Alfa-Romeo launches its first SUV: the Stelvio.

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Alfa-Romeo launches its first SUV: the Stelvio.
 

- The Italian carmaker Alfa-Roméo, a subsidiary of the FCA group, is yomping to renew and expand its range upwards.
The SUV Stelvio (D-segment) and the sedan Guilia (D-segment, launched at the beginning of 2016)  have been added to  the Mito (B-segment) and Giulietta (C-segment).


- The Stelvio is the first genuine SUV of the Alfa-Romeo brand (which had previously sold all-wheel-drive models derived from sedans and station wagons). The Stelvio enters an increasingly competitive segment since today almost all carmakers offer such models in  their catalogs, the last to enter this market being Seat (Ateca), Jaguar (F-Pace), Maserati (Levante) and Bentley (Bentayga). This segment now accounts for 25% of sales in Europe in 2016, and it is therefore in the interest of all carmakers to offer several SUVs in their catalogs.


- The Stelvio targets customers of Premium D-segment SUV, such as Porsche Macan, Audi Q5, BMW X3, Mercedes GLC and Jaguar F-Pace. It is based on the platform of the Giorgio de la Giulia, and equipped with its various engines. The Stelvio is 4.68m long, like the Porsche Macan, and 1.65m high. The Stelvio is the first of the three SUVs that Alfa will launch in two years: an E-segment SUV based on the MaseratiLevante platform and a C-segment SUV based on the Giulietta platform.


- Inovev expects 30,000 sales of Stelvio per year (its production being carried out in Cassino, Italy).


16-27-2   

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Jaguar will launch the i-Pace in 2018

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Jaguar will launch the i-Pace in 2018
 
- Jaguar will launch its BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) in 2018.
It will be the i-Pace, which will complement the E-Pace, F-Pace and J-Pace SUV range. Directly competing with the Tesla Model 3 which will be launched the same year, the i-Pace is more like a four-door sedan than a real SUV.

- This model will be manufactured by the manufacturer Magna-Steyr in Graz, Austria at a rate of 20,000 units per year (13,000 in the first year).
Jaguar said that the United States would be the first market for this vehicle (California being an important market for electric cars), but that China and Europe would also be test markets because they have a high potential for this type of vehicles.

- By 2020, the Jaguar Land Rover Group intends to sell 50% of the number of its models in electrified versions (HEV, PHEV and BEV), which does not mean however that 50% of the volume of the  manufacturer's sales will be made by electrified vehicles. But the proportion of sales of the group of electrified vehicles is expected to grow steadily from the beginning of the next decade.

- The Jaguar i-Pace, which inaugurates the manufacturer's 100% electric vehicle range, uses a brand new platform
that will be used as the basis for future electric models of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands. It could also eventually equip models from the parent company Tata Motors in India.

16-27-1   

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Citroën plans to return to Iran

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Citroën plans to return to Iran
 
- PSA group, after signing a first contract aiming at manufacturing 200,000 cars per year of Peugeot brand in Iran (at the Iran Khodro assembly in Tehran), is on the verge to sign a second contract to manufacture 150,000 cars per year of Citroën brand in Iran (at the SAIPA assembler in Kashan) is imminent.

- A total of 350,000 Peugeot and Citroën vehicles are expected to be manufactured every year in Iran from 2020 onwards. The increase in the volume of production will be gradual: in 2017, the volume of production is expected to reach 50,000 (50,000 Peugeot), 150,000 in 2018 (Peugeot's 100,000 and Citroën's 50,000), 250,000 in 2019 (150,000 Peugeot and 100,000 Citroën) and 350,000 in 2020 (200,000 Peugeot and 150,000 Citroën).

- The Peugeot cars produced in Iran for the local market from 2017 will be the 301 (which will replace the 405), the 208 (which will replace the 206) and the 2008 (which will be added to the range), while Citroën has not announced yet the models that will be produced in the country. According to Inovev, it could be the Citroën C-Elysée, C3 and C3 Aircross.

- While Peugeot models are still very numerous in Iran (they represent one third of the Iranian fleet), Citroën models are few in number (a few Xantia were produced in Iran from 2001 to 2009). The Citroën brand will therefore inevitably have more difficulties to come back and impose on the Iranian market than Peugeot.

16-26-10   

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PSA reorganizes its production of engines at its various sites in the world

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PSA reorganizes its production of engines at its various sites in the world
 
- The PSA group announces the reorganization of its engine production on its various sites in the world. As the new assembly plants are installed throughout the world, the carmaker is now adding motor assembly units. This new strategy responds to the state of saturation of its engines plants in France (Trémery and Douvrin). Today, the PSA group manufactures 75% of its engines in France. This proportion is expected to decline over the next five years, as a consequence of the opening of the group's new assembly plants in Iran, Morocco and China, as well as an increase in the capacity of the plant in Slovakia (which will manufacture all  the Peugeot 208 and Citroën C3 from 2020).

- The PSA group plans to assembly 200,000 engines in Slovakia (to supply the Trnava plant), 90,000 engines in Morocco (to supply the Kenitra plant), 360,000 engines in Iran (to supply the Iran plant Khodro of Tehran), i.e. at total 650,000 “offshored" engines.

- In 2016, the PSA Group will manufacture 2.5 million engines in France (Trémery and Douvrin), plus 800,000 in China and 100,000 in South America, representing a total of 3.4 million engines.

- By 2020, it is expected to manufacture 2.3 million in France and 1.7 million abroad, .i.e. at total 4.0 million engines.

16-26-9   

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What will be the strategy of Renault-Nissan in E.V. by 2025?

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What will be the strategy of Renault-Nissan in E.V. by 2025?
 
- The Renault-Nissan group remains the world's largest manufacturer of electric cars, having sold more than 350,000 cars since 2010 (it will sell 80,000 cars in 2016). Its two main models are the Nissan Leaf (235,000 units sold since 2010) and Renault Zoé (55,000 units sold since 2010).

- With the contribution of Mitsubishi, the Renault-Nissan group is increasing its lead in this field, since Mitsubishi has sold 25,000 I-Miev since 2010, plus 95,000 Outlander hybrid Plug-In (PHEV). Mitsubishi can also bring to Renault-Nissan its expertise in the field of PHEV, since neither Renault nor Nissan currently offers vehicles of this type.

- By the side of the programs announced by the Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW groups, the Renault-Nissan Group is expected to announce its own program on the development of electric vehicles in the near future by 2025. In the meantime, Inovev has constructed a first scenario which should be close to reality.
The current range of electric cars in the group could be complemented by new models, including an electric Micra that would be manufactured in Flins alongside the Renault Zoé. Much more ambitious would be the realization of a vast program of design of low cost electric cars in China (less than 10,000 euros).

- The French-Japanese group has real assets to sell one million electrified vehicles a year in the world from 2025.

16-26-7   

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