The Most Produced Car in Italy in 2016
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The Most Produced Car in Italy in 2016
- We have seen in our previous analyses that the VW Golf was the most produced car in Germany (and in Europe) and that the Toyota Yaris was the most produced car in France. What is the most produced car in Italy?
- This is ,as for several years the Fiat Panda (A segment),. The plant in Pomigliano (Southern Italy) is the only site that produces this model in the European Union. 200,000 Fiat Pandas were manufactured in Europe in 2016, of which 192,000 were sold in the European Union, where it ranks sixteenth in model sales ,behind the Audi A3. Nevertheless, it is the most sold A segment model in Europe.
- The Fiat Panda is in its third generation, since its inception in 1980, and the fourth generation will be launched in 2019 for a lifetime of six or seven years. It is not certain that the future model will be produced in Italy, because the management of the FCA group is assessing whether it would be worthwhile to transfer the production of the Panda back to Poland , as was the case between 2003 and 2012 .Indeed, in 2019 the Polish factory in Tichy will no longer produce the LanciaYpsilon (discontinued model) or the Ford Ka (now manufactured in India). The production of the replacement for the Fiat Punto (scheduled for the end of 2017) is also in discussion as this model , currently produced in Italy ,could be transferred to Poland as well.
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The Most Produced Car in the UK in 2016
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The Most Produced Car in the UK in 2016
- We have seen in our previous analyzes that the VW Golf was the most produced car in Germany (and in Europe) and that the Toyota Yaris was the most produced car in France. What is the most produced car in the UK?
- This is, as for several years, the Nissan Qashqai (C segment SUV),. The plant in Sunderland (UK) is the only site that produces this model in the European Union. There is a factory in Russia (Saint Petersburg) that manufactures this model, but for local demand only. The Nissan Qashqai is also manufactured in China and will soon be manufactured in the United States under the name of Rogue Sport (the Rogue being the US version of the Nissan X-Trail).
- 310,000 Nissan Qashqai were manufactured at units in Europe in 2016, of which 220,000 were sold in the European Union, where it ranks eighth in model sales behind the Opel Astra and the Peugeot 208. It remains the most sold SUV in Europe.
- The Nissan Qashqai is in its second generation, since its inception in 2007, and the third generation is expected to be launched in 2020 for a lifetime of six or seven years. It should continue to be produced in Sunderland, following the agreements between Nissan and the British government after the vote on the Brexit. The Nissan X-Trail should also be manufactured on this site (60,000 sales in Europe in 2016)
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The Most Produced Car in Spain in 2016
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The Most Produced Car in Spain in 2016
- We have seen in our previous analyses that the VW Golf was the most produced car in Germany (and in Europe) and that the Toyota Yaris was the most produced car in France. What is the most produced car in Spain?
- This is , as for several years, the VW Polo (B segment), The plant in Pamplona (Spain) is the only site that produces this model within the European Union. There is a factory in Russia (Kaluga) which manufactures a sedan version of the Polo but for local demand only. The Polo is also made in China, India, and will even be produced in Algeria from this year on.
- 323,000 VW Polo were manufactured at in Europe in 2016, of which 286,000 were sold in the European Union, where it is the second highest selling model after the VW Golf. At the global level, 601,000 VW Polo were manufactured , of which 550,000 were actually sold, which ranks it fifteenth in terms of sales, but in first place in the B segment. The VW Polo is in its fifth generation since its inception in 1975 and the sixth generation will be launched in 2017 for a lifetime of six or seven years. The Polo will continue to be produced in Pamplona. A SUV variant is expected to be launched a year later, to compete with the Renault Captur, Peugeot 2008, Fiat 500X, Opel Mokka, and Ford Ecosport.
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Australia Automotive Market ( PC+LCV ) in 2016
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Australia Automotive Market ( PC+LCV ) in 2016
- The Australian automotive market (PC + LCV) grew slower in 2016 (+ 2% compared to 2015), but set a new record of sales at 1.18 million units. This market is expected to exceed 1.2 million units for the first time in its history in 2017, while at the same time the Australian automotive industry will have completely disappeared, after the closing of the last Ford, GM and Toyotafactories.
- The Australian automotive market will thus be fully supplied through imports from Asia, America and Europe, so local production will have no impact on the evolution and volume of this market. The level of the Australian market is equivalent to that of Spain but Australia has half the population of Spain (23.3 million compared to 47 million). Therefore the car ownership rate in Australia is twice as high as in Spain. Manufacturers for the most part saw their sales increase in 2016, except GM, VW and FCA. Toyota (223,000 sales, + 1%) ahead of Hyundai-Kia (144,000 sales, + 6.2%), Mazda (118,000 sales, + 3.7%), GM Holden (94 000 sales, -8,4%), VW (91,000 sales, -2.1%), Ford (81,000 sales, + 15.3%) and Renault-Nissan (77,000 sales, + 0.6%).
- The best-selling models in 2016 are the Toyota Hilux (42,000), Toyota Corolla (40,000), Hyundai i30 (38,000), Ford Ranger (37,000), Mazda 3 (36,000), Toyota Camry ), Holden Commodore (25,000) and Mazda CX5 (24,000).
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Inovev predicts more than 80 000 sales for the new Ford Expedition
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Inovev predicts more than 80 000 sales for the new Ford Expedition
- Ford unveiled the new generation of Expedition, which is the largest SUV in the brand since its inception in 1997. This model is in its fourth generation (the previous generation was in 2007) and is still based on the platform used by the F-Series pick-up, which was renewed in 2015. The Expedition also has an aluminum body in white . This large SUV is traditionally the direct competitor of the Chevrolet Suburban which is on the same platform as the Silverado pickup. The Expedition has always had a Lincoln version , the Navigator (competitor of the Cadillac Escalade) , and the new Navigator should also be unveiled in the coming months.
- The Ford Expedition has been manufactured at the Louisville (Kentucky) site since 2009, along with the Lincoln Navigator. It was previously manufactured at the Wayne, Michigan site, not far from the site where the F Series is produced. The new generation of Ford Expedition follows a model that had reached nearly 80,000 sales in 2016 (against 60,000 in 2015). The sales figures achieved by the previous generation (2008-2017) are however quite far from those recorded before 2008 (more than 100,000 units per year), but Inovev expects the 80,000 sales to be surpassed again in 2017, despite the expected contraction of the US market is this year.
- The Ford Expedition will, as in the past, only be marketed in North America.
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