Citroën will launch its new C5 sedan in 2021
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Citroën will launch its new C5 sedan in 2021
- Citroën (a subsidiary of the PSA group) had removed its C5 model from its range in 2017, after having produced 1.5 million units since the model's origin in 2001. There is therefore a fleet of Citroën C5 still substantial in Europe and more recently in China. This D-segment sedan will therefore have an successor, as the carmaker has announced the presentation of an all-new C5 at the end of 2021, with a launch in early 2022.
- This new model, which should be produced in Mulhouse alongside the Peugeot 508 and DS 7 Crossback, should adopt the eVMP platform unveiled in the summer of 2020, a platform which allows the use of both a thermal engine, an hybrid engine or a electric motor + battery with the same basis.
- The Peugeot 508 and DS 7 Crossback will have to wait for their next generation to be equipped with this new platform which the future Peugeot 308, Opel Astra, Peugeot 3008 and Opel Grandland will inaugurate. It should also be noted that the future Peugeot 308 scheduled for 2021 will be produced at the Mulhouse plant, alongside the C5, whereas previously it was produced at the Sochaux plant. Currently, there is a C5 Aircross model in the Citroën lineup, which is an SUV derived from the Peugeot 3008. It is now the brand's most upscale model pending the future C5 sedan.
- The difficulty for Citroën will be to differentiate this C5 from all the models of the DS brand, which is also rather in the top of the range. We will observe in particular if the new C5 will take sales of the DS 9.
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Among the 10 best-selling cars in France, 3 are produced in France
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Among the 10 best-selling cars in France, 3 are produced in France
- French carmakers have largely relocated their car production to Spain, Eastern Europe and Morocco over the past twenty years.
- The models that were relocated were above all models from the lower segments (A and B segments), more difficult to make profitable according to Renault and PSA, but yet it is paradoxical to note that Nissan produces its Micra (segment B) in France and that Toyota is producing its Yaris (segment B) in France.
- Of the ten best-selling cars in France in 2020, only three are produced in France: the Peugeot 3008 (seventh sale), the Renault Zoé (ninth sale) and the Toyota Yaris (tenth sale).
- The biggest sales come from abroad: the Renault Clio (first sale) comes from Turkey and Slovenia, the Peugeot 208 (second sale) comes from Slovakia, the Citroën C3 (third sale) comes from Slovakia, the Renault Captur (fourth sale) comes from Spain, the Peugeot 2008 (fifth sale) comes from Spain, the Dacia Sandero (sixth sale) comes from Morocco and Romania, the Renault Twingo (eighth sale) comes from Slovenia.
- In total, 82% of passenger cars sold in France are imported from outside or 77% of vehicles if we include light utility vehicles.
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Mercedes to launch the EQB SUV (C-segment BEV) in 2021
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Mercedes to launch the EQB SUV (C-segment BEV) in 2021
- After the EQC (D-segment SUV launched in 2019) and the EQV (E-segment minivan launched in 2020), Mercedes has announced that it is marketing the EQA (C-segment SUV), EQE (E-segment SUV), EQS ( F-segment sedan) in 2021, to which will be added the EQB (C-segment SUV) derived from the GLB SUV launched in 2019 and which will be produced in Mexico (alongside the GLB).
- The construction of the BEV range of Mercedes is therefore in the process of being carried out, and six different models will therefore be proposed to customers at the end of 2021, including four SUVs, a minivan and a sedan. The Stuttgart carmaker has clearly favored the choice of the SUV to extend its range of electric vehicles.
- The EQB is not promised at high sales volumes (probably around 25,000 units per year), implying that the entire EQ range of Mercedes will be very marginal in the overall production of the carmaker. By adding together the volumes estimated by Inovev for each of these six models, we arrive at a total volume of 85,000 units per year before 2025, or only 3.5% of all Mercedes production.
- Mercedes is therefore approaching this electric vehicle market with the same strategy as for other markets that have been developed in recent decades, such as the SUV market. The German carmaker is developing first through the upper segments and vehicles with higher added value (SUV, F segment) before gradually expanding in the future to lower segments.
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Among the 10 best-selling cars in Germany, 6 are produced in Germany
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Among the 10 best-selling cars in Germany, 6 are produced in Germany
- German carmakers have relocated their car production to foreign countries less over the past twenty years than other countries such as France.
- Even if higher segment but low volumes vehicles are produced outside Germany (Audi Q7/Q8 in Slovakia, Mercedes GLE in USA, Audi Q5 in Mexico…), It is especially the models of lower segments (A and B) which are produced outside Germany (as for France), namely the Volkswagen Up, Volkswagen Polo, Volkswagen T-Cross, Volkswagen T-Roc, Audi A1 or Opel Corsa.
- Among the ten best-selling cars in Germany in 2020, six are produced in Germany: the Volkswagen Golf (first sale), the Volkswagen Tiguan (second sale), the Ford Focus (third sale), the Volkswagen Passat (fourth sale), the BMW 3 Series (fifth sale), the Mercedes Classe C (ninth sale). The biggest sales therefore come from local production, unlike France.
- The four models from abroad are mainly B-segment models: the Volkswagen Polo (sixth sale) is produced in Spain, the Volkswagen T-Roc (seventh sale) in Portugal, the Opel Corsa (tenth sale) in Spain. In addition to these three imported B-segment models is the Skoda Octavia (eighth sale) produced in Czech Republic.
- In total, 63% of passenger cars sold in Germany are imported from abroad, while in France the figure reaches 82%. However, this figure is on the rise as carmakers such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes are gradually increasing their production outside Germany, especially in Hungary and Netherlands.
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Global sales of Battery Electric Vehicle and plug-in hybrid cars in the first half of 2020
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Global sales of Battery Electric Vehicle and plug-in hybrid cars in the first half of 2020
- Global sales of Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) represented 950,076 units in the first half of 2020 (+4.1% compared to the first half of 2019), in a sharply declining global market (around -26%). Europe represented 42% of this sales and China 38%, far ahead of the United States 14% and Japan 2%.
- By brand, Tesla is well ahead of all its competitors, with 179,050 sales. Next come Volkswagen (62,414 units), BMW (58,883 units), BYD (57,482 units), Roewe (43,639 units), Renault (38,848 units), Volvo (36,594 units), Mini (34,875 units), Hyundai (33,507 units) and Kia (30,224 units). These 10 brands represent 60% of BEV and PHEV sales worldwide.
- By group, Tesla is still leader (179,050 units), ahead of Volkswagen (99,341 units), BMW (93,758 units), Renault-Nissan (84,501 units), Hyundai-Kia (63,731 units) and BYD (57,482 units). These six groups represent 60% of BEV and PHEV sales worldwide. Chinese carmakers have declined sharply, both due to a contraction of the BEV+PHEV market in China and a shift in demand to Tesla in China itself.
- By model, the Tesla Model 3 largely dominates the market, with 142,346 sales, followed by the Renault Zoé (37,154 units), Nissan Leaf (23,867 units), VW e-Golf (21,165 units), BYD Qin (20,990 units), BMW 5 Series PHEV (20,586 units), Hyundai Kona EV (19,286 units), Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (18,531 units), Audi E-Tron (17,592 units) and VW Passat PHEV (15,670 units).
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