BMW will create a complete range of electric cars between 2020 and 2030
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BMW will create a complete range of electric cars between 2020 and 2030
- Between 2020 and 2030, BMW will create a full range of 100% electric cars (BEV). The manufacturer should launch about fifteen different models during this period, whose names will match those of the corresponding vehicles with combustion engines.
- Thus, in 2021, the i4 will be launched which will be attached to the Series 4 with a combustion engine. This model will look like any other BMW, which was not at all the case for the i3 which is radically different from other sedans in its segment.
- The i4 will look more like a Series 4 Gran Coupé, both models being located in the same segment D.
- In the future, the I range cars will take the number of the corresponding thermal motorization Series.
- BMW will launch the i1, i2, i3, i4, i5, i6, i7 models throughout the 2020s. The i8 is already in the Series 8 segment. It could, however, be replaced by a new generation of i8.
- Electric SUVs will proceed in the same way. The manufacturer will launch the iX1, iX2, iX3, iX4, iX5, iX6, iX7 models throughout the 2020s. The launch rate should be one to two new models per year. By 2030, the BMW range should include about fifteen thermal engine models with and about fifteen 100% electric models.
- Finally, a 100% electric Mini should be launched in 2019-2020.
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Renault will double its Casablanca plant’s capacity
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Renault will double its Casablanca plant’s capacity
- Renault will double the capacity of its Casablanca Morocco site by 2022. The plant, which currently produces up to 80,000 cars annually (76,632 in 2017), will then be able to produce up to 160,000 cars a year.
- The models currently produced on this site are the Dacia Logan (39,228 units) and Dacia Sandero (37,404 units), in addition to the 300,000 cars manufactured at the more recent Tangier site. The Tangier plant produced 166,367 Sandero, 91,815 Dokker and 41,467 Lodgy in 2017.
- The production capacity of the Tangier site is currently 340,000 cars per year and Renault, planning an increase in sales of Dacia Logan and Sandero models in the region, has preferred to increase the capacity of Casablanca rather than to saturate the capacity of Tangier. In 2022, Renault's production capacity in Morocco will total 500,000 units per year (160,000 in Casablanca and 340,000 in Tangier).
- The vast majority of cars produced by Renault in Morocco are exported, especially to Europe, but the manufacturer will have to deal with assembly plants located in Algeria (Oran), Turkey (Bursa) and Romania (Pitesti), who also produce Logan for the markets of the Maghreb, the Near East and Eastern Europe.
- The Moroccan market reached 169,000 units in 2017, versus 94,000 in Algeria and 47,000 in Tunisia.
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Suzuki Global Market 2017
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Suzuki Global Market 2017
- Suzuki's global sales reached 3.16 million vehicles in 2017, a 14% increase over 2016, allowing Suzuki to post growth comparable to that of the PSA group, which is still ahead of Suzuki in 2017. But while the PSA group's growth is mainly due to the takeover of GM's European subsidiaries, Suzuki's growth is due to the growth of its own sales, particularly in India, Japan and South-East Asia.
- Suzuki's global sales in 2017 break down as follows:
1. India is its largest market, with 1.61 million vehicles, or 51% of its global sales.
2. Japan is its second largest market, with 665,000 vehicles, or 21% of its global sales.
3. Southeast Asia is its third largest market, with 300,000 vehicles, or 9% of global sales.
4. Europe is its fourth largest market, with 245,000 vehicles, or 8% of global sales.
2. Japan is its second largest market, with 665,000 vehicles, or 21% of its global sales.
3. Southeast Asia is its third largest market, with 300,000 vehicles, or 9% of global sales.
4. Europe is its fourth largest market, with 245,000 vehicles, or 8% of global sales.
- These four markets account for 89% of Suzuki's global sales in 2017.
- China is behind, with only 115,000 sales, while in the US, the Suzuki brand has completely disappeared. Suzuki's bestselling models in 2017 are Alto (366,000 units), Wagon R (311,000 units), Swift (295,000 units) and Dzire (225,000 units). Suzuki remains the 10th world manufacturer in 2017.
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Mazda Global Market 2017
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Mazda Global Market 2017
- Mazda's worldwide sales amounted to 1.58 million vehicles in 2017, up 2.5% from 2016. This is comparable to the overall global growth in auto sales (+2 , 3%). Mazda thus passed last year from 13th place worldwide to 14th, being overtaken by the Chinese Geely whose growth was at 40% (one of the strongest growths recorded by an automaker in 2017).
- The Mazda Group's global sales in 2017 break down as follows:
1. China is its largest market, with 316,000 vehicles, or 20% of its global sales.
2. The United States is its second largest market, with 290,000 vehicles, or 18% of its worldwide sales.
3. Europe is its third largest market, with 230,000 vehicles, or 16% of its worldwide sales.
4. Japan is its fourth largest market, with 210,000 vehicles, or 13% of its global sales.
2. The United States is its second largest market, with 290,000 vehicles, or 18% of its worldwide sales.
3. Europe is its third largest market, with 230,000 vehicles, or 16% of its worldwide sales.
4. Japan is its fourth largest market, with 210,000 vehicles, or 13% of its global sales.
- These four markets account for 67% of Mazda's global sales in 2017, with a fairly even distribution.
- The best-selling Mazda models in 2017 are the CX5s (445,000 units) and Mazda 3 (442,000 units), which are well ahead of the CX3 (160,000 units), Mazda 2 (156,000 units) and Mazda 6 (152,000 units). The CX4, CX9, MX5 and BT50 have very low sales.
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Inovev forecasts 15,000 to 20,000 annual sales of the new BMW Z4
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Inovev forecasts 15,000 to 20,000 annual sales of the new BMW Z4
- BMW replaces the old Z4 coupé-cabriolet with retractable steel-roof by the BMW Z4 roadster with a classic canvas hood. The Mercedes SLC, which is the main rival of the Z4, remains one of the last sports cars still with a retractable steel roof. The fashion of coupés-cabriolets is fading quickly.
- Following a technical agreement between BMW and Toyota for models manufactured in small series, the new BMW Z4 shares its platform with the Toyota Supra which should be unveiled in the coming weeks. Both models will be assembled in the same factory in Graz, Austria, which belongs to the equipment manufacturer Magna-Steyr. This factory also assembles the Jaguar E-Pace and I-Pace, the Mercedes G-Class and part of the BMW 5 Series.
- This plant has specialized in small series since the early 1990s, and many manufacturers have used Magna-Steyr to manufacture some of their "marginal" models, such as the Peugeot RCZ, the Aston Martin Rapide, the Saab Cabrio and more recently the Mini Countryman.
- The new BMW Z4 is equipped with a 340-hp -6cylinder 3l turbo petrol engine, but will soon be available in a 185 hp / 245 hp 4-cylinder 2l turbo engine. The new BMW Z4 will rival Mercedes SLC, Audi TT and Porsche Cayman. Inovev expects 15,000 to 20,000 annual sales of the new Z4.
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