The European market 2018 by body-type and segment
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The European market 2018 by body-type and segment
- Inovev has previously studied the evolution of the European passenger car market by segment and by body-type since 2000. Today, Inovev analyses the evolution of vehicle categories by crossing segments and body-type.
- Thus, in B segment, sedans still make up the major part of sales (3.15 million units), but SUVs are growing strongly (1.75 million units) and could sell as much as sedans in the early 2020s.
- In the C segment, SUVs are now selling as well as sedans (2.5 million units). As for minivans, they continue to lose ground (500,000 units compared to 1.5 million in 2007).
- In D segment, SUVs are at 750,000 units while sedans are still above one million units, but their steady decline (1.5 million units in 2012, 2.5 million units in 2000) suggests a future balance between sedan and SUV sales in the early 2020s.
- In E segment, SUVs have some difficulties to progress. They are capped at 250,000 units, slightly ahead of minivans (125,000 units), while sedans are once again approaching 500,000 units, after having lost a lot of ground until 2015 (600,000 units in 2006, 900,000 units in 2000).
- In the F segment, SUVs are now on a par with sedans (50,000 units).
- It should be noted that in the A segment, sedans account for almost all sales (1.25 million units).
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Audi will stop the production of R8 coupés and spiders
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Audi will stop the production of R8 coupés and spiders
- We have seen earlier that the Audi brand will soon stop manufacturing TT/TTS coupes and spiders. These mid-range sports models, whose prices range from €40,000 to €80,000, have sold 680,000 units since their launch in 1998 (an average of 34,000 units per year). Today, sports coupe and spiders with combustion engines are less in demand, at a time when SUVs will soon account for one in two sales, and demand will also increasingly focus on electric vehicles.
- Another sports model of the Audi brand, much more expensive and much more elitist than the TT, the R8 coupé and spider, whose prices range from 175,000 to 230,000 euros, will also stop production at the same time as the TT/TTS in 2021. The R8 has sold 45,000 units since its launch in 2007 (34,000 for the first generation and 11,000 for the second generation), or an average of 4,000 units per year.
- This model, powered by an atmospheric Lamborghini origin V10 of more than 500 hp, is one of the vestiges of a bygone era. The next Audi model that could occupy the European sports car market in the 2020s will undoubtedly be an electric vehicle, like the BMW i8, which launched this segment five years ago.
- Today, the BMW i8, whose prices range from 140,000 to 160,000 euros, has sold 20,000 units since 2014, which is already an average of 4,000 units per year, just like the Audi R8.
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Inovev forecasts 250,000 new Renault Captur per year
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Inovev forecasts 250,000 new Renault Captur per year
- Renault unveiled the new generation of its B-segment SUV, the Captur. This model remains the SUV variant of the Renault Clio, as at Peugeot the 2008 remains the SUV variant of the 208. The previous generation of the Renault Captur was built in 2013 and more than 1.2 million units were produced, mainly in Spain, at the Valladolid site.
- The Captur initially replaced the Renault Modus, which was a B-segment MPV. Renault thus launched one of the first B-segment SUVs, which have since multiplied among all automakers.
- The new Renault Captur follows the general line of the old one but it is getting bigger: +11cm in length (4.23m) and + 2cm in width (1.80m). Like the new Clio, the new Capturis built on the CMF-B modular platform from the Renault-Nissan group. Like the Clio, it will not have a 100% electric motor (unlike the 2008 Peugeot).
- The new Renault Captur, which will continue to be produced at the Valladolid site in Spain, has the same engines as the Clio, namely the 1.0 l and 1.3 l petrol engines with 100 hp, 130 hp or 155 hp, as well as the 1.5 l diesel engines with 95 hp or 115 hp. But while the Clio has a non-rechargeable 1.6 petrol hybrid engine, the Captur has the same engine but in a rechargeable (Plug-In) version.
- The new Captur will be competing against the 2008 Peugeot, Citroën C3 Aircross, Opel Crossland, Opel Mokka, Ford Puma, Fiat 500X, VW T-Cross, VW T-Roc, Seat Arona, Skoda Kamiq, Jeep Renegade, Hyundai Kona, Kia Stonic, and Nissan Juke whose replacement is imminent. Inovev forecasts 250,000 units per year of the new Renault Captur.
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Global automotive production fell by 5.5% in the first quarter of 2019
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Global automotive production fell by 5.5% in the first quarter of 2019
- After falling by 1.3% in 2018, for the first time since 2009, global automotive production amplified this trend in the first quarter of 2019, as over this period it fell by 5.5%, including passenger cars and commercial vehicles, to 31.33 million vehicles, a loss of 1.8 million vehicles compared to the first quarter of 2018.
- It should be noted, however, that the production of commercial vehicles remains stable, with the decline in production being attributable solely to the passenger car category. This decline is caused by a drop in car registrations in most countries, particularly China, the world's largest market.
- China alone has a production loss of 950,000 vehicles in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the first quarter of 2018, more than half of the vehicles lost worldwide.
- Regulation of registrations in China, coupled with declining global economic growth and trade tensions between the United States and China, economic sanctions imposed on Iran and Russia, increasingly stringent regulations for motorists, particularly those driving diesel cars, all caused a sharp slowdown in passenger car sales in 2019. And the coming months do not herald any real signs of improvement. The whole of 2019 should therefore end with a further decline in production volume compared to 2018.
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Inovev forecasts 40,000 new BMW X6 per year
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Inovev forecasts 40,000 new BMW X6 per year
- BMW has just unveiled the new generation of its top-of-the-range SUV coupe (E segment), the X6. Thus, in two years, the Bavarian manufacturer will have completely renewed its SUVs in the D and E segments, the X3, X4, X5, X6, and launched a new X7 in the F segment, which now caps the brand's SUV range.
- The new X6 (code G06) is built on the (CLAR) platform and with the engines of the recent X5, launched last year, but is equipped like the old X6 with its own bodywork with a receding rear.
- The X6 features the 340 hp3.0l in-line 6-cylinder petrol engines (X6 40i), and 530 hp4.4l V8 engines (X6 50i), as well as the 265 hp3.0l in-line 6-cylinder diesel engine (X6 30d). A 394 hp hybrid version (X6 45e) is also planned for next year.
- Finally, a 650 hp X6M is under discussion for a later launch.
- This model, less in demand than the X5 (it sells 3.5 times less), is a rival to the Mercedes GLE coupe, the Audi Q8 and the very recent Porsche Cayenne coupé. It will still be manufactured in BMW's US plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. North America is indeed the leading BMW X6 market with a sales volume of around 7,000 units per year, but this market is closely followed by the Chinese market.
- The new BMW X6 will be presented at the Frankfurt Motor Show next September, along with the new 1 Series and the new Gran Coupe on the 8 Series. Inovev expects 40,000 units per year for the new BMW X6.
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