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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Production
• Registrations
• Daimler AG
• Austria

Inovev forecasts 20,000 sales/year for the new Mercedes G-Class

- Mercedes unveiled the new generation of the G-Class SUV at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show. The previous generation, which dated back to 1979, was one of the oldest models still in production, along with its main competitor, the Jeep Wrangler which has been restyled several times in recent decades.

- The new generation of the G-Class keeps the previous generation’s  silhouette, probably to avoid confusing the clientele of this mythical model that has sold nearly 300,000 units in 38 years. The new model is 5cm longer, at 4.71m and 10cm wider, at 1.86m.

- The new generation is announced lighter (gain of 170 kilos compared to the previous version), more rigid, more comfortable, more spacious, while maintaining its excellent off road capabilities.

- The engines of the new model will be  4-liter V8 gasoline engine developing 422 hp and a 245 hp V6 diesel engine that will be available from 2019. A more powerful AMG engine could follow.

- The launch of the new G-Class is scheduled for spring 2018. It will still be produced at the Magna-Steyr plant in Graz, Austria. Inovev expects an annual volume of 20,000 units produced, the previous peak having been reached in 2017, with 9,000 units produced, which - for a model aged 38 - was a real performance.

   

 

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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Production

The top 10 car groups in 2017

- Inovev calculated the production volume of the top 10 global manufacturers in 2017, based on their sales volume. These are estimates because for several years now, many manufacturers no longer reveal their production volume, or only after a long period of time of up to one year.

- Two rankings are highlighted, one according to the Western calculation (which includes the production of the JV in China in that of the Western producers) and the other according to the Chinese calculation (which includes the production of the JV in China in that of the Chinese producers).

- In the first ranking, the Volkswagen Group (10.7 million vehicles) is leader, ahead of Renault-Nissan (10.6 million) and Toyota (10.35 million units). GM (9.35 million), Hyundai-Kia (7.35 million) and Ford (6.6 million) follow.

- In the second ranking, the Toyota group (9.21 million vehicles) is the leader, ahead of Renault-Nissan (9.2 million) and the Chinese SAIC (6.9 million) which manufactures Volkswagen, Skoda, Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, Baojun, Wuling, Roewe and MG, ahead of Volkswagen (6.6 million). A second Chinese manufacturer, Dongfeng, which manufactures Nissan, Kia, Peugeot, Citroen, Renault, Infiniti and … Dongfeng appears in ninth place in this ranking.

   

 

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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Production
• Toyota
• USA
• Mazda

Toyota and Mazda to build second joint plant in North America

- Toyota and Mazda will build a second joint  factory. Since 2014, Toyota and Mazda share vehicle manufacturing in their Salamanca Mexico plant inaugurated that year. The models produced in this plant are the Mazda 2 and Mazda 3, and a Toyota model derived from the Mazda 2, called Yaris (but  which has nothing to do with the Yaris manufactured in Japan and France).

- The Salamanca plant has a production capacity of 300,000 vehicles per year and manufactured 186,000 cars in 2017 (compared to 193,000 units in 2016).

- As Inovev said last year in several reviews, the gap between sales in the NAFTA zone and local production is still significant at Toyota and Mazda, which does not go in the direction desired by the Trump administration. The two manufacturers have therefore decided to repeat the Salamanca experience this time on US soil in Alabama (Huntsville).

- The plant, which will enter into operation in 2021, will have a production capacity of 300,000 vehicles per year, and will manufacture Toyota Corolla and Mazda CX5. Currently, the Mazda CX5s sold in North America come entirely from Japan (164,000 CX5 shipped to the US in 2017). As for Toyota Corolla, they come from local factories (389,000 sales in 2017), but GM, Ford and Chrysler ‘s gradual pull out of the compact sedan segment allows Toyota to plan on a rise in sales of its Corolla in the US over the next few years.

   

 

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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Registrations

The European (29 countries) PC + LCV market increased by 3.3% in 2017

- The European automotive market (29 countries) grew by 3.3% in 2017 with a volume of 17.67 million units (PC  + LCV). This market is slowing from month to month, as growth was still at 3.6% in the first 9 months of 2017, and reached 7.4% in 2016 and up to 9.2% in 2015.

- The renewal of the overall fleet which started in 2014 seems to have reached a ceiling today, although the total number of registrations still remains 1 million units lower than in 2007, when it reached 18.67 million units.

- The other important factor behind the slowdown in the European market is the decline in the UK market, which is  decreasing month over month and is one of the first direct consequences of Brexit.

- Over the12 months of 2017, the UK market fell by 5.4% while the German market rose by 2.8%, the French market by 5.1%, the Italian market by 6.9% and the Spanish market by 8.7%.

- Taking only passenger cars into account, the European market (29 countries) increased by 3.3%, which means that sales growth of light commercial vehicles was close to that of passenger cars (+4.0%).

- For 2018, Inovev expects an increase of 1.5% for a volume of 17.94 million units.

   

 

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