With the end of the 508, the Peugeot mid-size sedan category (D segment) disappears
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With the end of the 508, the Peugeot mid-size sedan category (D segment) disappears
- Peugeot has permanently ceased production of the second-generation 508, which was launched in 2018. These D-segment models were the heirs of the first-generation Peugeot 508 (2010-2018), which in turn were descendants of the Peugeot 407 (2004-2011), Peugeot 406 (1995-2004), and Peugeot 405 (1987-1995). We can go back even further with the Peugeot 404 (1960-1975) and Peugeot 403 (1955-1966).
- This family of medium-sized D-segment sedans was very important in the Peugeot brand's conquest strategy, which notably enabled it to acquire Citroën in 1974 and then Chrysler Europe in 1978. This family of vehicles was in fact produced in total at 8.5 million units between 1955 and 2025, but it does not seem that the 508 will be replaced soon.
- Indeed, this category of vehicles has continued to lose influence since the Peugeot 405. While the latter managed to outperform the Peugeot 404 (2.0 million units produced), the 405 having sold 2.3 million units (not including models produced in Iran for the local market), the following models have continued to decline. The Peugeot 406 sold 1.65 million units, the Peugeot 407 900 000 units, the Peugeot 508-1 550 000 units and finally the Peugeot 508-2 200 000 units. It is not the slight move upmarket of this family over the years that has caused such a sharp drop in sales of these successive models, but the shift of the brand's customers towards competing sedans, towards more compact Peugeot models (307-308) and especially towards SUVs from Peugeot (3008-5008) or other brands.
The Toyota Aygo X, currently thermal, becomes full-hybrid (F-HEV)
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The Toyota Aygo X, currently thermal, becomes full-hybrid (F-HEV)
- By 2025, the world's leading carmaker, Toyota, still does not have a comprehensive range of battery electric vehicles.
• Within the Toyota brand, the BZ4X SUV is currently the only Toyota-designed BEV marketed in Europe before the launch of the Toyota CHR+ this fall. The battery electric ProAce , ProAce City, and ProAce Max vans are simply rebranded Stellantis vans. As for the confidential Mirai, it is a fuel cell sedan.
• Within the Lexus brand, only the UX and RZ SUVs (Lexus version of the Toyota BZ4X) are battery electric.
- The Toyota group has been focusing on full-hybrid (gasoline-electric) engines since the end of the 1990s . First introduced in the Prius, this type of alternative engine has been widely used on most models of the Toyota and Lexus brands.
- Aygo A-segment model had escaped this generalization of full-hybrid motorization.
- Toyota is now correcting this oversight. With the mid-life facelift of the Aygo X, launched in 2022 (in fact the third generation of the Aygo), Toyota is giving this model the full-hybrid powertrain it lacked and which replaces the thermal version. The model was equipped since the first generation with a 1.0 liter petrol engine. From 2025, the Aygo X abandons this engine to acquire the 1.5 liter full-hybrid engine of the Yaris, which required redesigning and lengthening the hood of the Aygo X by 7 cm, bringing the total length of the model to 3.77 m. The power of the Aygo X increases from 72 hp to 116 hp , which makes the model much more dynamic, but also more expensive. Inovev expects 120,000 units per year of the new Toyota Aygo X full-hybrid.
The C-segment is largely dominant in the European BEV market
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The C-segment is largely dominant in the European BEV market
- From January to April 2025, battery electric vehicle (BEV) registrations in the 30-country European passenger car market (EU, UK, Switzerland, and Norway) totalled 758,185 units, a significant increase from the 593,301 units registered during the same period in 2024.
- The C-segment dominates European BEV sales, accounting for 36% of the market. It is followed by the D-segment (26%), the B-segment (22%), and the E-segment (10%). Other segments, such as A and F, as well as van passenger versions, constitute a negligible 6% of the total market.
