Inovev plans 70,000 units a year of the new Nissan Pathfinder SUV
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Inovev plans 70,000 units a year of the new Nissan Pathfinder SUV
- Nissan has just unveiled the new generation of its large Pathfinder SUV which opposes the Chevrolet Traverse, Ford Explorer, GMC Acadia, Dodge Durango, Toyota Highlander, Subaru Ascent, Hyundai Palisade, Kia Telluride, Mazda CX9 and Volkswagen Atlas. In the range of SUVs from the Japanese manufacturer allied to Renault, the Pathfinder (segment E) is above the Juke (segment B), Qashqai (segment C) and X-Trail/Rogue (segment D).
- After a period of lethargy, Nissan is in the process of completely renewing its range, since the SUVs were replaced in two years and the range of sedans will also benefit from a rejuvenation. The Pathfinder SUV is an imposing machine (5.02 m long x 1.98 m wide x 1.77 m high) that can carry seven to eight people and is sold mainly in North America.
- This model has a 3.5-liter V6 gasoline engine developing 284 hp, like the previous generation. The manufacturer did not want to install either a diesel engine, which is shunned by American customers, or a plug-in hybrid engine on this model, whereas the previous generation had the right to a plug-in hybrid in 2014 and 2015. This decision was no doubt taken to limit the weight and price of the vehicle, so that the Pathfinder remains competitive against its rivals.
- Like other Nissan SUVs whose renewal had been delayed, the Pathfinder had experienced a drop in sales between 2016 and 2021, from 110,000 units in 2016 to 77,000 in 2019 and 32,000 in 2021. For the new generation (still produced at the Smyrna site in Tennessee (USA), Inovev expects 70,000 units per year.
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GM is bringing the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 back into production in the US
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GM is bringing the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 back into production in the US
- We saw in a previous Auto-Analyse (2022-07) that the General Motors group, driven by customer demand, had put the mid-range Chevrolet Malibu sedan back into production, which opposes the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and Nissan Altima which tended to corner the US sedan market after GM and Ford withdrew from that specific market.
- The Chevrolet Malibu has regained its monthly sales rate of the recent past, that is to say a rate of 10,000 to 13,000 units per month (i.e. 120,000 to 150,000 per year), demonstrating that the discontinuation of the Malibu in 2021 had been a mistake. Another Chevrolet sedan is produced in the United States, it is the 100% electric Bolt, but in much smaller quantities (2,000 to 4,000 per month).
- Finally, we must mention the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 which represent the Premium category of American sedans, but whose sales remain very low (less than 2,000 per month for the CT4 and less than 3,000 per month for the CT5) and which also had to be put back into production from the fall of 2021, following the request of a certain clientele.
- The Cadillac CT4 and CT5 survive while the CT6 has disappeared, along with competing Lincoln sedans from the Ford group, and while the days of the Chrysler 300 from the Stellantis group are numbered.
- Among the rare American sedans still in production among the Big Three, the Dodge Charger is still the most produced in 2021 (90,000 units) but for how long? Fortunately, the American auto industry still has a sedan produced at more than 500,000 units a year: the Tesla Model 3.
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The Renault Arkana sold more than the Renault Kadjar in 2021
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The Renault Arkana sold more than the Renault Kadjar in 2021
- The Renault Kadjar was launched in 2015, as a C-segment SUV, mainly to compete with the Peugeot 3008. It took over the platform and the engines of the Nissan Qashqai with a rather different aesthetic. This model enjoyed short-lived success, between 2016 and 2019, without experiencing as large a distribution as the Peugeot 3008 or the Nissan Qashqai.
- The launch of the new B-segment Renault Captur in 2019 probably took some of the Kadjar's sales, but the customer base has shifted to foreign brands, including Korean brands Hyundai (Tucson) and Kia (Sportage).
- Before renewing its Kadjar, whose replacement was scheduled for 2022, Renault observed the success achieved by the new SUV derivatives offered by Premium manufacturers such as Audi, BMW or Mercedes. These new rear-end derivatives called "coupes" could represent up to half of the sales of the SUVs on which they were derived.
