The Renault-Nissan Group sold 8.26 million PC + LCVs in 2013

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The Renault-Nissan Group sold 8.26 million PC + LCVs in 2013

- The Franco-Japanese group Renault-Nissan sold 8.26 million vehicles worldwide in 2013, representing an increase of 2% compared to 2012. It therefore retains its fourth place behind the Toyota, General Motors and Volkswagen groups, and ahead of Hyundai-Kia group selling an extra 700 000 units (against 1 000 000 in 2012).

- The Nissan Division (Nissan, Datsun, Infiniti) sold 5.1 million vehicles (+3.3%) and the Renault division (Renault, Dacia, Samsung) 2.63 million (+3.1%). Autovaz sold sold 0.53 million vehicles. This is the only industry group to decline in 2013 (-13.1%) due to a decline in the Russian market. This therefore reduces the growth of the group as a whole.

- The year 2013 has been marked by the good performance of the Nissan brand on its core markets (U.S.: 1 250 000 units, China: 950 000 units, Japan: 680 000 units) the year was also marked by the rebooting of Renault on its core market (Europe: 1 300 000 units), thanks to the new Clio IV and Captur. The group has been one of the few (with Daimler and Tata Motors) to benefit from growth in a European market down by 1.9% over the whole year 2013.

- The year 2013 was also marked by the continued growth of the Entry range (41% of Renault sales), as well as the confirmation of the establishment of Renault in China (with Dongfeng), the creation of a Low cost brand by Nissan (Datsun), and the confirmation of the takeover of the Russian manufacturer Autovaz.

14-05-4  

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The Hyundai-Kia Group sold 7.56 million of PC + LCV in 2013

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The Hyundai-Kia Group sold 7.56 million of PC + LCV in 2013
 
- The Korean group Hyundai-Kia sold 7.56 million vehicles worldwide in 2013, representing an increase of 6.5% compared to 2012. This is the largest increase recorded last year in the top five carmakers (Toyota, GM, Volkswagen, Renault-Nissan, Hyundai-Kia).

- The Hyundai brand sold 4.73 million vehicles in 2013 (+7.3%) and Kia sold 2.83 million (+4.8%). Hyundai sold 0.64 million vehicles in the Korean market (-4%) and exported 4.08 million (+9.3%). Kia sold 0.46 million vehicles on the Korean market (-5%) and exported 2.38 million (+5.8%).

- The two brands thus achieved 85% of their sales outside Korea, where their market share declined in 2013 to 71.5% (PC + LCV), this remains a very high percentage compared to the share of the Toyota Group in Japan, the GM group in the U.S. or the VW group in Europe. It is imports (traditionally very low in Korea) that have made the most progress in 2013 which reduced the market share of the Hyundai-Kia group in its home market.

- In contrast, the market share of the Korean group grew last year in Russia (13.5%), China (9%), the USA (8%), Europe (6%). The year 2013 was especially characterized  by the increase of the group's production capacity in Turkey.

 

- In 2014, Hyundai-Kia expects a slower growth in worldwide sales of about 4%.

14-05-1  

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The Chinese government maintains its sales targets for electric vehicles

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The Chinese government maintains its sales targets for electric vehicles
 
- Sales of electric vehicles in China remained weak in 2013. Indeed, according to figures from the CAAM (China Association of Automobile Manufacturers), only 15 000 electric cars and 3 000 hybrid cars were sold last year, 18 000 vehicles in total (against 12 000 units 2012).

- Yet the Chinese government gives grants that go up to 60 000 yuan (7 323 euros) for electric vehicles and 35 000 yuan (4 272 euros) for plug-in hybrid vehicles, but it had little impact on the market.

- The Chinese government believes, however, that sales of electric vehicles in China are expected to grow to a volume of between 60 000 and 80 000 units in 2014, four times more than in 2013.

- The increase in sales of electric vehicles in China over the next few years should come first from fleets of buses and taxis, because individuals do not yet request this kind of vehicle.

- The objective of the Chinese government to have a fleet of 500 000 electric cars in China in 2015 and 5 000 000 in 2020 remains very difficult to achieve. As for the Renault-Nissan group (leader in electric vehicles) Chinese government targets for electric vehicle come up against the current price of these vehicles, the insufficient number of charging stations, the low range of these vehicles and the lack of public enthusiasm for this type of vehicle. 

14-04-9  

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The Indian PC market fell by 7.8% in 2013

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The Indian PC market fell by 7.8% in 2013
 
 - The Indian PC market fell by 7.8% in 2013 to 2.56 million units, after an increase of 9.9% in 2012 (compared to 2011). This is the largest decline in 2013 among the four BRIC countries seeing as Russia fell by 5.4% and Brazil by 3.4%. Only China increased its sales by 15.7%.

- This decline in the Indian market in 2013 has been the first since the early 2000s, where PC registrations did not exceed 750 000 units per year. In ten years, the Indian market has been multiplied by 3.5 which is still one of the strongest worldwide market growth in recent years.

- Despite the decline of 2013, the potential of the Indian market remains however untouched, a reboot of the market is expected in 2014 (without reaching the record volume of 2012).

- By manufacturers, the Suzuki group (which sells its vehicles here under the Maruti brand) is widely leader in the Indian market (42%), far ahead of Hyundai-Kia (15%). Followed by : Mahindra (10%) and Tata (9%) these two 100% Indian producers are anticipating the combined attack of the Japanese Toyota, Honda and Nissan brands. Finally, GM, Ford and VW share less than 10% of the market.

- By models, three Suzuki-Maruti are in the first three places: Suzuki 800/Alto (452 877 units), Suzuki Swift (245 173 units) and Suzuki Dzire (198 317 units). Followed by the Hyundai i10 (142 894 units) and i20 (132 384 units).

14-05-2  

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The Chinese market has become one of the world's leading premium markets

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The Chinese market has become one of the world's leading premium markets
 

- Premium brands have made great progress in the Chinese market in 2013. They recorded increases of between 11% and 67% on an overall market growth of 15.7% last year.


- Audi remains the leading Premium brands in China, with a record volume of 491 989 vehicles in 2013 (+21.2% compared to 2012), including 419 003 units produced on site. BMW has sold 390 713 vehicles in 2013 (+19.7%) with 214 978 products on site. It should be noted that out of this total 28 613 sales were generated by the Mini brand. Mercedes has sold 228 000 vehicles in 2013 (+11%), with 129 982 produced locally. Porsche has sold 37 425 vehicles in China last year (19.9%), all of which were imported from Germany. German premium brands represent 88% of the Chinese Premium market.


- The largest increases were recorded in non-German Premium brands: Volvo saw its sales increase by 45.6% in 2013, to 61 146 units, Infiniti has seen its sales rise by  54% (17 108 units) and Cadillac by 66.6% (50 000 units). Including Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini, this is a volume close to 1.3 million Premium vehicles that were sold in the Chinese market last year (7.5% of the global Chinese market) . This market has become in a few years one of the world's top three Premium markets, with Europe (2.5 million units representing 20% of the global market) and the United States (1.9 million units representing 12.5% of the global market).


14-04-10  

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