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上で公開 2019年10月25日

• Production
• Volkswagen
• Germany

Inovev forecasts 100,000 new VW ID3 per year, including China

- Volkswagen took advantage of the Frankfurt 2019 Motor Show to showcase its first sedan designed to be a 100% electric sedan from the start, the ID 3. The new generation Golf has been postponed for several weeks, and therefore did not get the exposure of the Frankfurt show while this model remains by far the best-selling model in both Germany and Europe. The manufacturer is thus showing its willingness to focus all its efforts on its 100% electric cars and no longer on its internal combustion engine cars.

- The ID 3 is a compact sedan (C segment) of the same size as a Golf, 4.26m long, 1.81m wide and 1.55m high. Produced from January 2020 at the German site in Zwickau (the Golf will stop there at the same time), the ID 3, which inaugurates the MEB platform, should see its production volume gradually increase, reaching more than 100,000 annual units from 2025. Inovev expects 45,000 units in 2020, 70,000 in 2021, 80,000 in 2022, 90,000 in 2023 and 100,000 in 2024.

- This production volume will mainly depend on the success of the model in China, the leading market for 100% electric vehicles, and in Europe, but there is no doubt that the manufacturer will encourage Volkswagen customers to switch from thermal to electric as quickly as possible.

- The ID 3 has a power of 150 hp or 204 hp and batteries that allow it a range of 330km or 420km according to the WLTP cycle. Prices range from 40,000 to 50,000 euros depending on power and finish, before deducting government subsidies. 

    

 

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続きを読む... Inovev forecasts 100,000 new VW ID3 per year, including China

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上で公開 2019年10月25日

• Production
• Daimler AG
• Spain

Inovev forecasts 5,000 new Mercedes EQVs per year

- While the Volkswagen group presented the 100% electric ID3 sedan at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show and announced the upcoming launch of the ID1, ID2 and ID4, the Daimler group continues to launch its own 100% electric models.

- After the EQC (SUV segment D) and the EQB (SUV segment B), after the Smart EQ Fortwo and EQ Forfour, which are now the only Smart cars on the market in Europe and China, here is the EQV, which takes over the bodywork of the segment E minivan, the V-Class. In two years' time, the EQA (segment C) and EQS (segment F) sedans will appear.

- The Mercedes EQV was presented at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, after a first appearance at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show in the form of a concept. It can accommodate six to eight passengers depending on the configuration of its interior layout.

- According to the manufacturer, the EQV's batteries would allow it a maximum range of 400 kilometers according to the WLTP cycle, this extended range being made possible by the engine's restraining mechanism, which limits the maximum speed to 160 km/h.

- The Mercedes EQV is in fact the first 100% electric European minivan, but it is derived from the Vito utility in its 100% electric version, which made it easier to build this new model.

- The Mercedes EQV will be produced at the Vitoria site in Spain, as will the V and Vito Classes. Inovev expects 5,000 units per year of this new model, compared to a production volume of 30,000 units per year of Class V over the last four years. The manufacturer targets VIP customers in luxury hotels and high-end shuttle services for this new model.

    

 

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続きを読む... Inovev forecasts 5,000 new Mercedes EQVs per year

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上で公開 2019年10月25日

• Production
• Tata
• Slovakia

Inovev forecasts 50,000 new Land Rover Defenders per year

- The British brand Land Rover presented the new Defender at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show. Replacing the original Defender was not an easy task, as the model, born in 1948 and modified several times until its extinction in 2016, had become an iconic model, like the Mini or Range Rover.

- The new version presented in Frankfurt takes the silhouette of the old Defender and significantly modernizes it. In addition, it avoids the trap of replicating the aesthetics of the brand's other models, such as the Discovery or Range Rover.

- Two body versions are available: a 3-door model with a short wheelbase (type 90 which measures 4.32m) and a 5-door model with a long wheelbase (type 110 which measures 4.76m), like the previous generations of the Defender.

- The width (2.00m) and height (1.97m) are identical on both versions. The short version can accommodate six passengers (three in the front and three in the rear) while the long version can accommodate eight (two more in the back).

- Despite the massive use of aluminum for the bodywork and platform, the weight of the new Defender would exceed 2 tonnes. On the market as of spring 2020, the new Defender, produced at the Slovak site in Nitra, will feature a 300 hp2.0 l 4 cylinder petrol engine, a 400 hp3.0l 6 cylinder petrol engine, and a 200 hp or 240 hp2.0l 4 cylinder diesel  engine . Inovev forecasts a sales volume of 50,000 units per year of the new Defender.

    

 

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続きを読む... Inovev forecasts 50,000 new Land Rover Defenders per year

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上で公開 2019年10月25日

• Production
• Fiat-Chrysler
• Italy

FCA’s Alfa-Romeo brand objectives will not be achieved

- There is no doubt that the objectives set by the FCA group for Alfa-Romeo will not be achieved at all over the next two or three years.

- The Mito, which was discontinued in 2018, has not been replaced. The Giulietta, born in 2010, does not seem to have a replacement in the short term. The 4C has just stopped production. The Giulia and Stelvio failed to establish themselves on the European market, the American market or the Chinese market. From 33,000 units in 2017, Giulia's worldwide sales declined to 29,000 units in 2018 and less than 20,000 in 2019. Stelvio is barely better, with 25,000 worldwide sales in 2017, 40,000 in 2018 but less than 35,000 in 2019. Finally, the launch of the E-segment sedans and SUVs (Maserati Ghibli and Levante base) was postponed to better days. Only the C-segment SUV called the Tonal SUV appears to be on the verge of industrialization, but not before 2021.

- In total, the Alfa-Roméo brand will only total 80,000 sales in 2019, at best, compared to nearly 120,000 in 2018 and nearly 160,000 in 2007, when the manufacturer's objectives were set at 200,000 and 300,000 units per year.

- Although the objectives seemed too ambitious, it is likely that the Alfa-Romeo brand would have made significant progress if the recently launched models had been more successful, if the launch projects had been respected and if the Mito and Giulietta had not been left to their fate. It is regrettable that the survival of the Alfa-Romeo brand is no longer a priority for the FCA group, which is also in the process of letting Lancia, another brand with a prestigious past, die.

    

 

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続きを読む... FCA’s Alfa-Romeo brand objectives will not be achieved