PSA Group confirms that the future Opel Astra will be produced in Rüsselsheim
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PSA Group confirms that the future Opel Astra will be produced in Rüsselsheim
- The PSA group has confirmed that the future Opel Astra (which will be built on the EMP2 platform with Peugeot 308 engines for the first time) will be produced at the German site in Russelsheim, alongside the Insignia, which will also be on the same EMP2 platform when it is replaced around 2023. The Russelsheim site will thus be entirely dedicated to Opel sedans based on the EMP2 platform.
- The new Opel Astra is scheduled for 2021. By that time, the compact Zafira minivan, which is still manufactured this year at the Russelsheim site alongside the Insignia, will have completely disappeared.
- This decision to transfer the production of the Opel Astra to Germany will have two important consequences:
1. The Polish site in Gliwice will no longer manufacture Opel Astra from 2021. This site will be dedicated to the PSA group's large utilities, such as the future Opel Movano.
2. The British Ellesmere Port site will no longer manufacture Opel Astra from 2021. Inovev had already anticipated the closure of this plant a year and a half ago.
- Only an agreement on Brexit between the European Union and Great Britain could have deferred closure the Ellesmere Port plant (in particular by focusing on right-hand drive versions), but the Brexit scenario without an agreement would in fact condemn production in this plant.
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続きを読む... PSA Group confirms that the future Opel Astra will be produced in Rüsselsheim
Brexit without an agreement would condemn British car factories
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Brexit without an agreement would condemn British car factories
- Brexit without an agreement would trigger an increase in taxes on cars and car parts, particularly those from the European Union and exported to Great Britain and those from Great Britain and exported to the European Union. The price of cars sold in Great Britain would increase, particularly those imported from the European Union. As for cars produced in Great Britain, they would become almost unsellable in the European Union, due to cheaper competition, except for high-end models (Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston-Martin, Mc Laren) whose price increase could be easier to accept by wealthy customers.
- In 2018, 80% of the cars produced in Great Britain were exported, of which 53% to the European Union, 18% to the United States, 6% to China, 3% to Japan, 2% to Turkey and 2% to Australia.
- Of the 1.52 million passenger cars produced in Great Britain in 2018, 1.24 million were exported, including 652,000 to the European Union. There is therefore a significant risk that exports to the European Union will collapse if Brexit is not agreed, and consequently that British car production will collapse.
- Already, Honda has decided to close its Swindon plant, PSA will close its Ellesmere Port plant in the event of Brexit without agreement, Toyota and BMW (Mini) are threatening to close theirs as well, and Ford will close its last British engine plant. The future looks bleak for the once flourishing British automotive industry.
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続きを読む... Brexit without an agreement would condemn British car factories
The European market 2018 by body-type and segment
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The European market 2018 by body-type and segment
- Inovev has previously studied the evolution of the European passenger car market by segment and by body-type since 2000. Today, Inovev analyses the evolution of vehicle categories by crossing segments and body-type.
- Thus, in B segment, sedans still make up the major part of sales (3.15 million units), but SUVs are growing strongly (1.75 million units) and could sell as much as sedans in the early 2020s.
- In the C segment, SUVs are now selling as well as sedans (2.5 million units). As for minivans, they continue to lose ground (500,000 units compared to 1.5 million in 2007).
- In D segment, SUVs are at 750,000 units while sedans are still above one million units, but their steady decline (1.5 million units in 2012, 2.5 million units in 2000) suggests a future balance between sedan and SUV sales in the early 2020s.
- In E segment, SUVs have some difficulties to progress. They are capped at 250,000 units, slightly ahead of minivans (125,000 units), while sedans are once again approaching 500,000 units, after having lost a lot of ground until 2015 (600,000 units in 2006, 900,000 units in 2000).
- In the F segment, SUVs are now on a par with sedans (50,000 units).
- It should be noted that in the A segment, sedans account for almost all sales (1.25 million units).
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With its withdrawal from Europe, Infiniti will sell less than 200,000 cars in 2020
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With its withdrawal from Europe, Infiniti will sell less than 200,000 cars in 2020
- Infiniti, Nissan's Premium brand, will exit the European market in 2020. Its late entry into this market in the early 2010's, its lack of notoriety and originality compared to long-established competitors, and the flagrant failure of the Q30/QX30 to double the manufacturer's sales, all contributed to prevent Infiniti from establishing itself on the European market. Nissan's Premium Division has never been able to exceed 13,000 annual sales, while Lexus has exceeded 40,000 annual units since 2016, not to mention Mercedes, BMW, Audi which exceeds 700,000 annual units or Volvo which exceeds 250,000 annual units. Even Tesla managed to outperform Infiniti in terms of sales in 2017.
- In the American market, Infiniti is far behind Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lexus, Cadillac or Tesla. Nissan's luxury brand is at the same level as Acura, Honda's Premium brand (not present in Europe). It is only ahead of Volvo.
- In the Chinese market, Infiniti is well behind Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Lexus, Cadillac or Volvo. It is only ahead of Acura and Tesla.
- In the global market, Infiniti sold 218,000 vehicles in 2018, down slightly from its peak in 2017 and 2016. Nissan's Premium brand is ahead of Acura and Lincoln, simply because these two brands are not distributed everywhere. With the withdrawal from Europe in January 2020, Infiniti is expected to continue to decline and sell less than 200,000 vehicles worldwide next year. Its future will depend in particular on the adaptation of its models to electric motorization.
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続きを読む... With its withdrawal from Europe, Infiniti will sell less than 200,000 cars in 2020
Audi will stop the production of R8 coupés and spiders
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Audi will stop the production of R8 coupés and spiders
- We have seen earlier that the Audi brand will soon stop manufacturing TT/TTS coupes and spiders. These mid-range sports models, whose prices range from €40,000 to €80,000, have sold 680,000 units since their launch in 1998 (an average of 34,000 units per year). Today, sports coupe and spiders with combustion engines are less in demand, at a time when SUVs will soon account for one in two sales, and demand will also increasingly focus on electric vehicles.
- Another sports model of the Audi brand, much more expensive and much more elitist than the TT, the R8 coupé and spider, whose prices range from 175,000 to 230,000 euros, will also stop production at the same time as the TT/TTS in 2021. The R8 has sold 45,000 units since its launch in 2007 (34,000 for the first generation and 11,000 for the second generation), or an average of 4,000 units per year.
- This model, powered by an atmospheric Lamborghini origin V10 of more than 500 hp, is one of the vestiges of a bygone era. The next Audi model that could occupy the European sports car market in the 2020s will undoubtedly be an electric vehicle, like the BMW i8, which launched this segment five years ago.
- Today, the BMW i8, whose prices range from 140,000 to 160,000 euros, has sold 20,000 units since 2014, which is already an average of 4,000 units per year, just like the Audi R8.
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続きを読む... Audi will stop the production of R8 coupés and spiders