Great Wall is preparing its new entry into the European market
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Great Wall is preparing its new entry into the European market
- After a first attempt to enter the European market, via an assembly plant in Bulgaria (Lovech) which only operated from 2012 to 2016 and whose main product was a pick-up with a thermal engine which has not really found its market, as out of nearly 20,000 units produced in four years, only half would have found buyers in Europe, especially in Bulgaria. The Lovech factory closed in 2016 and the sale of unsold models continued for several years.
- The carmaker Great Wall now intends to return to the European market in 2022, with two new cars, the first one will be fully electric (Ora Cat) and the second a plug-in hybrid (Wey Coffee).
- The Ora Cat is a 4.23 m long B-segment four-door sedan (17 centimetres longer than a Peugeot 208) with a full electric engine and two battery powers allowing a range of 300 km or 400 km, according to the WLTP cycle. This model will be offered at a price of around 30,000 euros, which is slightly less than a Peugeot e-208 (32,700 euros) or a Renault Zoé (32,500 to 34,800 euros) but more than a Renault Twingo ZE (21 500 euros), from a sub-segment.
- The Wey Coffee is an D-segment plug-in hybrid SUV of 4.87 m long (30 centimetres more than a DS 7 Crossback and 25 centimetres more than a Toyota RAV4) priced at 50,000 euros, either cheaper than a DS 7 Crossback PHEV (50,800 to 56,300 euros) or a Toyota RAV4 PHEV (52,650 euros). While most plug-in hybrid models range between 15 kWh of capacity, the Wey Coffee comes with a 42 kWh pack.
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Citroën wants to develop in emerging countries
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Citroën wants to develop in emerging countries
- Integrated into the Stellantis group as an entry-level brand in the same way as Fiat, the Citroën brand has been set a new objective: the globalisation. More precisely by developing its presence in emerging markets in order to target first-time buyers of motor vehicles.
- Effort was therefore requested on an adaptation of its European models to the Indian and South American markets, even if the Fiat brand is already well established in South America and could be a serious competitor for the French brand in this region.
- In India, Fiat disappeared after having been one of the pioneers there, with the “Premier” brand producing a version of the old Fiat 1100. Citroën therefore has more opportunities to establish itself in this country and its first model truly adapted to this market has just been revealed. It is a derivative of the Citroën C3 sold in Europe but modified for the Indian market. A little shorter (3.98 m) than the European C3, it is longer than the Renault Kwid (3.68 m) marketed on the Indian market, but as long as the Renault Kiger which has just been unveiled and which will be its main competitor.
- The Indian Citroën C3 will be produced in Chennai and a Tata badged version will also be marketed on the Indian market, the French model having been developped in partnership with the Indian carmaker, which is currently experiencing some difficulties in its market. The Citroën has a 1l 3-cylinder engine.
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Volkswagen will market an ID7 in 2023
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Volkswagen will market an ID7 in 2023
- After the launch of the ID3 and ID4 battery electric cars and after the announcement of the future ID2, ID5 and ID6, the carmaker Volkswagen plans to launch an ID7 which will be positioned in the same segment as the Volkswagen Passat (D-segment sedan). This new model is scheduled to be marketed in the fall of 2023. As for the Renault Mégane e-Tech, the battery electric Volkswagen ID7 will coexist for a few years with the thermal engine Volkswagen Passat.
- Remember that the ID3 is a C-segment sedan (in parallel to the thermal range of Golfs), the ID4 a C-segment SUV (parallel to the thermal range of T-Roc and Tiguan), the future ID2 will be a B-segment sedan (parallel to the thermal range of Polo), the ID6 is a long wheel base version of the ID4 SUV marketed first in China (parallel to the thermal range of the Tiguan Allspace) and the ID5 will be a coupe SUV quite close to the ID4 which has just been presented and which will be scheduled for 2022.
- The Volkswagen ID7 will be based on the MEB platform shared by all of the brand's battery electric models, but unlike the ID3 and ID4 already in production, the electric motor is located at the front of the car and not at the rear. This will also be the case for the future Volkswagen ID2 which will have an electric motor at the front, unlike the Renault Twingo ZE and Smart EQ Forfour which have their motor at the rear.
- The Volkswagen ID7, which will not be a three volumes car, but a hatchback, will be a direct competitor of the Tesla Model 3. With a price of 50,000 euros, the ID7 will be positioned in terms of price above the ID3 (35,000 to 44,000 euros) and ID4 (41,000 to 53,000 euros). A Tesla Model 3 is marketed in a price range of 44,000 to 60,000 euros.
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Toyota has just launched its new Corolla Cross SUV
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Toyota has just launched its new Corolla Cross SUV
- Toyota has just launched its new Corolla Cross SUV based on the Corolla sedan in North America. By its dimensions (4.46 m long), it is placed between the Toyota CHR (B-segment / 4.23 m) and the Toyota RAV4 (D-segment / 4.60 m). So this is a C-segment SUV which is to the Corolla what the Yaris Cross is to the Yaris.
- The Corolla Cross is based on the Toyota's TNGA-C platform (Corolla, RAV4, etc.) and is more inspired by RAV4 than CHR. It has a 2.0-liter petrol engine producing 169 hp. An hybrid engine (the same as the Corolla) will be added in 2022, but no diesel planned for this model. It is produced at Toyota's Blue Springs plant (USA) since August 2021 and is currently sold in North America. Like the Toyota Camry and Highlander, the Toyota Corolla Cross could be imported from the United States to Europe from next year, with the carmaker wishes to take advantage of the success of SUVs in Europe.
- The Corolla Cross will try to expand the range of Toyota SUVs and catch customers of Corolla and RAV4 whose sales figures are extremely important, as in 2020 there are nearly one million units sold in the world for each of the two models. And as it grew, the Toyota RAV4 left a segment available in Toyota's product lineup, a Nissan Qashqai-sized vehicle that is lacking in Toyota's lineup today.
- Other carmakers offer several SUVs in the same segment, such as Volkswagen (T-Roc, Tiguan), Audi (Q2, Q3), Opel (Crossland, Mokka) or Hyundai (Bayon, Kona), Toyota would only add to this list. The CHR, Corolla Cross and RAV4 could thus coexist in the same European range.
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China accounts for 31% of the global production in 2021
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China accounts for 31% of the global production in 2021
- The volume of global production of light vehicles (passenger cars - PCs and light utility vehicles - LUVs) increased by 16.8% in the first eight months of 2021, to 51 million vehicles, compared to 44 million in 2020, but down 7,2% in 2019 (to 55 million units).
- Europe produced 9.34 million light vehicles over this period, compared to 8.18 million in the corresponding period of 2020, which represents a 14.2% year-over-year increase. It should be noted that Eastern Europe (the latest entrants to the European Union) saw its production increase by 15.6% while Western Europe grew by only 13.8%.
- Both Americas (North and South) produced 10.69 million light vehicles over the same period, compared to 9.40 million in the corresponding period of 2020, representing a 13.7% year-over-year increase. It is to be noted that North America produced 9.08 million vehicles against 8.23 million (+10.3%) and South America 1.61 million against 1.19 million (+34.7%).
- Asia produced 30.08 million vehicles in the same period, compared to 25.49 million in the corresponding period of 2020, representing an 18% increase year-over-year.
- Overall, automobile production remains down compared to 2019, -23% for Europe, -21.3% for the two Americas and -5% for Asia. The smaller decline recorded by the Asian region increases the dominance of this continent in the global automobile production, as it represents 58% of the production over the first eight months of 2021 against 57% over the first eight months of 2020. China alone accounts for 31% of the global production.
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