The Renault group broke its world sales record in 2018
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The Renault group broke its world sales record in 2018
- The Renault group (Renault, Dacia, Lada, Samsung, Alpine, Jinbei, Huasong) broke its world sales record in 2018, thanks to the contribution of Chinese brands, 49% of which were acquired as JVs in 2018 (165,603 vehicles) and the increase in Lada sales (398,282 units, +18.7%), mainly due to strong growth in the Russian market (+12.8%).
- The Renault group's total worldwide sales amounted to 3,884,295 vehicles (compared with 3,762,077 in 2017), including 2,532,567 under the Renault brand (-5.2%), 700,798 units under the Dacia brand (+7.0%), 84,954 units under the Renault-Samsung brand (-14.9%) and 2,091 units under the Alpine brand.
- The Renault group sales increased overall by 3.2% in 2018, and its volume is almost equivalent to that achieved by the PSA group (3.88 million units),
- The Renault group's top ten markets in 2018 were: Europe (+0.5%, to 1,920,742 units), Russia (+10.9%, to 497,266 units), China (216,699 units), Brazil (214,822 units), Turkey (115,842 units), Argentina (114,348 units), Iran (101,347 units), Korea (90,369 units), India (82,368 units) and Morocco (75,418 units).
- Sales of Renault group electric cars increased by 36.6% in 2018 (49,600 units, including 39,458 Zoé and 8,747 Kangoo ZE and 1,395 Twizy). The Renault Clio remains the 2nd best-selling model in Europe.
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The PSA group broke its world sales record in 2018
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The PSA group broke its world sales record in 2018
- The PSA group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel, Vauxhall) broke its world sales record in 2018, thanks to the contribution of the European Opel/Vauxhall subsidiaries acquired from the GM group in the summer of 2017.
- Total worldwide sales of the PSA Group amounted to 3,877,765 units (compared to 3,632,314 units in 2017), an increase of 6.8%.
- The breakdown by brand is as follows: 1,740,214 units under the Peugeot brand (-17.9%), which suffered from a drop in sales in Iran, Turkey and China, 1,046,229 units under the Citroën brand (-0.9%), which suffered from a drop in sales in China, 53,265 units under the DS brand (+0,8%) which ended five years of decline with the launch of the DS7 Crossback, 827,706 units under the Opel brand and 210,351 units under the Vauxhall brand, both of which were recorded over twelve months in 2018 compared to five months in 2017.
- This enabled the PSA Group to make overall progress in 2018, despite the poor results of the Peugeot and Citroën brands.
- The PSA group's best-selling model was the Peugeot 208 (294,876 units), but the Peugeot 3008 is not far behind (265,125 units).
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The Argentinian market (PC+LCV) fell by 10.5% in 2018
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The Argentinian market (PC+LCV) fell by 10.5% in 2018
- The Argentinian automobile market (PC+LCV) fell by 10.5% in 2018, to 772,000 units, compared with 863,000 units in 2017. This market is very cyclical in the sense that it progresses for a few years before declining in the following years, under the impact of economic crises. Peak sales were reached in 2013 with a record 944,000 units, which have never been exceeded since then. One must remember that in 2005, the Argentine market had fallen to only 400,000 units. The figure recorded in 2018 (nearly 800,000 units) therefore remains one of the five best figures of the decade.
- However, for several months now, the recessionary economic situation in Argentina has been deteriorating sharply: monetary depreciation and price inflation, and adoption of an IMF economic program, thus raising the specter of the dramatic Argentine crisis of 2001. Domestic consumption is therefore in crisis and the unemployment rate is soaring. This difficult economic situation should continue in 2019.
- Most automakers ‘ sales declined in 2018, except for the Renault-Nissan group, which grew 4.9%. GM ”s sales fell the most (-13.7%). Despite Renault-Nissan's growth, the Volkswagen group remains the Argentinian market leader, with a market share of 18.9%, ahead of the Renault-Nissan groups (17.8%), GM (13.7%), Ford (12.8%), FCA (13.2%), PSA (12.2%) and Toyota (12.4%). The other manufacturers are far behind.
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VW and Ford groups form a strategic alliance
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VW and Ford groups form a strategic alliance
- The Volkswagen and Ford groups have announced that they will form a strategic alliance without cross-shareholding, that will maintain the independence of the two groups. It will not be a merger of the Daimler and Chrysler group type in 1998 nor an alliance of the Renault and Nissan group type in 1999, but an alliance of another type that will design and produce common vehicles.
- The joint projects will concern light commercial vehicles, and electric vehicles:
1. the future VW Transporter and Ford Transit Custom will share common platforms (Ford as prime contractor).
2. the future VW Caddy and Ford Connect/Courier will share common platforms (VW as prime contractor).
3. the future VW Amarok and Ford Ranger pickup trucks will share common platforms (Ford as prime contractor).
4. the future electric vehicles VW and Ford will share common engines (VW as prime contractor).
- This agreement will significantly increase the volume of VW electric motors that will be installed under the hoods of the VW and Ford models. VW has also announced the construction of a second plant in the United States, in addition to the one it has in Chattanooga, which will be dedicated to the production of electric vehicles for the local market from 2022 onwards.
- This agreement will also allow Volkswagen and Ford to share their plants.
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The Turkish market (PC+LCV) declined by 35% in 2018
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The Turkish market (PC+LCV) declined by 35% in 2018
- The Turkish automotive market (PC+LCV) declined by 35% in 2018 to 621,000 units, compared to 956,000 units in 2017. This sharp decline is the result of a serious local economic crisis, partly due to a high level of debt that caused the Turkish lira to fall, (loss of a third of its value in one year) and galloping inflation.
- The Turkish automotive market fell to its lowest level since 2009.
- In 2019, the sharp decline in domestic demand, observed from the second half of 2018, should only be partially offset by an increase in exports.
- Inovev expects a small recovery in the Turkish market in the second half of 2019, with a volume of 700,000 units expected for the year as a whole. The recovery is expected to continue in 2020, with a volume of around 750,000 units.
- In 2018, all automakers ‘ sales declined on the Turkish market, except for the PSA group, which benefited from the takeover of Opel, which enabled it to offset the decline in sales of the Peugeot and Citroën brands.
- The Renault-Nissan group remains the leader on the Turkish market, with a market share of 22.9%, ahead of Volkswagen (18.1%), Fiat-Chrysler (11.7%), Ford (10.5%), PSA (10.2%), Hyundai-Kia (7.0%), Toyota (5.5%) and Honda (4.6%).
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