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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Production
• Hyundai-Kia
• South Korea

Kia unveils the Stonic its B segment SUV

- Korean carmaker Kia unveiled its B segment SUV, the Stonic, which is expected to gradually replace the B-segment MPV, the Venga, whose origins date back to 2010. Manufacturers are increasingly replacing their compact segment minivans B by segment B SUVs, in response to a sharp decline in compact MPV sales  and a strong demand for compact SUVs. Thus, we saw Renault replace the Modus by the SUV Captur, Opel replace the Meriva by the SUV Crossland or Citroën replace the C3 Picasso by the C3 Aircross SUV. Peugeot replaced its 207 estate with the 2008 SUV and Seat replaced its Altea with the Ateca SUV.

- The new Stonic, by its dimensions (length: 4.14m), competes directly with the Renault Captur (4,12m), Peugeot 2008 (4,16m) and Nissan Juke (4,14m). It measures 7cm more than a Kia Venga and 34cm less than a Kia Sportage. For the moment, the Stonic (which is built on the Hyundai Kona platform) is made in Korea alongside the Hyundai Kona, but it could eventually take the place of the Venga on the assembly lines of  Kia’s Zilina  site in (Slovakia). Inovev expects a volume of 75,000 to 100,000 sales in Europe over a full year. In Korea, Kia  has announced its intention to sell 50,000 Stonic per year. The Stonic's engines include the following: a 1.3-liter gasoline engine, a 2.0-liter gasoline engine, a 4-cylinder gasoline engine, a 177-hp turbocharged gasoline1.6 engine , and a 115 hp  and 135 hp diesel-powered 1.6- 4cylinder engine.

   

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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Production
• Volkswagen
• Spain

Inovev predicts 300,000 VW Polo produced per year in Europe

- The Volkswagen Group  has unveiled the sixth generation of the VW Polo, although the previous one had a production peak in 2016. This B segment model has become one of the best-selling models in Europe. In 2016, VW Polo finished second in the market (with 286,000 sales), behind the VW Golf (455,000 sales) and ahead of the Renault Clio (283,000), Ford Fiesta (278,000) and Opel Corsa (247,000). All the Polos  sold in Europe are made in VW’s  Spanish factory in Pamplona, which produced just over 320,000 cars last year.

- Polo is also produced in China (178,000 units in 2016) for the Chinese market, Russia (48,000 units in 2016) for the Russian market and India (52,000 units in 2016) for the Indian market. In total, 601,000 Polo were produced worldwide last year, making it the most produced B segment model.

- The new Polo, based on the MQB-A0 platform (used by the recent Seat Ibiza), will try to retain this leadership. Inovev expects a production of 300,000 Polo in Pamplona in full year, slightly lower than the current model because the new B segment Volkswagen SUV should capture some potential Polo customers.

- The engines of the new Polo are the following: 1.0 gasoline  65hp, 1. 0 gasoline turbo 95hp and 115hp, 1.5 gasoline turbo 148hp, 2.0 gasoline  turbo 197hp and 1.6 diesel 80hp and 95hp. The 1.4 diesel 75hp and 90hp have been discontinued.

   

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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Registrations

Growth in the new car market fuels growth in the used car market

- The growth of the new market is fueling the growth of the second-hand market. Indeed, if we look at the evolution of the  domestic new car market in the five main European markets, between 2006 and 2016, it should be noted that the increase in sales of new cars in these five markets is not at the expense of sales of used cars, but  rather that it favors the sales of used cars. Thus, the recovery of European markets from 2012-2014 has been accompanied  in parallel by robust growth in sales of second-hand cars .

- Were sold in 2016:

1 / In Germany: 7.4 million used cars for 3.35 million new cars (rate: 2.2).

2 / In England: 8.2 million used cars for 2.7 million new cars (rate: 3.0).

3 / In France: 5.7 million used cars for 2.0 million new cars (rate: 2.85).

4 / In Italy: 3.5 million used cars for 1.8 million new cars (rate: 1.95).

5 / In Spain: 1.9 million used cars for 1.15 million new cars (rate: 1.65).

- England, therefore, ranks among the five largest European markets in terms of the highest / highest rate, ahead of France and Germany. Italy and Spain have the lowest rates.

   

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发表于 2022年9月07日

• Registrations
• Argentina

Argentine market (PC+LCV) has picked up long before the Brazilian market

- The Argentine automotive market (VP + LUV) has always been the second largest market in South America after Brazil. It can be observed that the Argentine market has re-started a year and a half before the Brazilian market. While the Brazilian market has picked up since March 2017, the Argentine market had started again in September 2015, and the trend had intensified in 2016 and even more so in 2017 (+ 31.5% over the first six months).

- If the current pace continues, the Argentinian market could increase by 30% for the whole year, which could place this market at close to 900 000 units (PC+ LCV) against 680 000 units in 2016 and 630 000 In 2015.

- Which brands benefited most from the vigorous revival of the Argentine market during the first five months of 2017?

- In percentage terms, Jeep ‘s sales increased by 226%, Honda's sales increased by 112%, Mercedes’ sales increased by 79%, Nissan’s by  76%, Renault’s by 56%, Ford ‘s by 45% and Volkswagen‘s by 34%. These brands grew faster than the Argentinian market as a whole.

- In terms of volume, Renault (16,500 units), Volkswagen (15,500 units) and Ford (14,500 units) recorded the strongest growth. Volkswagen remains  by far the market leader in Argentina.

   

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