BMW to launch i4 and iNext in 2021
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BMW to launch i4 and iNext in 2021
- BMW has announced that it will launch in 2021 its new battery electric vehicles (BEVs), the i4 sedan and the iNext SUV, in addition to the i3 sedan and iX3 SUV currently marketed by the carmaker.
- The i4 model is a D-segment sedan, equivalent to a 4 Series Gran Coupé that it is presumably intended to replace. At 4.70 m long, it targets the Tesla Model 3 which is currently the best-selling electric car in the world, the best-selling in the United States and China, and one of the best-selling in Europe. Vowed to a maximum range of 450 km, the i4 sedan will be produced at the Bavarian site in Munich, alongside the 3 Series and 4 Series equipped with thermal engines. The i3 sedan (B-segment) seems threatened, as its specific shell in carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) put it at a too high price level. The price of the BMW i4 will be in the order of 75,000 euros.
- The second electric model announced by BMW is the iNext which finally comes as an SUV and no longer in the form of a minivan as it had been envisaged for a time. This model seems to duplicate the BMW iX3 even if the iNext will be placed above in terms of price, at 93,000 euros (20,000 euros more than the iX3).
- At this price, the iNext will not make big sales scores, but it reflects the strategy of the Bavarian carmaker (as well as that of Audi and Mercedes) to enter the category of electric cars from the top of the range.
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The Dacia Spring sold in Europe will be imported from China
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The Dacia Spring sold in Europe will be imported from China
- Despite the desire of the various governments to relocate part of the automobile production in their country, as in France or in USA, the automotive industry decide on the location of their models according to their own interests. Thus, the Renault group has decided to produce in China (with Dongfeng) all the Dacia Springs sold in the world, which implies that the Springs sold in Europe will be imported from China.
- The Spring, which will be the cheapest BEV (if we put aside the Citroën Ami) could thus become the best-selling car in Europe car produced in China, when today it is the MG ZS (also a BEV), which achieved 6,000 sales in the first half of 2020. The Honda Jazz having ceased to be imported from China since the launch of the last generation. It is to remember that Renault's objective is to sell 100,000 Dacia Spring each year in Europe.
- The arrival of Chinese cars in Europe (mainly BEV) could therefore begin with the importation of the Dacia Spring, which is also sold in China under the name Renault K-ZE.
- Renault decided at the start of the year to stop its sales of combustion engine cars in China, but to continue selling electric cars under its own brand. The problem is that Renault only sold 97 units of the K-ZE in China during the first seven months of 2020, which is not viable, and therefore exporting in large numbers to Europe would make it possible to sustain the carmaker’s production capacities on the Chinese soil.
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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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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 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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