- This is how Renault in turn launched in 2021 its own model inspired by these "coupé" SUVs, the Arkana, which was initially launched on the Russian market. Renault was thus the first non-Premium manufacturer to offer such a model in its range. While the Renault Arkana could be considered a "coupé" version of the Kadjar, it was actually a stretched version of the Captur.
- In 2021, Arkana, which is imported from Korea (Busan factory) while Kadjar is produced in Spain (Palencia factory), sold better than Kadjar. It sold 34,000 copies against 25,000 Kadjar last year. In 2022, the Kadjar is replaced by the Austral, the aesthetics of which are closer to the Peugeot 3008.
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What are now the best-selling sedans in the United States?
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What are now the best-selling sedans in the United States?
- The removal of Big Three sedans (GM, Ford, Chrysler) from the C, D and E segments in 2020 and 2021 did not result in a real increase in sales of equivalent cars from Japanese and Korean manufacturers. These continued to see their sales decline in 2020 even if we are witnessing a modest revival of these models in 2021, without being certain that this trend is directly linked to the cessation of sales of Big Three sedans.
- The best-selling Japanese sedans in the United States in 2021 are the Toyota Camry (sales leader for more than a decade) with 314,000 units, the Honda Civic (264,000 units), the Toyota Corolla (230,000 units) and the Honda Accord (203,000 units). These four C- and D-segment sedans are followed by the Nissan Sentra (128,000 units) and the Hyundai Elantra (124,000 units), both of which are C-segment. The Tesla Model 3, a 100% electric D-segment American car, manages to clinch seventh place (122,000 units), also slightly up on 2020, but lower than 2018 and 2019, no doubt due to competition from the Tesla Model Y launched in 2020 Behind the Tesla Model 3, the Kia Forte (116,000 units), Nissan Altima (104,000 units) and Hyundai Sonata (93,000 units) bring up the rear of the top ten.
- In total, these 10 sedans represented 1.7 million vehicles sold in the USA in 2021, compared to 1.6 million in 2020, 2.1 million in 2019, 2.5 million in 2016 and 2.3 million in 2012. The overall sedan market in the USA represented 3 million units in 2021, compared to 3.3 million in 2020, 4.3 million in 2019, 6.0 million in 2016 and 5.9 million in 2012.
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Which brands are falling the most in the Chinese market in 2022?
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Which brands are falling the most in the Chinese market in 2022?
- In a Chinese passenger car market once again affected by Covid in 2022, which brands are falling the most and which are managing to hold their own?
- In the first quarter of 2022, during which the Chinese market fell by 4%, the brands that fell the most were: Jeep (-80%), Mitsubishi (-48%), Hyundai (-47%), Audi (-41%), Cadillac (-39%), Buick (-35%), Land Rover (-28%) , Baojun (-25%), Mercedes (-25%), FAW (-21%), Kia (-20%), Great Wall (-20%), BAIC (-19%), BMW (-19%), Mazda (-16%), Honda (-14%), Brilliance (-14%) and Volkswagen (-13%). All of these brands have lost market share in the Chinese market.
- The Ford, Lincoln, Toyota, Nissan, Changan and Geely brands posted smaller declines, close to the overall decline in the Chinese market, meaning that their market share held up during this period.
- Finally, several brands managed to grow in volume and market share, such as Wuling (+1%), Skoda (+1%), Chery (+4%), SAIC (+6%), Peugeot (+7% ), Chevrolet (+9%), Dongfeng (+34%), Citroën (+55%), BYD (+68%) and especially Tesla (+93%).
- In total, the market share of independent Chinese manufacturers (or independent brands of Chinese manufacturers working in J.V. with foreigners) has increased in one year from 42% to 43% of the Chinese passenger car market.
- The top ten manufacturers on the Chinese passenger car market remain the Volkswagen (853,000 sales), GM (613,000 sales), Toyota (544,000 sales), Honda (462,000 sales), Geely (447,000 sales), Changan ( 435,000 sales), BYD (395,000 sales), Renault-Nissan (345,000 sales), Great Wall (281,000 sales) and Chery (261,000 sales).
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