European registrations over the last 11 months (PC)

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European registrations over the last 11 months (PC)


- The evolution of registrations in the five European major countries for November 2012 (compared to November 2011), deliver us two main information:
•A significantly decreases of the market for Spain (-12,57%), France (-13,85%) and Italy (-19,6%),
•A nearly stagnation for Germany  (-1,74%) and UK (+5,43%).

- The analysis of cumulative sales confirms the trend for this year compared to 2011 (see graph of cumulative sales in the next article).



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European registrations over the last 11 months (PC): cumul

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European registrations over the last 11 months (PC): cumul

 



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BYD will produce vehicles in Bulgaria

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BYD will produce vehicles in Bulgaria


- BYD will open a (very small) assembly plant in Breznik, Bulgaria. Chinese automaker founded a joint venture with the Bulgarian energy company Bulmineral for this operation.

 

- The site will produce electric cars and buses. The first vehicles will be produced in February 2013. When the plant will operate at full capacity, it will produce 40 to 60 vehicles per month, or 480 to 720 units per year.

 

- In addition, the site will eventually be expanded to accommodate the production of batteries and LEDs. The establishment of this joint venture in Bulgaria allow BYD to develop its sales and influence in Europe.



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JAC (Jianghuai Automobile) builds a plant in Brazil

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JAC (Jianghuai Automobile) builds a plant in Brazil


- JAC (Jianghuai Automobile) has started construction of a plant in Brazil, through a joint venture with the Brazilian distributor SNS Auto.

- The site should be operational in 2015 with an initial production capacity of 100,000 vehicles per year. The plant, located in Camacari, requires a total investment of 3.7 billion yuan (457 million euros).
 
- Local production will enable JAC to avoid large import taxes. Indeed, due to the increase of these taxes, exports of JAC Brazil fell by 78% over the first 9 months of 2012.
 
- JAC is the ninth Chinese automobile manufacturer by production volume.



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Bentley aims to benefit from the Premium segment growth

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Bentley aims to benefit from the Premium segment growth


- Bentley aims to benefit from the Premium segment growth in the world and communicates on ambitious sales targets, as Maserati did recently.
 
- Wolfgang Schreiber, new executive director of Bentley, stated that the luxury brand of Volkswagen group planned to launch a very high-range leisure SUV in 2015, and consequently double its sales  before 2018 (versus its sales in 2011).
 
- Bentley has the ambition to sell 15 000 vehicles yearly  around 2018 ( versus  about 7 400 in 2011). In 2012,Bentley’s sales will reach 9 500 units.



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