US Vehicle category market share in 2018
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US Vehicle category market share in 2018
- Of the major vehicle categories (PCs and LCVs ) sold in the United States in 2018, SUVs account for 45% of the market, sedans 30%, pickups 16% and minivans 4%. These four categories account for 95% of the US market.
- The SUV category is almost equally divided between Japanese brand vehicles (42%) and American brand vehicles (41%). It is in this category that GM and Ford plan to invest, in order to overtake the Japanese OEMs.
- German brand SUVs and Korean brand SUVs account respectively for 8% and 7% of the SUV market.
- The sedan category is mainly made up of Japanese brand vehicles (47%) which have supplanted American brand vehicles (27%).
- This supremacy should increase in the coming years as GM and Ford groups have announced their decision to reduce their number of sedans. German and Korean brand vehicles account respectively for 13% and 12% of the sedan market.
- The pickup category is mainly made up of American vehicles : 82% are American brands and 18% are Japanese brands. This category is now the only one dominated by American vehicles. Japanese automakers have not yet managed to conquer this market, which is the preserve of American manufacturers. There are no German or Korean pickups marketed in the US market.
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In 2018 China's auto market fell for the first time in 20 years
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In 2018 China's auto market fell for the first time in 20 years
- The Chinese car market is likely to decline by 3% in 2018 (the first decline in two decades); the final figures will be made public in mid-January 2019. However, Chinese manufacturers expect a stabilization of the market in 2019. The Chinese market would reach therefore a volume of 28 million vehicles in 2018, and the same volume in 2019, divided into 23.6 million passenger cars and 4.4 million commercial vehicles.
- In 2018, 57% of models sold come from J.V.s (joint ventures with foreign manufacturers) while 43% come from Chinese manufacturers ( vs 41% in 2017). Thus, among the top 20 models sold in China in the first 10 months of 2018, five come from exclusively Chinese manufacturers (2 Geely, 1 Wuling, 1 Baojun and 1 Great Wall).
- Next year a change in the distribution of sales between thermal vehicles and electrified vehicles is expected, since the Chinese government quotas on sales of electrified vehicles will come into effect in 2019.
- From 900,000 electrified vehicles (PHEV + BEV) sold in China in 2018 (+ 50% compared to 2017) - making it already the world's largest market for electrified vehicles - volume could rise to 2 million units in 2019 and 3 million in 2020, if the Chinese clientele is really incentivized to buy this type of vehicle. In 2017, 600,000 electrified vehicles were sold in China, 352,000 units in 2016 and 207,000 units in 2015.
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France is the only major European country that has not recovered its pre-crisis levels
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France is the only major European country that has not recovered its pre-crisis levels
- France is the only major European producer country that has not recovered its pre-crisis levels, since it has not exceeded 2.3 million vehicles produced in 2018, compared with 3.5 million in 2005, when that the other six major European producing countries (Germany, Spain, UK, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia) have all reached or even exceeded their 2005 level.
- France was even overtaken by Spain in 2013 and has gradually moved closer in terms of volumes to Britain, although since 2016, the gap between the two countries has again increased, in part because of the uncertainties about Brexit, which is now hampering British production.
- By manufacturer, we see that the two major manufacturers Renault-Nissan and PSA suffered a quite comparable fall in production, while the other two lower volumes manufacturers, Daimler (Smart), and Toyota, progressed modestly.
- The decline in the volume of production in France recorded until 2013, is explained by the fact that this country has relocated a good part of its entry-level models (Clio, Twingo, 207, 208) to Spain, Turkey and the countries of Eastern Europe (Slovenia, Slovakia), but also by the increasing weakening of their upper segment models (D and E), followed by that of the minivans (Espace, Scenic) which clashed with the growing success of premium sedans and SUV.
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FCA to Produce Jeep at Former Detroit Engine Plant
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FCA to Produce Jeep at Former Detroit Engine Plant
- The Fiat-Chrysler Group announced that, starting in 2021, it will produce future Jeep brand models in a former Chrysler Group engine plant in Detroit.
- The Mack Avenue engine manufacturing plant, shut down since 2012, will be re-equipped to produce the next generation of the Jeep Grand Cherokee scheduled for 2021, and the Jeep Grand Wagoneer (7 seater).
- Currently, the Grand Cherokee is manufactured in the Fiat-Chrysler plant in Detroit (273,000 units in 2017) which is almost saturated (300,000 units per year capacity).
- Moreover, all of the assembly plants of the Fiat-Chrysler Group located in the United States currently operate at 92% of their capacities, while those of GM and Ford operate at 72% and 81% respectively.
- So the Fiat-Chrysler Group, unlike GM and Ford, now operates at full capacity and needs new assembly lines to be able to produce future models and meet global demand, which is more and more turned towards SUVs, a Jeep specialty since the nineteen sixties.
- Rather than building a new factory in the United States, the Fiat-Chrysler Group has chosen to assign a former engine production plant to the assembly of vehicles.
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PSA plant in Sochaux will exceed 500,000 vehicles produced in 2018
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PSA plant in Sochaux will exceed 500,000 vehicles produced in 2018
- French automotive production by plant shows that only the PSA factories in Sochaux and Valenciennes, the Renault plant in Batilly, the Daimler plant in Hambach and the Toyota plant in Onnaing have regained or even exceeded their pre-crisis production levels, while the eight other factories ‘production volume decreased significantly. Thanks to the success of the Peugeot 3008 and Opel Grandland, the Sochaux plant will exceed 500,000 vehicles produced in 2018.
- The plants with the strongest volume decrease are Poissy (PSA), Rennes (PSA), Mulhouse (PSA), Douai (Renault) and Flins (Renault). These sharp declines can be explained by the relocations and the growing failure of upper segment sedans and minivans.
- In addition, two factories closed over the period, Aulnay (PSA) and Cerizay (Heuliez). The Aulnay site’s production of C3 has indeed been relocated to Slovakia. The Cerizay site manufactured niche vehicles (Opel Tigra) that were not replaced, due to Heuliez’ lack of resources and Opel's lack of motivation, as they were facing other difficulties.
- If we look at French car production by type, we can see that the drop in the volume of production between 2005 and 2013 only affects passenger cars, while light commercial vehicles production volumes have steadily increased since the crisis of 2008- 2009, to reach a 2018 level that is well above that of 2005.
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