Inovev plans 500,000 units per year for the new VW Golf
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Inovev plans 500,000 units per year for the new VW Golf
- A few weeks after unveiling its new C-segment electric car, the ID 3, 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 (length: 4.28m, width: 1.79m, height: 1.46m) 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. It is equipped with the following engines: on the one hand gasoline 3 cylinders 1.0 TSI (90hp and 110hp), 4 cylinders 1.5 TSI (130hp and 150hp) and 1.4 TSI hybrid rechargeable (204hp and 245hp), on the other hand the diesel 4 2.0 TDI cylinders (115hp and 150hp), the 1.6 TDI 4 cylinder was not selected for this new Golf. Finally, the 100% electric version is not renewed since it is replaced by ID 3.
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The Hyundai 2020-2023 Product Plan
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The Hyundai 2020-2023 Product Plan
- The Hyundai brand's 2020-2023 product plan highlights the number of SUVs that the Korean plans to launch during this period. Of the 13 models that Hyundai plans to launch or restyle between 2020 and 2023, 7 are SUVs and 5 are sedans (1 is a coupe), evidence that Hyundai still believes in the SUV.
- The year 2020 will be marked by the launch of the new generation of the Tucson (C-segment SUV) which will offer for the first time a hybrid powertrain, borrowed from Ioniq. The same year, the Ioniq and Elantra (segment C sedans) will be restyled, like the Veloster coupe.
- The year 2021 will be especially prolific in restylings. In fact, Sonata (D-segment sedan), Kona (B-segment SUV), Santa Fe (D-segment SUV), Palisade (E-segment SUV) and Nexo (C-segment SUV) will be restyled this year. a fuel cell engine).
- The year 2022 will be the year of the renewal of the i20 (segment B sedan) and the renewal of the Ioniq sedan, which will still be available in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and 100% electric versions.
- The i10 (segment A sedan) having been renewed in 2019, it will not be renewed until 2024.
- Finally, the year 2023 will see the renewal of the Santa Fe (segment D SUV). Note the demise without issue of the Hyundai iX20 (minivan segment B), minivans having seen their market share collapse.
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European LCV market increased by 4.5% over 9 months 2019
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European LCV market increased by 4.5% over 9 months 2019
- While the European market (29 countries) for passenger cars is down by 1.5% over the first 9 months of 2019, compared to the first 9 months of 2018, the European market for light commercial vehicles (under 3 , 5 tons) withstands a rise of 4.5% over the same period.
- However, it fell by almost 10% in September 2019 (the biggest drop since 2012) which could announce a reversal of this market in the coming months. Indeed, this decline does not offset a sharp rise that would have occurred in September 2018, since last year the LCV market had already dropped by 5.2%. If this reversal were confirmed, this would be bad news for the entire automotive industry because the commercial vehicle market was the only market to continue to grow since 2013. Sixteen European markets out of twenty-nine are in decline in September 2019, in this category of vehicles.
- ACEA attributes this sharp decline to the application as of 1 September 2019 of the new WLTP emission control regime for new commercial vehicles.
- The European LCV market remains dominated by France, due to its registrations of private cars converted into company cars (52 000 units were sold on the cumulative 9 months 2019, ie 15% of all LCVs. sold in this country). Great Britain is in second place, growing slightly, despite uncertainties about Brexit. Germany is in third place, well ahead of Spain and Italy.
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The Kia 2020-2023 Product Plan
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The Kia 2020-2023 Product Plan
- The Kia brand's 2020-2023 product plan also highlights the importance of SUVs that the Korean, owned by Hyundai, intends to launch during this period. Indeed, 12 models that Kia intends to launch or restyling between 2020 and 2023, 6 are SUVs and 5 are sedans (1 is a minivan).
- The year 2020 will see the renewal of the Optima (D segment sedan), Sorento (D segment SUV) and Sedona (E segment MPV), as well as the restyling of the Rio (B segment sedan) and Stinger (E-segment sedan).
- The year 2021 will be very prolific as we expect the renewal of Cadenza (E segment sedan), Niro (C-segment SUV with hybrid powertrain, plug-in hybrid or 100% electric) and Sportage (segment C SUV). The latter will be available for the first time in hybrid engine, like his cousin Hyundai Tucson a year earlier.
- In the same year, Kia will be restyling mid-life the Forte (C-segment sedan) and Telluride (E-segment SUV).
- Finally, in 2022, Kia will proceed to the mid-life restyling of Soul (segment B SUV) available in 100% electric motorization.
- Nothing regarding the Kia Ceed, Proceed and X-Ceed since these models are recent. They were launched between 2018 and 2019. The date of their restyling was not communicated, but it is likely that these models will not be replaced before 2024 or even 2025. Note the disappearance without descendants of Kia Carens (minivan segment C) and Venga (MPV segment B), minivans having seen their market share collapse.
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The development of electric cars will increase the average weight of cars
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The development of electric cars will increase the average weight of cars
- The average weight of light vehicles (LCVs) produced in Europe has risen from 1340kg in 2005 to 1405kg in 2019, and it is likely to increase significantly over the next decade. This increase was almost constant between 2000 and 2008, then in 2009 the financial and economic crisis caused an increase in the number of small cars produced in Europe, favored then by the introduction of scrappage bonuses, which was translated by a decrease in the average weight of vehicles.
- The following years saw the average weight of vehicles increase again, due to the proliferation of SUVs whose weight is higher than that of sedans. The introduction of SUVs to the C and B segments helped to stabilize the average weight of vehicles in the years 2013-2018, but the arrival of plug-in hybrid cars and 100% electric cars again increased the average weight of vehicles. A 100% electric car is on average 300 kilograms heavier than an equivalent heat engine because of the weight of the batteries.
- Even though rechargeable and 100% electric hybrid cars represent only a small part of European production (2.5% in 2019), the difference in weight compared to a thermal engine model is such that the increase in weight The average is very real, while Inovev is forecasting a stabilization of SUV production over the next five years.
- The massive arrival of electric cars in the 2020s will greatly increase the average weight of vehicles produced in Europe (Inovev foresees an average weight of 1455kg in 2024 which will continue to grow in the following years).
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