In 2019, the Lancia are selling more than the Alfa-Romeo in Europe
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In 2019, the Lancia are selling more than the Alfa-Romeo in Europe
- While the management of the Fiat-Chrysler Group (FCA) intends to remove the Lancia brand at the time when demand will have become too weak to continue production, this brand is resisting and even allows itself to exceed its sales level of 2018 but also to supplant sales of Alfa-Romeo on the European market, which had not been envisaged at all.
- This performance is all the more remarkable as Lancia has only one model (Ypsilon) while Alfa-Romeo has three models in 2019 (Giulietta, Giulia, Stelvio). In addition, the Lancia brand is no longer distributed in Italy while the Alfa-Romeo brand is distributed in all European countries.
- In this context, the Lancia sell twice as much as the Alfa-Romeo in Italy in 2019.
- Finally, the Lancia Ypsilon is the second best-selling model in Italy, behind the indomitable Fiat Panda, with a market share of 3.1%, largely supplanting the Fiat 500, Fiat 500L, Fiat 500X and obviously all foreign cars segment B, as if a part of the clientele of the Fiat Punto (now missing) had reported on the Lancia Ypsilon.
- One can even wonder if some of the customers of the Alfa-Romeo Mito (now missing) did not also refer to the Lancia Ypsilon. In addition, Italy has a fleet of 1.6 million Lancia Y and Ypsilon that must be replaced. In these circumstances, it is not certain that the FCA Group decides to abolish the Lancia brand next year. The deletion of the mark could be postponed to a later date.
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Global car market down 5.3% year-on-year 2019
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Global car market down 5.3% year-on-year 2019
- The global car market (PC+UV) is down 5.3% on the first nine months of 2019, compared to the first nine months of 2018, and it is likely that over the year as a whole, the decline in the global market will be close to 5% (the largest decrease since 2009) because there is no real sign of improvement on the horizon.
- Passenger cars are down 7.5% while commercial vehicles are up 0.6%.
- China pulls the car market down, with a decline of 10.2% (and even -11.5% on sales of passenger cars alone), which represents a loss of 2 million vehicles over the period.
- Other markets are particularly depressed, such as Iran (-46.3%), Argentina (-43.6%) and Turkey (-39.0%), resulting from economic sanctions or exceptionally bad economic conditions. India has also fallen into the red since last spring (-16.0%). Europe (-1.0%), the United States (-1.5%) and South Korea (-3.3%) also recorded decreases in their market, but much more modest.
- We can add to these poor performances, those of Russia (-2.0%), Canada (-4.1%), Mexico (-7.2%), Australia (-8.0 %), South Africa (-4.1%), and we obtain a world market down significantly over the first nine months of 2019.
- Brazil is still on an uptrend of around 9.3%, but it is not sure that this growth will be as strong at the end of the year. Japan finally saves furniture with an unexpected rise of 3.1%.
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Top 20 Electric Cars in China in 2019 (8 months)
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Top 20 Electric Cars in China in 2019 (8 months)
- According to CAAM, 719,800 BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicle – 100% electric) and PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) were sold in China in the first eight months of 2019 (560,174 BEVs and 159,626 PHEVs), an increase of 38% over the same period from 2018. This BEV and PHEV market represents 6% of the Chinese Passenger Car (PC) market over the period. This figure is still far from the 9 to 10% forecast by the Chinese government, but we must recognize that the delay comes mainly from foreign manufacturers who occupy 62% of PC market share in China but represents only a tiny part of sales of BEV and PHEV.
- Of the first 20 sales of BEV and PHEV in China for the first eight months of 2019, only 3 cars of foreign brands are included: the BMW 5 Series PHEV (12th place), the Volkswagen Passat PHEV (13th place) and the Tesla Model 3 (15th place).
- Chinese brands are therefore hyper-represented and it can be said that most of them will be in line with the objectives of the Chinese government. The first of these are BYD (173,192 sales), BAIC (94,789 sales) and SAIC (88,516 sales), which account for nearly half of sales of BEVs and PHEVs in China.
- The best-selling model is the BAIC EU-Series (formerly Beijing Senova D50 EV) which was sold to 65,593 units in the first eight months of 2019, corresponding to an amount of 100,000 units over the year. This model comes in the form of a six-door saloon of 4.60m long.
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Global automotive production down 4.8% year-on-year in 2019
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Global automotive production down 4.8% year-on-year in 2019
- Global automotive production (PC+UV) is down 4.8% year-to-date in the first nine months of 2019, compared to the first nine months of 2018, and it is likely that over the year as a whole, the decline will be close to 5% because there is no real sign of improvement on the horizon.
- The automotive markets are almost all down, pulled by the first of them, China, and the volume of the automotive production only reflects what is really happening on all markets.
- Passenger car production declined by 6.2% while commercial vehicle production fell by 0.9%. Compared to the world car market, the difference is due to the storage or the destocking of this type of vehicle.
- By manufacturer, we saw recently that the world ranking of the first 12 groups had been totally turned upside down by the significant decline of the Chinese market, Volkswagen, GM and Ford having each lost a place.
- By country, China sees its production decline by 11.4%, while that of the United States loses 2.1% and Europe 1% only. Turkey loses 9.4% of its production, India -13.7%, Argentina -33.8% (because of its depressed market), Canada -4.5%, Mexico -1, 2%, Russia -2.2%.
- Remaining up, Brazil (+ 1.7%), Japan (+ 3.0%) and South Korea (+ 0.8%). Among the small producing countries, Morocco impresses with an increase of 8% of its production.
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Top 20 Electric Cars in Europe in 2019 (8 months)
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Top 20 Electric Cars in Europe in 2019 (8 months)
- 320,983 BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicle – 100% electric) and PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) were sold in Europe (European Union + EFTA: 29 countries) in the first eight months of 2019, up 32.5% from the same period in 2018. This car market of BEV and PHEV represents 3% of the European Passenger Car (PC) market over the period, a proportion two times lower than that observed in China over the period.
- Of the top 20 sales of BEVs and PHEVs in Europe, there is no Chinese car, as China has not yet begun exporting its BEVs and PHEVs.
- Another particularity, the most sold electric model in Europe is an American model, since it is the Tesla Model 3 (46,515 sales) ahead of the Renault Zoé (31,182 sales) by 15,333 units and the Nissan Leaf (21,390 sales) by 25,125 units.
- The American manufacturer Tesla has managed to dominate all its European rivals in their own market, thanks to a mid-range model, located in the same segment as the best-selling electric car in China, the BAIC EU-Series (segment D).
- The Renault Zoe (B segment) and Nissan Leaf (C segment) are far behind in terms of sales. With such a volume, the Tesla Model 3 could reach 70,000 sales throughout the year. The dominance of the American brand (55,729 sales over the first 8 months of 2019, or 85,000 over the whole year) could continue until the possible consecration of the Volkswagen ID 3 which aims to become quickly the most sold electric car in Europe.
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