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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Production
• Registrations
• Ford
• India
• Mahindra

Ford could partner with Indian Mahindra

- The US manufacturer Ford (6.3 million vehicles produced in 2016) and the Indian manufacturer Mahindra (0.6 million vehicles produced in 2016) are studying the possibility of building a strategic alliance. The two groups could cooperate in connected cars, autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles and component purchases.

- Grouping component purchases means there would be common parts (body, engine, transmission, interior) between Ford vehicles and Mahindra vehicles.

- In addition, the alliance between the two manufacturers would allow Ford to take advantage of Mahindra's distribution network in India (the world's fifth largest automobile market) and Mahindra to take advantage of Ford's distribution network in other emerging markets where it is not present.

- Mahindra remains one of the very last  independent automakers, except chinese ones. As for Ford, there have been no major alliances  since the sale of its Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo and Aston-Martin brands.

- Currently, Ford is the fifth manufacturer in India, behind Mahindra (fourth), and one of the country's leading exporters thanks to the Ecosport exported to Europe, but will no longer be in 2018 due to the transfer of Ecosport to Romania (60,000 units less for the annual production of Ford India).

   

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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Production
• GMHyundai-Kia
• South Korea

GM Korea production should stabilise at 500 000 vehicles/year over the next years

- Following the sale of some of its subsidiaries (Opel and Vauxhall), the abandon of several markets (Europe, Russia, India, South Africa) and the continuing decline in the production volume of its Korean subsidiary (notably following the abandon of the European market), the GM group wanted to reassure  GM Korea employees.

- The US manufacturer (now the world's fourth-largest carmaker) said it did not intend to stop its activities in South Korea, contrary to what was inferred by  information circulated in the Korean media.

- In 2016, the GM Korea subsidiary produced 569,000 vehicles at its three sites in Pupyong, Changwon and Kunsan, compared with 598,000 units in 2015, 673,000 units in 2014, 768,000 units in 2013, 795,000 units in 2012 and 814,000 units units in 2011.

- This steady decline (-30% in five years) reflects a real disillusionment with the GM Korea models, which is mainly due to the abandon of the European Chevrolet brand (almost 200,000 sales a year), of which most of the models  were manufactured in Korea.

- The stop of production of  the Opel Antara (replaced by the Opel Grandland manufactured in France) and the gradual transfer of Opel Mokka's production to Europe should again impact GM Korea's manufacturing volume over the next few years. The volume of GM Korea is expected to fall to 500,000 vehicles per year over the next few years.

   

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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Registrations
• Hyundai-Kia

Genesis Announces Sales of 60,000 G70 Sedans

- After the 2015 launch of the G90 sedan (F segment) and in 2016 of the G80 sedan (E segment), Genesis unveiled its third model, the G70 sedan (D segment), to complete the manufacturer's recently created range.

- The G70, produced in South Korea like the G80 and G90, is targeting D-segment premium sedans, such as the Lexus IS or Infiniti Q50, as well as the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series, Mercedes C-Class, Jaguar XE or Volvo S60 / V60.

- The Hyundai-Kia group, which owns the luxury brand Genesis, has announced that it plans to sell 60,000 G70 sedans annually, ie 15,000 in South Korea and 45,000 abroad, mainly in the United States.

- The Genesis G70 sedan, compared to the Hyundai and Kia segment D sedans, has its own specific body, a length of 4.69m (compared to 4.99m for the G80 and 5.21m for the G90).

- The G70 has three engines: a 2.0 turbo gasoline  252hp, a V6 3.3 turbo gasoline 370 hp and a 2.2 diesel 202hp. With these three engines, customers have the choice between rear or all-wheel drive.

- Next Genesis models will be the G70 coupe (2018), the new generation of the E-segment G80 (2019), the GV80 E segment SUV (2019), the restyled F segment G90 (2020) and the D segment GV70 (2020). Genesis C-segment sedans and SUVs will not be introduced before the next decade.

   

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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Production
• Geely
• Sweden

Inovev predicts that Volvo will produce 50,000 XC 40s per year

- Volvo, the Swedish carmaker subsidiary of the Chinese group Geely, has unveiled its first compact SUV (C segment), the XC40, which extends its SUV range, currently composed of XC60 (D segment) and XC90 (E segment) to the lower range. Its length is 4.42m vs. 4.69m for the XC60 and 4.95m for the XC90.

- The XC40 competes with the Premium C segment SUVs such as the BMW X1 (4.44m), Mercedes GLA (4.42m), Audi Q3 (4.39m), Jaguar E-Pace (4.41m) or Infiniti QX30 (4.43m).

- The XC40 is the first Volvo model to use the new CMA platform jointly developed by Volvo and Geely.

- This new SUV will be equipped with several engines, including the 4-cylinder 2 liter diesel D3 -150hp  and D4 -190hp. The gasoline engines will be available from April 2018: a three-cylinder T3 - 150hp and  four-cylinder T4 - 190hp and  the new small diesel D2 engine, as well as a rechargeable hybrid and a 100% electric version, as of  the beginning 2019.

- The XC40 will be manufactured at the Volvo site in Gent (Ghent) in Belgium, while the XC60 and XC90 are manufactured at the Volvo site in Gothenburg, Sweden. Inovev expects an annual volume of 50,000 units at Gent, not counting the vehicles that could be manufactured in China on Geely production sites.

   

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