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发表于 2021年1月28日

• China
• Registrations
• Europe
• SAIC

A new 100% electric Chinese SUV is arriving in Europe: the Aiways U5

- On the European markets, some Chinese brands are already operating, such as MG, Great Wall, JAC. But these brands are sold in very confidential quantities (less than a thousand in 2020). Only the MG brand managed to sell notable volumes, with 25,641 units sold in Europe in 2020, but of which 70% are destined to the UK market.

- MG's main model is the ZS SUV (B-segment) which was sold at nearly 16,000 units in 2020, including 9,000 in 100% electric version (BEV) and nearly 7,000 in thermal version.

- SAIC, owner of the MG brand, does not stop there, having just launched a new brand in Europe: Aiways. The first model of this new brand, the U5, is also an SUV, of D-segment (4.68m in length) and 100% electric.

- The Aiways U5 saw its production start in Shanghai in December 2019 and its sales began in Europe in December 2020. SAIC created the Aiways brand to differentiate these “premium” models from the more affordable MG models in terms of price and performance. The U5's battery + electric powertrain give it an announced range of more than 400 km (WLTP cycle), for an kerb weight of 1,730 kg.

- Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) represent 5% of the European market in 2020 and this market share will grow over the next ten years. The arrival in mass volume of BEVs from Chinese carmakers on the European market is still difficult to forecast. Nonetheless, the need to supply the European market with vehicles at reasonable prices for a clientele that will increasingly be electrically oriented, opens the way to opportunities for Chinese carmakers.

    

 

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发表于 2021年1月28日

• Registrations
• Volkswagen
• Europe
• Germany

VW Group sales decline by 15.2% worldwide in 2020

- The Volkswagen group (Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Seat, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti, MAN, Scania) recorded a drop in its global sales in 2020, like most carmakers, due to the coronavirus crisis. The German carmaker recorded a 15.2% drop in worldwide sales, to 9,305,400 vehicles (passenger cars + light, medium and heavy utility vehicles) against 10,975,300 units in 2019. Consequently, the Volkswagen group fell behind the Toyota group in 2020, as the Japanese carmaker has surpassed 9.5 million sales last year.

- The breakdown of Volkswagen group sales in 2020 are as follows: 5,328,000 Volkswagen (-15.1%), 1,692,800 Audi (-8.3%), 1,004,800 Skoda (-19.1%), 427 000 Seat (-25.6%), 272,200 Porsche (-3.1%), 371,700 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (-24.4%), 118,100 MAN (-17.3%), 72,100 Scania (- 27.5%) and 18,700 Bentley - Lamborghini - Bugatti (-3.0%).

- We observe that the Premium brands have suffered less from the crisis than the mainstream brands, even if they have recently benefited from new models which have enlarged their range, particularly in the SUV category.

- By region, the Chinese market (3,849,000 sales; -9.1%) has become again the VW group's leading market, ahead of Europe (3,616,900 sales; -20.5%), North America (785,800 sales; -17.4%) and South America (489,700 sales; -19.5%).

- Sales of the VW group's electrified vehicles reached 422,000 units in 2020, including 231,500 BEVs and 190,500 PHEVs, mostly to Western European market. The VW ID3 recorded 56,500 sales in 2020.

    

 

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发表于 2021年1月28日

• Production
• Ford
• Brazil

Ford stops car production in Brazil

- The US carmaker Ford has announced that it is shutting down car production in Brazil, a year after it pulled out of Russia. Fourth group in the country during a long period, but far behind FCA, VW and GM (which together represent 50% of production and sales in Brazil in 2020), Ford has started to see other groups selling more vehicles: Renault-Nissan from 2012, Hyundai-Kia from 2016 and Toyota since 2019, which is closely follow Ford.

- Brazil is today the fourth largest market of the Ford group, behind the NAFTA zone, Europe and China. However, Ford believes that the volumes sold in the country are not enough to maintain production there. This can be understood because only two small models are produced for the local market: the Ford Ka(A-segment) and EcoSport(B-segment). This decision finalise the decline of Brazil's position in Ford's overall production. In fact, in 2020, Brazil only represented 3.5% of Ford's global automobile production, compared to 8.5% in 2009.

- The American carmaker has announced that it wants to focus on the production of SUVs and pick-ups in the NAFTA zone for the North American market. In addition, and despite equivalent volumes in Brazil, production in China appears to be mandatory and therefore maintained. Europe (Ford's second production area in the world), could therefore supply the Brazilian market in the future with sedans and SUVs of small segments. Ford does have a production unit in Argentina (50,000 units in 2019) but mainly produces Ranger pick-ups there. It is not inconceivable that Argentinian production will also be stopped in favour of Thailand, a country which specializes in the production of pick-ups. For Brazil, this is the second defection of a carmaker after Mercedes.

    

 

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发表于 2021年1月28日

• Registrations
• USA

The American market (PC + LUV) fell by 14.7% in 2020

- The US market for light vehicles (passenger cars – PCs and light utility vehicles - LUVs) fell by 14.7% in 2020, to 14,537,086 units, due to the coronavirus crisis, which is an average result regarding the global market, with China doing much better and Europe much worse.

- All carmakers saw their sales decline, except Tesla whose registrations rise from 179,000 units in 2019 to 205,600 in 2020, which represents an increase of almost 15% year-on-year. Its market share increased from 1.0% in 2019 to 1.5% in 2020, but the Californian carmaker is still very far from the leaders.

- The leading carmaker in the United States remains the GM group (17.4% of the market), ahead of Toyota (14.5%) which is ahead for the first time the Ford group (14.0%), result of a sudden delete of its sedans range (Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, Taurus) last year. The FCA group remains at the fourth place (12.5%), ahead of Honda (9.2%), Hyundai-Kia (8.4%) and Renault-Nissan (6.8%) which experienced the largest fall on the US market in 2020 (-32.7%). German carmakers are behind, with Volkswagen (3.9%), Daimler (2.2%) and BMW (2.1%).

- Light trucks (SUVs + pick-ups + MPVS and vans) continued to dominate the market in 2020, now accounting for 75% of the US sales, compared to just 25% for sedans, coupes and convertibles. SUVs alone represent 51% of the US market in 2020, the remaining 24% being divided into pick-ups (20% of the market), MPVs (2%) and vans (2%). The best-selling vehicle in the United States in 2020 remains the Ford F-Series pick-up (as it has been for about 40 years) with 787,000 units registered.

    

 

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