2020 Geneva MotorShow - Volkswagen
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2020 Geneva MotorShow - Volkswagen
Volkswagen Golf
- Volkswagen introduced the eighth-generation Golf, which remains the best-selling car in Europe and one of the best-selling Volkswagen cars in the world. Even if it did not have the honors of a presentation at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2019, unlike the ID 3, the new Golf will show commercial results much more important than it, since Inovev expects a production of 500 000 units a year, just in Europe.
- ID 3 will take several years to reach 100,000 units a year, which seems to be its maximum potential in the 2020s. But it is true that the ID 3 will recover some of the customers of the Golf which could have reached 550,000 or even 600,000 units a year in Europe, because both models are in direct competition.
- The new Golf retains almost the dimensions of the old and its production will be concentrated on the site of Wolfsburg (Germany) and no longer on two different sites (Wolfsburg and Zwickau) as before. ID 3 has taken its place on the Zwickau site.
- The new Golf is still based on the MQB platform. Finally, the 100% electric version is not renewed since it is replaced by ID 3.
Volkswagen ID 4
- After presenting the Volkswagen ID 3 at the Frankfurt Motor Show last September, the German carmaker unveiled few weeks after the Volkswagen ID 4 which a SUV variant of the ID 3.
- It has all the technical characteristics of the ID 3, is marketed in the C segment as the ID 3 and will be produced in the same production plant, in Zwickau (Germany).
- As for the ID 3, the ID 4 will be also marketed under Seat and Skoda brands, which will also be produced in Zwickau. All together, six different models from 3 different brands (3 sedans and 3 SUVs) will be produced in this plant.
- As a reminder, Volkswagen has set the production capacity of the Zwickau plant at 200,000 units per year of BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles), including 100 000 units for the ID 3 and its Seat and Skoda rebranded versions, and 100 000 units for the ID 4 and its Seat and Skoda versions.
- This volume should be reached in the second part of the 2020s, as the production will grow slowly and gradually. The market is not yet ready to buy massively a BEV.
2020 Geneva MotorShow - BMW
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2020 Geneva MotorShow - BMW
BMW Serie 2 Gran Coupe
- BMW unveiled the new Gran Coupé 2 Series, which is actually a Series 1 sedan with a third side mirror and an apparent trunk.
- This new model is designed to compete with the Mercedes CLA, Mercedes Sedan Class A and Audi A3 Sedan, which are in this apparent trunk sedan C-segment.
- The BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe completes the Series 2 range of the manufacturer that currently consists of the 2 Series Coupé and Convertible, as well as the Active Tourer and Gran Tourer MPVs.
- As for the Active Tourer and Gran Tourer, the 2 Series Gran Coupé is a front-wheel drive, since it takes over the UKL platform Mini, BMW X1 / X2, and BMW 1 Series marketed since last year.
- The BMW 2 Series Gran Coupé will be produced at the German site Regensburg. Inovev expects 50,000 units per year from this new model.
2020 Geneva MotorShow - Honda
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2020 Geneva MotorShow - Honda
Honda e
- In opposition of Toyota or Mazda, Honda recently chose to enter this new market for 100% electric sedans via the launch of its city car (segment B sedan) simply called E.
- Produced at the Yorii site in Japan, this new model (program code 2EX) based on the PFE-S platform is aimed at all world markets, mainly Europe, the United States, China and Japan.
- The manufacturer's objective is to sell 50,000 units per year (equivalent to the distribution of Renault Zoé), including 10,000 in Europe, figures that corroborate Inovev's forecasts.
- The Honda E is 3.94m long, which places it between the Smart Forfour (3.50m) and the Renault Zoé (4.08m). It is 1.75m wide , 1.51m high and its wheelbase is 2.53m. The Honda E claims in all cases a range of 220 km according to the WLTP cycle.
- Its competitors will be the new Renault Zoé, the new electric Mini, the future electric Fiat 500 and the future small electric sedans of the Volkswagen group.
2020 Geneva MotorShow - Fiat
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2020 Geneva MotorShow - Fiat
Fiat 500 e
- Fiat unveils the new generation of the BEV version of the 500 which will have to compete with the new small electric sedans of A-segment, as the Mini Electric, Renault Twingo ZE, Volkswagen Up, Seat Mii, Skoda Citigo, Smart Fortwo, as well as the future Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 108 and Citroën C1.
- Inovev forecasts a volume of 25,000 sales per year over time.
- Fiat had already sold an BEV Fiat 500 in the past, but this model had been sold mainly in North America in small quantities.
2020 Geneva MotorShow - Hyundai
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2020 Geneva MotorShow - Hyundai
Hyundai i10
- Car manufacturers are gradually moving away from small A-segment cars on the European market, as these models account for less than 10% of the European market year after year.
- Ford has ended the Ka+ ‘s career, Opel has discontinued the Adam and the Karl, Smart will stop marketing Fortwo and Forfour in two years' time and Lancia will probably stop marketing Ypsilon next year. Finally, Peugeot and Citroën announced the upcoming end of the 108 and C1.
- However, Korean manufacturers Hyundai and Kia are continuing to produce their entry-level models, the i10 and Picanto. Hyundai has just renewed its i10 model produced in Turkey.
- The new generation is presented in a completely revised form but which tends to be closer to the Kia Picanto (marketed since 2017).
- The i10 sold in Europe will still be manufactured at the Turkish Izmit site, alongside the Hyundai i20 (B segment ).
- Inovev expects 100,000 annual sales of the new i10 produced in Turkey.
Hyundai i20
- Hyundai will unveil the new generation of the i20 (segment B sedan) at the Geneva Motor Show.
- The model has a 3-cylinder petrol engine of 1000 cc and a 4-cylinder engine of 1300 cc, as before.
- As for the previous generation, it will be produced in the Turkish plant in Izmit, alongside the recently presented i10.
- The new i20 will compete with the sedans of the B-segment B of generalist carmakers as Renault Clio, Peugeot 208, Citroën C3, Volkswagen Polo and especially Ford Fiesta and Opel Corsa in terms of price. We can also cite the Japanese Toyota Yaris, Nissan Micra and Honda Jazz, as well as the Korean Kia Rio.