- Analysis of Europe's top three BEV markets—Germany, the UK, and France—which collectively represent 54% of sales, shows the C-segment holds a consistent share of just over one-third of the market in each country (37% in Germany, 35% in France).
- However, a key difference emerges in segment preference. Germany shows a preference for the E-segment (17% of its BEV market) over the B-segment (15%), a trend that is reversed in France.
- In France, the B-segment is now the dominant segment, representing 40% of the BEV market. This recent shift, occurring in the second half of 2024, is largely attributed to the introduction of the Renault 5 E-Tech and Citroën e-C3. The C and D segments follow, with 35% and 16% of the market, respectively. While France's C-segment proportion is similar to that of Germany and the UK, its D-segment share is notably weaker.
- In conclusion, France's BEV market favours the B and C segments, whereas Germany and the UK show a preference for the C and D segments.
GM may transfer the production of two of its key models from Mexico to the US
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GM may transfer the production of two of its key models from Mexico to the US
- To address the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on automobile imports (the level of which is still unclear at the time of publication of this analysis, July 31, 2025), whether from far away (Europe, China, Japan, Korea) or near (Canada, Mexico), the GM group has announced that it plans to transfer the production of two of its major models from Mexico to the USA by 2027.
- These are the Chevrolet Equinox (295,683 units produced in Mexico in 2024, including 61,002 fully electric versions) and the Chevrolet Blazer (82,120 units produced in Mexico in 2024, including 32,931 fully electric), which makes 377,803 vehicles that will move from the Mexican plant in Ramos Arizpe to a US plant whose name is not yet known. Only the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck would continue to be produced at the Mexican site in Ramos Arizpe (191,292 units made in 2024).
- This site would no longer produce 600,000 vehicles per year, but would have to be reduced with a production of 200,000 vehicles per year. For the USA, this would be a good deal, as the GM group would produced 400,000 more vehicles there each year, or 2.2 million vehicles instead of 1.8 million if we take 2024 as a reference year. At the same time, GM would no longer produce 800,000 vehicles in Mexico each year, but 400,000.
- On the other hand, still in line with the Trump administration, the GM group is expected to slow its investments in battery electric vehicles and restart production of thermal models. It is noted that the share of BEVs on the US market continues to decline in 2025: it fell from 8.7% in January 2025 to 7.6% in February 2025, 7.5% in March 2025 and 6.7% in April 2025, compared to 8.0% for the whole of 2024.
Spain and Italy show exceptional BEV sales growth rates in 2025
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Spain and Italy show exceptional BEV sales growth rates in 2025
- While six countries (Germany, United Kingdom, France, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium) still represent 71% of BEV sales in Europe 30 countries (EU + United Kingdom + Switzerland + Norway) in the first 4 months of 2025 – they represented 73% in the first 4 months of 2024 – weobserve that countries that have traditionally registered few BEVs have experienced spectacular growth rates over this period, even if the volumes recorded remain low, lower than the sales volume of BEVs in Norway, for example (39,565 units in the first 4 months of 2025). This may mean that some countries with low sales volume could catch up some of their losses in the coming years, but it is not certain that they will be at the same level or close to the level of the countries with the highest demand for BEVs. The countries that are now experiencing exceptional growth rates are:
1. Denmark: 34,107 units, up 56.8% (+12,354 BEV)
2. Italy: 29,637 units, up 79.4% (+13,117 BEV)
3. Spain: 26,060 units, up 71.2% (+10,840 BEV)
4. Austria: 19,867 units, up 41.6% (+5,833 BEVs)
5. Portugal: 15,897 units, up 29.8% (+3,650 BEV)
6. Poland: 7,659 units, up 40.4% (+2,204 BEV)
7. Czech Republic: 4,342 units, up 131.4% (+2,466 BEV)
- These seven countries alone brought in 50,000 more BEVs in the first four months of 2025 compared to the first four months of 2024. This represents 30% of the growth in BEV sales recorded in the first four months of 2025.