Inovev forecasts 50,000 units per year of the new DS 4
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Inovev forecasts 50,000 units per year of the new DS 4
- While the Citroën C4 Cactus was replaced at the end of 2020 by the new C4, which is produced in the same production plant (Villaverdein Spain), the Stellantis group has just unveiled the new DS 4 which succeeds to the previous DS 4 stopped at the end of 2018.
- This C-segment model positioned in the "Premium" market intends to compete with the Audi A3, BMW 1 Series and Mercedes A-Class. Volvo does not sell model in this segment since last year with the discontinuation of its V40 sedan. Lexus, which has just stopped the production of the CT sedan to only market the UX SUV in this segment.
- This new DS model is based on the EMP2 platform (also used by the Peugeot 308 and 508) will be produced in the German plant in Rüsselsheim (ex-Opel plant), alongside the future Opel Astra which will be unveiled in a few weeks, and which will use the same platform and the same engines.
- The new DS 4, which is in the same C-segment as the DS 7 Crossback SUV, will be equipped with the same 1.2-liter 130 hp and 1.6-liter 180 hp petrol engines. A 130hp 1.5-liter diesel will complete the range (the 2-liter diesel being reserved for upper-segment cars), as well as a 225hp 1.6-liter plug-in hybrid (PHEV) petrol.
- Inovev forecasts 50,000 units per year of the new DS 4, which will not be available in a full electric version (BEV), as the Stellantisplatform designed for electric cars in C / D segments will go into production only in 2023.
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Renault and Nissan's European N1-1 segment LUVs will be produced in Maubeuge
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Renault and Nissan's European N1-1 segment LUVs will be produced in Maubeuge
- The announced closure of the Nissan plant in Barcelona (Spain) will cause a transfer of light utility vehicles (LUVs) within the production plants of the Renault-Nissan group. Indeed, since the end of production of the Nissan Pulsar sedan in 2018, there were only two families of vehicles produced at the Barcelona site:
• The mid-range pickups: Nissan Navara, Renault Alaskan and Mercedes Classe X.
• Nissan NV200 minivan (segment N1-1), which are now all fully electric.
- However, Renault and Mercedes pick-ups saw their production stopped in this plant last year due to lacking demand. 1,800 Mercedes X-Classes were sold in 2020 and less than a hundred Renault Alaskans. However, production of the Renault pickup continues in Argentina. As for the Nissan Navara, it sold 7,800 in Europe last year, but production will be transferred to Thailand when the model will be replaced, which is expected to take effect next summer.
- The NV200 minivans were sold at 7,500 units in Europe last year, and the carmaker does not want to remove it from its product range. This model will have a replacement which will not be the Kangoo (there is already a Nissan version of the Kangoo which is named NV250). This replacement will be produced at the Maubeuge plant, alongside the Renault Kangoo, Nissan NV250 and Mercedes T-Class (Mercedes derivate version of the Kangoo). The Nissan NV300 (segment N1-2) will continue to be produced at the Sandouville plant (France) alongside the Renault Trafic and the NV400 (segment N1-3) at the Batilly plant (France), alongside the Renault Master.
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The Brazilian market (PC + LUV) fell by 26.2% in 2020
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The Brazilian market (PC + LUV) fell by 26.2% in 2020
- The Brazilian automotive market for light vehicles (passengers - PCs and light utility vehicles - LUVs) fell by 26.2% in 2020, to 2,058,437 units compared to 2,788,000 in 2019.
- It is true that Brazil was one of the most affected countries by the health crisis, despite the optimism claimed by the local government. The Brazilian market thus returns in 2020 to the level of 2016, which had been the worst of the previous decade.
- The peak of 2012 (3,802,000 units) will be difficult to achieve over the next two or three years. The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 also stopped suddenly the development of this market which had recorded growth between 2017 and 2019, after a drastic drop recorded between 2013 and 2016, the Brazilian market having fallen by 3.5 million units to 2 million.
- In this context, the FCA group consolidated its dominant position on the Brazilian market in 2020, with a 21% market share (despite a 12.6% drop in sales), ahead of the Volkswagen groups (18.3% of market share; -19.5% in sales), GM (16.4% market share; -28.9% in sales) and Renault-Nissan (9.4% market share; -42.5 % on sale). Next are the Hyundai-Kia groups (8.4% market share; -20% in sales), Ford (6.8% market share; -37.6% in sales), Toyota (6.7% market share; -36.2% in sales) and Honda (4.1% market share; -34.7% in sales). PSA is tending to disappear from this market and will be merged with FCA in 2021 to create Stellantis.
- SUV sales have grown from 20% of the Brazilian market in 2019 to 24% in 2020, meaning strongly growing in a declining market.
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The Argentinian market (PC + LUV) fell by 26.4% in 2020
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The Argentinian market (PC + LUV) fell by 26.4% in 2020
- The Argentinian automotive market for light vehicles (passenger - PCs and light utility vehicles - LUVs) fell by 26.4% in 2020, to 323,692 units against 440,000 in 2019.
- The Argentinian market had already experienced a drop in registrations in 2018 and especially in 2019, due to a serious economic crisis. After declining 43% in 2019, the Argentinian market fell again by 26.4% in 2020 due to the Covid crisis. The last year market returned to the level of the early 2000s (300,000 sales), while the peak of 2013 reached a volume three times higher (900,000 sales).
- In this context, the carmakers are suffering waiting for a hypothetical increase of sales. The Volkswagen group (-13.6%) becomes the leader of a shrunken Argentinian market, with a market share of 18.5%, taking over the Renault-Nissan group which falls by 31.3% and now only holds 16,4% of the market. Following are the groups FCA (-9.7%; 14.5% of market share), Toyota (-32.6%; 13%), GM (-30.7%; 10.4%), PSA (-23.3%; 10.1%) and Ford (-35.9%; 9.7%) which seems to moving back from the South American market as a whole, too sensitive to disturbances.
- SUV sales have grown from 17% of the Argentinian market in 2019 to 19% in 2020, a figure much lower than that achieved by most of the major markets.
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The Australian market (PC + LUV) fell by 13.9% in 2020
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The Australian market (PC + LUV) fell by 13.9% in 2020
- The Australian automotive market for light vehicles (passenger cars – PCs and light utility vehicles - LUVs) fell 13.9% in 2020, to 882,401 units compared to 1,025,000 in 2019, which is in line with the global market trend. This is the first time since 2009 that the Australian market has returned to below one million registrations.
- Without any automobile industry since 2017, Australia imports all its vehicles, like Switzerland or Norway. The country's deindustrialisation in the automotive sector also seems to have played a role in the purchase of cars because the Australian market has experienced uninterrupted decline since 2017, and the coronavirus crisis has only amplified the phenomenon in 2020. Caution therefore remains for the next few years.
- In this context, the Toyota group consolidates its dominant position in the Australian market, with a 23.9% market share and a stagnation in sales (-0.9%). As a local carmaker, Toyota had already succeeded in supplanting traditional carmakers like Ford and Holden (GM) about ten years ago. Today, GM is diving into the depths of the rankings as the automaker decides to phase out its old Holden brand. The Hyundai-Kia (13.2% market share), Mazda (9.3%) and Volkswagen (7.4%) groups largely supplant Ford in 2020 (6.5%).
- SUV sales rose from 46% in 2019 to 51% in 2020, one of the highest rates recorded in the world.
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