French factories produced 4 million engines in 2018
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French factories produced 4 million engines in 2018
- France currently has four engine production plants: Trémery and Douvrin belonging to the PSA group, Cléon which belongs to Renault, and Onnaing which belongs to Toyota. These four factories have produced 4 million engines in 2018 vs 5 million in 2008. There are almost twice as many engines manufactured in France as vehicles because many engines are exported to other PSA, Renault and Toyota European factories . The Trémery plant is the largest (1.5 million engines produced in 2018, producing 100% diesel engines), followed by the Douvrin plant (1.2 million engines, producing 100% petrol engines), Cléon (900,000 engines, producing 45% diesel engines and 45% gasoline engines) and Onnaing (400,000 engines, of which 75% are gasoline engines).
- With the collapse of sales of diesel cars on the French market and more generally on the European market, car manufacturers have had to respond quickly to the new demand, replacing part of the diesel engines production (D) with petrol engines production (G). In 2018, for the first time in two decades, engine plants located in France will produce more gasoline engines than diesel engines. The production of electric motors is still modest (less than 85,000 in 2018, all produced in Cléon), as is that of hybrid engines (105,000 units, all produced at Onnaing). But with the launch of electric and hybrid models planned by Renault and PSA, this production is expected to grow rapidly over the next few years. PSA ,for example, plans to launch hybrid engine production in 2022 on the Trémery site for an annual production of 900,000 electric motors per year (without specifying as of which year).
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続きを読む... French factories produced 4 million engines in 2018
Ford Europe confirms the launch of a new segment B SUV in 2019
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Ford Europe confirms the launch of a new segment B SUV in 2019
- Ford Europe has confirmed the arrival of a brand new model on their assembly lines in Craoiva (Romania). According to Inovev, this is a segment B SUV (code BX726), built on the platform of the recent generation of the Ford Fiesta (B2E).
- This model could be called Puma (like the old Fiesta based coupe) or City (like the old Opel Kadett). It could be presented at the next Frankfurt Motor Show, in September 2019, and sold as of the end of 2019 or the beginning of 2020.
- This new model will compete with the recent B-segment SUVs, such as the VW T-Cross, Seat Arona, Hyundai Kona, Kia Stonic and the future Skoda that will be presented at the same show. It will be in the Ford Europe range above the Ecosport and below the Kuga, in terms of price and size. It could eventually replace the Ford Ecosport which is also a segment B SUV and whose origins date back to 2012, although its manufacture in Europe began only in 2017.
- This future Ford B segment SUV will be a little longer than the Ecosport (4.20m vs. 4.10m). It will be powered by a 3 cylinder 1.0l gasoline engine developing 100hp, 125hp and 140hp.
- This model (with the future Ford Kuga) will be one of the last designed by Ford Europe before the agreement signed with the Volkswagen Group, the exact scope of which is still unclear.
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続きを読む... Ford Europe confirms the launch of a new segment B SUV in 2019
Chinese Car Registrations in Europe
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Chinese Car Registrations in Europe
- Chinese car registrations in the European market are still very low. Attempts by Brilliance (2005), Landwind (2005), Qoros (2013) and Great Wall (2016) have failed. The Chery brand, which sells its cars in Italy under the DR Motor brand, has not even reached 1,500 sales per year, while the MG brand (which is a subsidiary of the Chinese group SAIC) manages to sell at most 9,000 cars, but only in the UK, thanks to the prestige of the MG brand in that country.
- In total, Chinese car sales are at 0.1% of the entire European market (29 countries), and if sales of the Volvo brand (owned by the Chinese group Geely) are included, the total is only 2.1% of the European market. The Borgward brand (owned by the Chinese group BAIC) had to postpone its establishment in Europe and the brand Lynk & Co (owned by the Chinese group Geely) which was to establish operations in Europe in 2019 also had to postpone its implementation.
- The Lynk & Co 01 and 02 models should have been produced in the Volvo Cars Ghent plant, but Geely decided that the success of the Volvo XC40, which is produced in the Ghent plant, was such that no other vehicles could be added to the lines at the moment. This affirmation is to be put in perspective as the production will not exceed 200,000 units in 2018, while the capacity is 300,000 units. In any case, as a result, the goal of selling 125,000 Lynk & Co models in Europe by 2021 is no longer operative.
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PSA group and Dongfeng create a new brand in China
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PSA group and Dongfeng create a new brand in China
- Dongfeng, who is French group PSA’s main partner in China, also works for Renault-Nissan, Honda and Kia. Dongfeng is also a 15% shareholder of PSA.
- PSA was able to develop its sales in this country between 1990 (date of its establishment in China) and 2015 (date of the peak of sales established at 730,000 units). Then the French group experienced a vertiginous fall in sales, from 615,000 units in 2016 to 385,000 in 2017 and 275,000 in 2018.
- Oddly enough, Dongfeng, which distributes models under its own brand, also saw its sales rise sharply and plunge from 2017, from 740,000 units in 2016 to 695,000 in 2017 and 500,000 in 2018. The drop in sales of PSA and Dongfeng in 2018 is comparable, reaching 28% in both cases.
- To stop this free fall, the two partners decided to launch a new brand, called Fukang, a name recalling the old models derived from Citroën ZX and marketed in China between 1992 and 2009.
- Unlike the old Citroën Fukang, which were thermal-engined sedans, the future Fukangs will be and electric-powered sedans and SUVs, whose first models will be launched in 2019.
- Note that PSA also plans to launch the Opel brand in China over the next decade.
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The Toyota Group plans to sell 10.76 million vehicles in 2019
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The Toyota Group plans to sell 10.76 million vehicles in 2019
- A few days before the end of the year, the Toyota Group (Toyota, Lexus, Hino, Daihatsu) announced that it sold 10.55 million vehicles worldwide in 2018 and plans to sell 10.76 million vehicles in 2019.
- These volumes increase 2% in 2018 and 2% in 2019, despite a Chinese market expected to be stable and a US market expected to be down. These two markets account for 35% of Toyota's total sales. Japan accounts for 22% of the manufacturer's total sales. This market is expected to show minimal growth in 2019. The markets that should drive growth are Europe, Russia, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Canada and Brazil.
- In Japan, Toyota sold 2.3 million vehicles in 2018 and expects to sell about as many in 2019. The manufacturer traditionally occupies nearly 45% of the Japanese market, ahead of all competitors.
- World number one from 2008 to 2015 - with the exception of the year 2011, when a very strong tsunami in Northeast Japan affected all Japanese manufacturers - the Toyota group lost its title in 2016 to the benefit of the Volkswagen group.
- In 2017, the Toyota group was ranked third in the world, behind Volkswagen group, and Renault-Nissan that had just bought Mitsubishi Motors. In 2018, the Toyota group is expected to maintain its third place in the world, as Volkswagen and Renault-Nissan are expected to each reach a volume close to 11 million vehicles.
- The final results will be known at the end of January 2019.
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続きを読む... The Toyota Group plans to sell 10.76 million vehicles in 2019