The Opel plant in Zaragoza should double in size in four years
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- The Opel plant in Zaragoza, Spain will have produced less than 240 000 vehicles in 2013 (the objectives of the manufacturer were 280 000), which is one of the worst figures registered by the plant over the past twenty years. But the site of Zaragoza should bounce back next year as Opel has provided a considerable recovery plan including the arrival of new models, including models from abroad.
- The carmaker plans to produce 480 000 units in 2017 (Inovev estimates 420 000 units), in other words double the production in four years. To achieve such a volume, Opel has scheduled the arrival of the Mokka mini-SUV in 2014, the new generation Meriva in 2016 and the new generation Corsa in 2017 coupled with the production of the new generation Citroën C3 Picasso in 2016 (transferred from the PSA plant of Trnava to Zaragoza, thanks to the recent agreement between GM and PSA).
- En 2014, Opel therefore foresees the Zaragoza production at 20 000 units for the Mokka, 60 000 for the Meriva, 145 000 (5 door) Corsa, 35 000 (3 door) Corsa, transferred from the German Eisenach plant where they were exclusively manufactured, to the Spanish plant of Zaragoza. And 25 000 redesigned Corsa (Their launch is programmed for 2014), in other words 285 000 vehicles in total.
- It won't be before 2015 that the activity of the Spanish site will take a real boom in production with the rise of the face lifted Mokka and Corsa , and then in 2016 with the arrival of new generation Meriva and Citroen C3 Picasso.
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Great Wall is going to start exporting vehicles from Bulgaria
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PSA unveils the DS 5 LS specifically designed for the Chinese market
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Insight of the Korean PC market over the 11 months 2013
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- South Korea is the fourth largest car market in Asia (behind China, Japan and India) with just under 1.2 million passenger cars sold in the first 11 months of 2013.
- In a particularly dynamic continent (thanks to China and the ASEAN countries ), Korean market is almost stable in 2013 compared to 2012 (-0.24%). Foreign carmakers progress versus Korean carmakers (Hyundai-Kia, Renault Samsung, GM Korea and SsangYong Motor) with a growth of nearly 10% and a market share of 12%.
- Local carmakers suffer from cumulative effects of the late renewal of Korean carmakers vehicles range and delay in production, a consequence of strikes at Hyundai and Kia.
- Nevertheless, the market is still dominated by the Hyundai-Kia Group, which holds nearly 70% market share, followed by Chevrolet (formerly Daewoo, 9.4%), Ssangyong (4.8%) and Renault-Samsung (4.3%)
- The analysis by segment and body type highlights the predominance of D segment (41,7%) and C segment (28,7%). The market is divided into sedans (66% of body type), followed by SUV (22.8%), what is higher than what we can see in China or in Europe (around 16% for both zones).
- By models, the Kia Picanto, city car of the A segment, is the second best-selling vehicle behind the Hyundai Elantra,
a sedan of the C segment.
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The USA market in 2013
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- The U.S. market has rose by 8.3% over the first 11 months of 2013 compared to the first 11 months of 2012, and thus could end the year with an increase of between 8% and 9%.
- All major manufacturers are on the rise over the first 11 months except for the Hyundai-Kia group that is stable: GM Group (+8.8%), Ford Group (+11.7%), Fiat-Chrysler Group (+8.6%), Toyota Group (+8.3%), Renault-Nissan Group (+9.2%), Honda Group (+7.8%), BMW Group (+9.2%), Daimler Group (+12.2% ) VW Group (+0.6%).
- Figures by models are only available for the first 9 months of 2013. Regarding passenger cars, the Toyota Camry remains the leader in front of four other Japanese sedans: Honda Accord, Honda Civic, Nissan Altima, Toyota Corolla.
- Ford and GM each rank two models in the top ten but at the back of the pack (6th, 7th, 9th, 10th place).
- In terms of segmentation, five D segment sedans and five C segment sedans hold the top ten places.
- Regarding LCV (under 3.5 tons), the first three places as always revert to American origin pick-up vans: Ford F Series, Chevrolet Silverado, Dodge Ram. Followed by five SUVs, of which two are Japanese (Honda CRV and Toyota RAV4).
- Japanese manufacturers have been less successful in the LCV category than in the PCs category. In 2013, as many PCs as LCV where sold in the U.S. market, but the LCV market is more concentrated.
