Inovev expects a volume of 90,000 units per year for the Volvo V90

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Inovev expects a volume of 90,000 units per year for the Volvo V90
 

- The Swedish carmaker Volvo, a subsidiary of the Geely group, has just launched its new large  E-segment estate vehicle, the V90, which is sourced from the recent S90 sedan and replaces the  estate V70 launched in 2007. Almost 700,000 estate V70 (and derivatives XC70) were produced by Volvo in Göteborg (Sweden) between 2007 and 2016. They were produced three times more than the S80 sedans that stemmed from them. Inovev took the same proportion to calculate the number of S90 and V90 produced in the future: 35,000 S90 sedans and 90,000 V90 breaks per year, for a total of 125,000 units produced per year in Gothenburg for the entire range S90 / V90.


- The forecast for the SUV XC90 has also been revised upwards: Inovev now expects 80,000 units per year for  this large SUV, which is very successful in Europe, China and the USA (70,000 sales expected in 2016).


- The S90, V90 and XC90 share many components, including the SPA modular platform and four engines: a petrol engine T6 (4-cylinder 2.0-liter 320hp), a petrol engine T8 (4 cylinders 2.0 l Hybrid 400hp), a diesel engine D4 (4 cylinders of 2.0 l of 190hp) and a diesel engine D5 (4 cylinders of 2.0 l of 225ch). There is no engine with higher displacement on the whole of this range, because Volvo now favors the downsizing on all its models.


- The V90 estate competes with Mercedes E-Class, BMW 5 Series and Audi A6.


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Inovev expects a volume of 350,000 units per year for the Ford Fiesta in Europe

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Inovev expects a volume of 350,000 units per year for the Ford Fiesta in Europe

 

- The Ford Fiesta (B-segment) is Ford's best-selling model in Europe. A few months after launching the replacement of the Ka (segment A), now called Ka +, Ford Europe is presenting the seventh generation Fiesta, replacing the current Fiesta whose origins date back to 2008. The new Fiesta adopts the same platform as the former one, platform which is used on the Ecosport (B-segment SUV) and Ka + (A-segment sedan). It extends by 7cm and widens by 2cm. These upward dimensions (404cm and 175cm respectively) make it possible to differentiate this new vehicle more clearly from the recent Ka + which is now a 5 door (like the Fiesta), and adopts dimensions very close to the Fiesta of 2008 (393cm long and 169cm Wide for the Ka +, 397cm and 173cm for the old Fiesta, 404cm and 175cm for the new Fiesta).

- The new Ford Fiesta, which will be available from next summer, will be available equipped with three engines: a 100hp, 125hp and 140hp Ecoboost 1.0l petrol engine, a 70hp and 85hp petrol engine, and a diesel engine 1.5l of 85hp and 120hp (to compare to 75hp and 95hp on the current Fiesta).

- The new Fiesta will be produced on the Ford site in Köln (Germany) for the European market, as previously.
 It is also expected to be produced in Mexico from 2018 for the North American market.

- Inovev expects 350,000 units produced in Europe each year. 16-28-2   

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GM and Ford gradually deserted Britain as producers

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GM and Ford gradually deserted Britain as producers
 
- The American groups GM and Ford, established in Great Britain since the 1920s, gradually deserted Great Britain as producers from the years 2000.
From 30% of British production in the early 1950s, they had progressed to capture 40% of British production in the early 1960s, reaching a peak production in 1987 by realizing 50% of British production.
Then the GM and Ford groups decided to gradually relocate their production to the European continent, mainly in Germany and Belgium.

- Ford ceased its British production in 2002 (the Dagenham plant was converted into an engine assembly plant, the Halewood plant was sold to Land Rover), while GM reduced its production capacity by half, Now sold on the local market. In the 2000s, production by the two American groups fell to less than 10% of British production. And the closure of the GM plants is scheduled for the early 2020s. The two American groups will have completely deserted Britain as producers, although the UK market still accounts for 25% of their shipments in Europe.

- It was mainly Japanese manufacturers that compensated for the departure of US manufacturers in Great Britain: they accounted for almost 50% of British production in 2016, compared with 35% in 2000.

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Imports of Premium cars in China in 2016

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Imports of Premium cars in China in 2016
 
- Sales of Premium cars now account for nearly 10% of the Chinese market (23% in Europe, 12% in USA),
ie 1,537 million vehicles in the first 9 months of 2016 out of a total of 16,685 million vehicles of all makes.

- Premium car sales increased by 11% in the first nine months of 2016 compared to the first nine months of 2015, while the Chinese market as a whole increased by 15% over the same period. This difference is explained by the fact that the Chinese market was boosted in 2016 by the reduction of taxes on small models, which gave more advantage to Chinese brands than Premium brands that sell quite a few small models.

- As for the premium car sales in China in 2016, it may be observed that:

§75% Premium vehicles come from the German brands Audi, BMW and Mercedes (this proportion was 74.5% in 2015).
§Mercedes increased its sales by 21% in 2016, while Audi increased its sales by 9% and BMW by 6%.
§65% are produced in China (mainly Audi, BMW and Mercedes) and 35% are imported from abroad.
§Imports in China of Mercedes and BMW continue to increase (+ 20% for each of the two brands) while Audi continues to reduce them (-30%). Only part of their range is currently produced in China.
§Imports of premium cars in China have decreased overall by 5% in 2016 compared to 2015.

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SAIC will assemble Audi vehicles in China from 2018

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SAIC will assemble Audi vehicles in China from 2018
 
- The Volkswagen Group has assembled vehicles in China since the early 1990s, on the one hand with the SAIC group (Volkswagen and Skoda models) and on the other hand with the FAW group (Volkswagen and Audi models).

- In 2015, SAIC manufactured 2 million Volkswagen and Skoda vehicles and the FAW group manufactured 1.5 million Volkswagen and Audi vehicles.
A total of 3.5 million Volkswagen, Skoda and Audi models were produced in China in 2015, the vast majority for local market.

- However, there remains 120 000 additional imports from Europe (62 000 Audi and 58 000 Porsche).
To limit the number of these imports and increase the market share of the Audi brand, the Volkswagen Group decided to produce at SAIC new Audi models that are not manufactured at FAW, ie different from the A3, A4, A6, Q3, Q5. The first models will come out of the Shanghai plants in 2018. They could be not only models different from those manufactured by FAW, but also brand new Audi models, not manufactured in Europe or other parts of the world. It might be an Audi variant of the recent Volkswagen Atlas (SUV-E segment) that could be named Q8 or Q9, and an Audi model positioned between the A6 and the A8.

- SAIC had always claimed that it would not manufacture Audi models because of their high price, it seems that the Chinese manufacturer has changed its mind.

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