BMW will produce 1.5 million models with its CLAR platform per year.
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BMW will produce 1.5 million models with its CLAR platform per year.
- The BMW group has created a new modular platform (named CLAR), which will be shared by all its RWD models (available initially for the latest 7 Series, then for future 5 Series, 3 Series, 4 Series and 6 Series models) as well as for future SUVs (X3, X4, X5, X6), and for future Rolls-Royce models.
- This new shared platform is the second by the BMW group after its UKL platform, and is used in all front wheel drive models (Mini, Active Tourer, Gran Tourer, X1, as well as in future 1 Series, 2 Series and X2).
- Almost a million models with these platforms are set to be manufactured with UKL and almost 1.5 million with CLAR. BMW's aim is to sell 2.5 million vehicles globally each year (compared to 2.25 million in 2015).
- Modular platforms, which streamline vehicle parts and significantly decrease vehicle weight, have been developed rapidly by large manufacturers over recent years. The platforms in use today are MQB (transverse), MLB (longitudinal) and MSB (to-of-the-range) by Volkswagen, CMF by Renault-Nissan (mid-size models), CMP1 (small models) and EMP2 (mid-size models) by PSA Peugeot-Citroën, MFA (FWD) and MRA (RWD) by Mercedes, CMA (compact models) and SPA (large models) by Volvo.
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Overview of the Australian market in 2015
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Overview of the Australian market in 2015
- The Australian automobile market grew by 3.8% in 2015, to a volume of 1.12 million vehicles (passenger vehicles and light utility vehicles), which is a new record for this market.SUVs represented 36.5% of sales in 2015, versus 32.5% in 2014. In addition to this, sedans accounted for 46% of sales in 2015, compared to 49% in 2014. Sales of pickup trucks remained stable at 10% of the market.
- By brand, Toyota (18.3% of the market, +1.0%) remains the leader in the Australian market, well ahead of Mazda (10.2% of the market, +13.2%), Holden-GM (9.2% of the market, -3.0%), Hyundai (9.1% of the market, +2.0%), Mitsubishi (6.4% of the market, +4.5%), Ford (6.3% of the market, -11.6%), Nissan (5.9% of the market, +0.1%), Volkswagen (5.4% of the market, +9.9%), Subaru (3.9% of the market, +7.6%) and Honda (3.6% of the market, +21.5%). Of these ten brands, only two American brands (Holden and Ford) saw their sales decrease in the Australian market last year. This market is becoming progressively Japanese-dominated (Japanese brands accounted for 48% of sales last year, compared to 47% the year before).
- The ten best-selling models in the Australian market in 2015 were the following: Toyota Corolla (42 073 vehicles), Mazda 3 (38 644), Toyota Hilux (35 161), Hyundai i30 (32 306), Ford Ranger (29 185), Holden Commodore (27 770), Toyota Camry (27 654), Mitsubishi L200 (25 338), Mazda CX5 (25 136) and Volkswagen Golf (22 662). Of these ten models, five are manufactured domestically (Corolla, Camry, Hilux, Ranger, Commodore), but will no longer be from 2018 onwards as all Australian automobile factories will cease operations at the end of 2017. Three pickup models figure among the ten best-selling models in Australia (Hilux, Ranger, L200).
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The European LUV market remains well below pre-crisis levels
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The European LUV market remains well below pre-crisis levels
- The European light utility vehicles market (29 countries) grew by 11.6% in 2015, following a growth of 19.7% in 2014, but remains well below pre-crisis levels. Last year's figure of 1 735 000 vehicle registrations remains 25% lower than the figure for 2007 (2 229 000 vehicles).
- The market would therefore need to grow on average by 10% annually over three years (2016-2017-2018) to return to the record levels of 2007.
- The European light utility vehicles market is much more concentrated than the passenger cars market, which means that there are fewer manufacturers in this market, and also fewer imports from regions outside Europe + Turkey. In addition to this, there are also few exports to regions outside Europe.
- The European manufacturers producing this type of vehicle (the seven main ones are PSA, Renault-Nissan, Ford, FCA, Daimler, Volkswagen and GM) are therefore directly affected by changes in the LUV market in Europe.
- In 2015, PSA was the main producer of LUVs (420 000 vehicles), ahead of Renault-Nissan (390 000 vehicles), Ford (385 000 vehicles), FCA (335 000 vehicles), Daimler (255 000 vehicles), Volkswagen (210 000 vehicles) and GM (110 000 vehicles). These figures include LUV production in Turkey.
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Production forecasts in the USA in 2016 (PC + LCV)
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Production forecasts in the USA in 2016 (PC + LCV)
- Since 2009, automobile production in USA has risen steadily, reaching 12.2 million units in 2015, a level already achieved in 2005. This increase in US production has supported the uninterrupted growth of the US market since 2009.
- In 2016, Inovev remains cautious, because on one hand, the US market is expected to slow down after several years of strong growth that have actually caught up with the sales lost since 2005, and secondly,the US market now benefits Mexican production more than it benefits production in the US, since car production in Mexico has more than doubled between 2005 and 2015, while at the same time, US production has not increased.
- Finally, American brand vehicles (initially Buick models) will begin to be exported from China to the United States,from spring 2016, which will have a negative impact on US production. The new strategy of the GM group is encouraged by Chinese authorities who observe with great concern the decline in car exports from China (-20% in 2015 and even -30% in the first two months of 2016).
- Result of these three parameters,Inovev expects a stabilization or slight decline in US production in 2016 compared to 2015.It should therefore record a volume of about 12 million units, little different from the volume recorded in 2015.
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Production forecasts in Russia in 2016 (PC + LCV)
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Production forecasts in Russia in 2016 (PC + LCV)
- Between 2009 and 2012, Russian car production had increased significantly, catching up the backlog of 2009 and reaching far beyond it, at around 2.3 million units. But with the fall of the Russian market, which began in 2013 (-5%) and which was amplified in 2014 (-10%) and 2015 (-30%), Russian production fell back in 2013(-6%), and the decline was amplified in 2014 (-11%) and 2015 (-30%). The Russian government had intended to limit car imports into Russia in order to build more new models on the Russian soil. However, although imports fell sharply in 2014 (-20%) and 2015 (-40%), we have observed that the market decline and the fall in production are of equal magnitude.
- The revival of the Russian market and Russian production therefore did not take place in 2015,but there are signs of a possible recovery in 2016, including the easing of economic sanctions on Russia and the introduction of new government measures encouraging the purchase of new vehicles. Meanwhile, new vehicles are added to Russian production: LadaVesta, Lada X-Ray, Ford Fiesta, Nissan Sentra, Nissan Qashqai, Toyota RAV4. By contrast, Chevrolet and Opel have disappeared from Russian assembly lines.
- Inovev remains optimistic for 2016 and expects an increase of 37.5% of Russian production, to 1.84 million units, provided that incentives are put in place quickly.
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