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 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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In 2013 the PSA group sold 2.82 million PC+LUV

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In 2013 the PSA group sold 2.82 million PC+LUV
 
- PSA the Peugeot-Citroën group has seen its global vehicle sales decline in 2013 for the third consecutive year, to 2.82 million units (against 2.97 million in 2012, 3.55 million in 2011 and 3.60 million in 2010).

- This poor performance is reflected in a decrease of 4.9% of its global sales in 2013 compared to 2012. However, the decline of around 150 000 sales is due for 97% to halt in car sales in Iran (145 000 units in 2012), the growth of its sales in China (+113 000 units) have largely offset the decline in sales of Europe (-123 000 units).

- In the rest of the world, PSA saw its sales increase by 12% (including 7.1% in Latin America  to 303 000 units), but suffered a major setback in Russia (-20.5% 62 000 units), while the group there has recently established a large plant (Kaluga) that can produce up to 150 000 vehicles per year.

- In Accordance with the objectives of the manufacturer, the globalization of Peugeot and Citroën continues at a good rate, since the proportion of its sales outside Europe rose from 38% in 2012 to 42% in 2013, after repeated increases in previous years. PSA wants to achieve 46% of its sales outside Europe in 2014 and 50% in 2015 in order to be less dependent of the European market which is dedicated to a much slower growth than other regions of the world.

14-04-7  

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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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Record sales in 2013 for the Jaguar Land Rover division of Tata Group

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Record sales in 2013 for the Jaguar Land Rover division of Tata Group
 

- Record sales in 2013 for the Jaguar Land Rover division of the Tata group. The groups sale figures throughout the whole Tata Motors group is not yet known, but the Jaguar Land Rover division of the Indian group has reached a new sales record in 2013 : 425 000 vehicles worldwide, representing an increase of 19% compared to 2012. Land Rover sold 348 000 vehicles (+15%) and Jaguar 77 000 vehicles (+42%).


- The division benefited from the enthusiasm generated by the Range Evoque(which surfs on the success trend of SUVs), while Jaguar has benefited from the successful launch of the Roadster F-Type successor to the legendary E-Type.


- Last year, sales of Jaguar and Land Rover went up by 30% in the Asia-Pacific region, 21% in North America and 14% in the UK.


- The year 2013 has been very positive for both brands (Ford bought in 2008 by Tata Motors) thanks to continued strong demand for premium vehicles in the world, including SUVs.


- The year 2014 should mark the arrival of the coupe range Jaguar F-Type, and the new Land Rover Discovery. The past two years have been full of novelties since they launched successively new generations of Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. 


14-04-8  

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  1. In 2013 the GM group sold 9.7 million PC+LUV
  2. In 2013 the VW group sold 9.5 million PC+LUV
  3. In 2013 the Japanese PC market remains stable (-0.2%)
  4. In 2013 the Toyota group sold 9.98 million PC+LUV
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