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发表于 2020年2月18日

• Registrations
• Volkswagen

Volkswagen Group breaks its sales records (PC+UV) in 2019

- The Volkswagen group (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, MAN, Scania) again broke its sales record in 2019, with a volume of 10.97 million vehicles, against 10.83 million units in 2018, which represents an increase of 1.3%.

- The Volkswagen group therefore remained the world's leading vehicle maker, when heavy utility vehicles (HUV) are included, ahead of the Toyota (10.74 million) and Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi (10.2 million) groups. Compared to 2018, the Volkswagen group increased its spread over the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi group, as the Franco-Japanese carmaker saw its sales drop significantly in 2019, due to the dropout of Nissan (-8.4% ).

- The breakdown of the top five brands from the Volkswagen group in 2019 is as follows:

• 6,278,300 Volkswagen (+ 0.5%),

• 1,845,600 Audi (+ 1.8%),

• 1,242,800 Skoda (-0.9%) ,

• 574,100 Seat (+ 10.9%),

• 280,800 Porsche (+ 9.6%).

- The global distribution of the sales shows that Volkswagen did not suffer too much from the decline in the Chinese market (37% of its sales), as the carmaker remained stable  (+ 0.7%) in a market down by 9.6%. In Europe (41% of its sales), the group was able to benefit from the successive and numerous launches of SUVs, and recorded an increase in sales of 3.9%. In South America, it recorded a 3.2% increase in sales.
On the other hand, in North America, it recorded a 0.5% drop in sales. 

    

 

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发表于 2020年2月05日

• China
• Production
• BMW
• Great Wall

BMW and Great Wall ally to produce Mini BEV cars in China

- The BMW group, already in JV with Brilliance for the production of BMW models in China, this time ally with Great Wall to produce Mini models in China.

- BMW informed that the Mini made in China with Great Wall would be 100% electric models (BEV), with the objective to comply with the quotas set up by the Chinese government. Great Wall already produces BEVs with 40,000 units sold in 2019 under the ORA brand. Two models are sold: the ORA R1 (A segment/sedans), which has sold 29,000 units while the iQ(C segment/SUV) has sold it at just over 10,000 units.

- The JV plant, which will be located in Jiangsu Province, will start in 2022 and will have a production capacity of 160,000 vehicles per year. This volume represents 30% of BMW's current sales in China but the production volume will be probably less. Actually, It is not certain, that BMW will be able to sell 160,000 BEV Mini per year from 2022. It will take several years before this volume is reached or rather approached.

- The B segment models (all engines combined) are not very popular in China (far behind the C and D segment models). And this is also the case for the BEV market where segment B represents only 11% of the market in 2019. In addition, the Mini EV will compete with BYD Yuan, the best selling BEV of B segment, with nearly 62,000 units in 2019. A model marketed at around 25,000 Euros (without subsidies) in its most powerful version (120 KW of Battery capacity - 535 Km of autonomy announced).

- The BEV products offer in B segment is certainly still far from being saturated, with less than 15 different models proposed (which is already much more than on other global markets), and only BYD Yuan exceeds 10,000 units. The Mini EV will therefore have to offer strong added value to face the local competition in order to be able to take a share of the market.

    

 

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发表于 2020年2月05日

• Production
• Volkswagen
• Germany

VW plans 100,000 units per year of the new VW ID 4 and Seat/Skoda versions

- After presenting the Volkswagen ID 3 at the Frankfurt Motor Show last September, the German carmaker unveiled few weeks after the Volkswagen ID 4 which a SUV variant of the ID 3. It has all the technical characteristics of the ID 3, is marketed in the C segment as the ID 3  and will be produced in the same production plant, in Zwickau (Germany).

- As for the ID 3, the ID 4 will be also marketed under Seat and Skoda brands, which will also be produced in Zwickau. All together, six different models from 3 different brands (3 sedans and 3 SUVs) will be produced in this plant.

- As a reminder, Volkswagen has set the production capacity of the Zwickau plant at 200,000 units per year of BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles), including 100 000 units for the ID 3 and its Seat and Skoda rebranded versions, and 100 000 units for the ID 4 and its Seat and Skoda versions.

- This volume should be reached in the second part of the 2020s, as the production will grow slowly and gradually. The market is not yet ready to buy massively a BEV.

- The ID 4 should be slightly more expensive than the ID 3, could be estimated at around 40,000 euros, also slightly heavier due to its larger dimensions.

- The following models of the VW BEV range should be unveiled in 2020 and 2021. It should be the ID1 (A segment), ID 2 (B segment) and the ID Buzz which will be the alternative to the Kombi and Transporter (LUV/Mini Van) . An ID 5 (D segment) could complete the range in 2021 or 2022 as an alternative of the Passat.

    

 

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发表于 2020年2月05日

• Production
• Daimler AG
• Germany

Inovev forecasts 150,000 units per year of the new Mercedes GLA

- Mercedes has unveiled the new generation of its C segment SUV, the GLA, which is based on the recent Class A and Class B. It therefore takes up the MFA platform but slightly increases its dimensions (like the Class A and CLA) which allows you to have a third side window, which completely changes its physiognomy since it is closer to a real SUV, while the previous GLA looked more like an enhanced Class A than a real SUV.

- The new GLA will use engines already supplied for the A Class, namely 1.3 petrol engines developing 110hp, 136hp or 163hp, 2.0 developing 225hp or 306hp, and 1.5 diesel engines developing 116hp, 2.0 developing 150hp or 190hp.

- The new GLA will be produced at the German site in Rastatt, alongside the A Class A and B Class. It is to note that the A Class is partly produced in Rastatt and partly produced in Kecskemét in Hungary.

- Inovev forecasts a volume of 150,000 sales per year, while the production of the old GLA fell to 110,000 units in 2019, after reaching a peak of 140,000 units in 2017. Its body design is more in line with the market demand can help the increase in production predicted by Inovev.

- GLA's main competitors are the BMW X2 and Audi Q2, two Premium C segment SUVs.

- The GLA is the smallest SUV in the Mercedes range which is made up of the GLC (segment D), GLE (segment E) and GLS (segment F), as well as the G-Class which falls into the category of SUVs called "rustic" like the Jeep Wrangler.

    

 

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