Toyota and Mazda to build second joint plant in North America
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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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The top 10 car groups in 2017
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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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The US PC + LCV market fell 1.7% in 2017
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The US PC + LCV market fell 1.7% in 2017
- The US car market fell by 1.7% in 2017 with a volume of 17.24 million units (VP + LCV), against 17.54 million in 2016. This is the first time since 2010 that this market has decreased, given that it had steadily increased from 10.43 million units to 17.54 million between 2009 and 2016.
- The US market being cyclical, Inovev believes that this market could continue on the same trend in 2018 as in 2017, to fall to about 17 million registrations.
- The main feature of the US market in 2017 was the sharp decline in sales of passenger cars (-11.2%) while those of light trucks (pick-ups, SUVs, minivans) continued to increase (+ 4.5% ), but without compensating for the decline in PC sales. The share of light trucks has thus increased from 61% in 2016 to 64% in 2017, while the share of PCs has at the same time gone from 39% to 36%. However, this classification is misleading because if we include SUVs and minivans in passenger cars, as in Europe and China, the share of PCs amounts to 81% (42% for SUVs and 3% for minivans). In fact, the US passenger car market corresponds to the European or Chinese sedan market.
- Four manufacturers make up 58% of the US market: GM (17.4%), Ford (14.9%), Toyota (14.1%) and FCA (12%). The Japanese hold 40% of the US market, the Germans 8% and the Koreans 7%.
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The European (29 countries) PC + LCV market increased by 3.3% in 2017
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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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Renault and PSA together sold more than 600,000 cars in Iran in 2017
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Renault and PSA together sold more than 600,000 cars in Iran in 2017
- Renault and PSA sold more than 600,000 cars in Iran in 2017 (443,000 for PSA and 162,000 for Renault). The two French manufacturers occupy 40% of the Iranian market (29% for PSA and 11% for Renault) which exceeded 1,510,000 units last year. The fears of those who anticipated an unfavourable reaction of Iranians vis-à-vis the French manufacturers, following their hasty departure in 2012, have not been substantiated.
- In an uncertain political and economic context, PSA moved closer to its record of 2010 (461,000 sales) while Renault achieved the highest sales volume in its history.
- The models that PSA and Renault sell and manufacture on site, in partnership with the manufacturer Iran Khodro, are the Peugeot 206, Peugeot 405, Renault Logan and Renault Sandero. These are actually old models, since the Peugeot 206 dates from 1998 and the 405 from 1987. As for the Logan, it dates from 2004 and the Sandero from 2007.
- But new models are planned for 2018. PSA has just started the local production of the Peugeot 2008 and the 301 is scheduled for the beginning of the summer. Finally, the 208 should be added to the range as of the end of the year. Three Citroën models are also planned (probably the C3, C3 Aircross and C4 Cactus). Renault has announced the start of production of Logan II and Duster, but no date has yet been announced.
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