit), as well as the various industrial strategies they could implement to overcome these difficulties.
- These difficulties can spread throughout Europe, as Britain imports more than 85% of the vehicles it registers each year. The higher price of cars on this market could therefore affect all car manufacturers located throughout Europe and beyond.
- Spain exports nearly 400,000 vehicles each year to Great Britain and this country is likely to suffer from Brexit. Manufacturers established in Spain have said this month that the current political uncertainty on Brexit will lead to production adjustments in Spanish car factories.
- The Volkswagen plant in Pamplona will stop for 15 days and that of Seat in Martorell will stop working every Saturday. The Vitoria Mercedes plant has been shut down for five days due to lower demand for Vito and Class V. Ford, which remains the best-selling brand in Britain, has announced that its Valencia plant would stop 22 days. Renault-Nissan and PSA have not yet announced any reductions in their production.
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続きを読む... Spanish automotive industry in turn affected by Brexit
Renault will double its Casablanca plant’s capacity
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Renault will double its Casablanca plant’s capacity
- Renault will double the capacity of its Casablanca Morocco site by 2022. The plant, which currently produces up to 80,000 cars annually (76,632 in 2017), will then be able to produce up to 160,000 cars a year.
- The models currently produced on this site are the Dacia Logan (39,228 units) and Dacia Sandero (37,404 units), in addition to the 300,000 cars manufactured at the more recent Tangier site. The Tangier plant produced 166,367 Sandero, 91,815 Dokker and 41,467 Lodgy in 2017.
- The production capacity of the Tangier site is currently 340,000 cars per year and Renault, planning an increase in sales of Dacia Logan and Sandero models in the region, has preferred to increase the capacity of Casablanca rather than to saturate the capacity of Tangier. In 2022, Renault's production capacity in Morocco will total 500,000 units per year (160,000 in Casablanca and 340,000 in Tangier).
- The vast majority of cars produced by Renault in Morocco are exported, especially to Europe, but the manufacturer will have to deal with assembly plants located in Algeria (Oran), Turkey (Bursa) and Romania (Pitesti), who also produce Logan for the markets of the Maghreb, the Near East and Eastern Europe.
- The Moroccan market reached 169,000 units in 2017, versus 94,000 in Algeria and 47,000 in Tunisia.
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続きを読む... Renault will double its Casablanca plant’s capacity
BMW will create a complete range of electric cars between 2020 and 2030
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BMW will create a complete range of electric cars between 2020 and 2030
- Between 2020 and 2030, BMW will create a full range of 100% electric cars (BEV). The manufacturer should launch about fifteen different models during this period, whose names will match those of the corresponding vehicles with combustion engines.
- Thus, in 2021, the i4 will be launched which will be attached to the Series 4 with a combustion engine. This model will look like any other BMW, which was not at all the case for the i3 which is radically different from other sedans in its segment.
- The i4 will look more like a Series 4 Gran Coupé, both models being located in the same segment D.
- In the future, the I range cars will take the number of the corresponding thermal motorization Series.
- BMW will launch the i1, i2, i3, i4, i5, i6, i7 models throughout the 2020s. The i8 is already in the Series 8 segment. It could, however, be replaced by a new generation of i8.
- Electric SUVs will proceed in the same way. The manufacturer will launch the iX1, iX2, iX3, iX4, iX5, iX6, iX7 models throughout the 2020s. The launch rate should be one to two new models per year. By 2030, the BMW range should include about fifteen thermal engine models with and about fifteen 100% electric models.
- Finally, a 100% electric Mini should be launched in 2019-2020.
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続きを読む... BMW will create a complete range of electric cars between 2020 and 2030
Mazda Global Market 2017
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Mazda Global Market 2017
- Mazda's worldwide sales amounted to 1.58 million vehicles in 2017, up 2.5% from 2016. This is comparable to the overall global growth in auto sales (+2 , 3%). Mazda thus passed last year from 13th place worldwide to 14th, being overtaken by the Chinese Geely whose growth was at 40% (one of the strongest growths recorded by an automaker in 2017).
- The Mazda Group's global sales in 2017 break down as follows:
1. China is its largest market, with 316,000 vehicles, or 20% of its global sales.
2. The United States is its second largest market, with 290,000 vehicles, or 18% of its worldwide sales.
3. Europe is its third largest market, with 230,000 vehicles, or 16% of its worldwide sales.
4. Japan is its fourth largest market, with 210,000 vehicles, or 13% of its global sales.
2. The United States is its second largest market, with 290,000 vehicles, or 18% of its worldwide sales.
3. Europe is its third largest market, with 230,000 vehicles, or 16% of its worldwide sales.
4. Japan is its fourth largest market, with 210,000 vehicles, or 13% of its global sales.
- These four markets account for 67% of Mazda's global sales in 2017, with a fairly even distribution.
- The best-selling Mazda models in 2017 are the CX5s (445,000 units) and Mazda 3 (442,000 units), which are well ahead of the CX3 (160,000 units), Mazda 2 (156,000 units) and Mazda 6 (152,000 units). The CX4, CX9, MX5 and BT50 have very low sales.
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