Automotive News Europe - April 2020 - 4

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KEITH CRAIN
Chairman & Publishing Director

3 Issue highlights

KC CRAIN
President, COO, Group Publisher

COVER STORY

JASON STEIN
Vice President & Publisher
LUCA CIFERRI
Associate Publisher & Editor
+39 348 274 00 40
lciferri@autonews.com

6 Recovery road map
Auto industry uses lessons from 2008
recession to survive corona chaos

DAVE VERSICAL
Chief of Group Editorial Operations
+1 313 446 6789
dversical@crain.com

Q&A

DOUGLAS A. BOLDUC
Managing Editor
+49 (0) 171 424 6373
dbolduc@autonews.com

10 Reset & redesign
Ford exec takes big steps on path to making
European arm sustainably profitable

PAUL MCVEIGH
Managing Editor
+49 (0) 176 7835 3951
pmcveigh@autonews.com

12 Combined power
DS CEO sees big gains for rebounding
PSA brand from FCA merger

PETER SIGAL
News Editor
+33 670 964 977
psigal@autonews.com

13 7 questions for ...
Porsche Board Member for R&D Michael Steiner

KARIN KLEMM-VOLLMER
Layout
kklemm@autonews.com

AUTOMAKERS

OLIVE KEOGH
Copy reader
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14 South of the border
Renault, PSA, Daimler tap North Africa for
low-cost exports, rising local demand

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16 Secret weapons
VW's 'e-Heroes' poised to play
a key role in ID3's future

DS Automobiles CEO Beatrice Foucher

18 Market mover
Tesla Model 3 carries key segment to a 21%
increase but still trails German rivals

LATEST LAUNCHES
20 Go with the flow
Audi links new A3 to traffic lights to
smooth travel in smart cities

21 Electric boost
Grandland X plug-in hybrid takes
over title of most powerful Opel

22 Smart understatement
Octavia remains humble despite
multiple premium upgrades

Nick Gibbs (UK),
Christiaan Hetzner (Germany),
Andrea Malan (Italy)
Mary Raetz (U.S.),
Heather Rowe (U.S.)
Correspondents

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THOMAS HERINGER
Commercial Director Europe
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23 Car cutaway
See who supplies the new
Bentley Continental GT

GEORGIA CHAPMAN
Director of European
Marketing and Events
+49 (0) 8153 907 500
gchapman@autonews.com

24 'Drive the change'
How Vitesco aims to benefit from the
shift to electrified powertrains

USA

KAREN RENTSCHLER
Managing Director,
Sales, Marketing and Events
+1 (313) 446 6058
krentschler@autonews.com

FINAL WORD
37 Cash is king, again

KOREA

A solid balance sheet cures
many coronavirus ills

JUNG-WON SUH
Sinsegi Media Inc.
+82 2 785 8222
sinsegi-2@sinsegimedia.info

CHINA

LAGO POAH YANG
Sales Director, Bridge Media
+86 21 3368 7053
lagopoah.yang@bridgemedia.cn

INSIDE THE FEBRUARY & 2-MONTH NUMBERS
26 European sales by
country and brand

35 Turkey sales

Lithuania, Cyprus, Greece
were big 2-month winners

36 Russia sales

27 European top 50
Hyundai Kona, VW Passat make solid gains

30 European sales by model
BMW 3 Series, Seat Tarraco
help lift their brands

33 Top 10 sellers in key markets
Peugeot 208 leads sales in
France and Denmark

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February and 2-month sales surge 89%
February sales fall 2%; 2-month volume dips 1%
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DATA

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NUFACTUR

ER, FEBRU

ARY & YT

D
Feb.
2020
AvtoVAZ (Lad
Percent
2019
2 months
a) ......
change
2 months
25,002
AvtoVAZ (Niva
2020
Percent
27,011
2019
) ......
-7%
change
1,132
46,792
Datsun .......
Top 25 Selling
48,542
............
0
-4%
-
1,562
2,326
Infiniti ..............
1,677
0
......
-7%
-
174
2,965
Mitsubishi .......
February 202
408
2,761
.......
-57%
7%
0
3,303
Nissan ..............
278
1 Lada Gran
3,642
679
......
ta
-9%
-59%
5,725
4,842
Renault .......
2 Kia Rio
6,146
5,748
...........
-7%
-16%
10,123
10,663
RENAULT-NI
3 Lada Vesta
8,499
11,149
SSAN
19%
-4%
47,021
18,416
KIA ..............
47,383
4 Hyundai
16,298
.........
Creta
-1%
13%
17,1
86,282
07
Genesis .......
17,731
5 Hyundai
85,177
...........
Solaris
-4%
1%
32,062
134
Hyundai .......
6 VW Polo
33,422
246
..........
-46%
-4%
14,368
HYUNDAI GRO
244
14,260
7 Toyota RAV4
428
UP
-43%
1%
14,502
25,763
Audi ..............
14,506
8 VW Tigua
25,103
.........
n
0%
3%
1,33
26,0
Skoda ..............
2
07
9 Lada Larg
1,203
25,531
.......
us
11%
2%
5,200
2,211
Volkswagen
10 Renault
5,941
2,103
............
Logan
-13%
5%
7,518
11,145
Volkswagen
11 Nissan Qash
7,346
11,477
vans ...
2%
qai
-3%
13,787
401
VW GROUP
12 Toyota Cam
13,546
510
..........
-21%
ry
2%
14,451
Lexus..............
785
15,000
13 Lada 4x4
855
........
-4%
-8%
1,208
27,928
Toyota ..............
14 Kia Spor
1,188
27,981
......
tage
2%
0%
8,239
2,31
TOYOTA GRO
9
15 Mitsubish
7,064
2,214
UP...
i Outlander
17%
5%
9,447
14,644
GAZ LCV .......
16 Renault
8,252
12,384
.......
Duster
15%
18%
3,816
16,963
UAZ ..............
17 Renault
3,846
14,598
........
Sandero
-1%
16%
2,609
6,384
MAZDA .......
18 Nissan X-Tra
2,705
6,447
.........
-4%
il
-1%
2,184
4,55
HAVAL .......
1
19
2,050
4,645
Skoda Rapid
..........
7%
-2%
1,220
4,083
Jaguar ..............
20 Renault
537
3,862
......
Kaptur
127%
6%
2,448
121
Land Rover .......
21 Mazda CX-5
169
894
......
-28%
174%
681
JAGUAR LAN
195
22
786
Skoda Octavia
287
D ROVER
-13%
-32%
802
1,102
GEELY .......
23 Hyundai
955
1,191
...........
Tucson
-16%
-8%
753
1,297
VOLVO .......
24 Kia Optim
528
1,478
..........
a
43%
-12%
637
1,531
SUZUKI .......
25 Lada X-ray
590
923
.........
8%
66%
621
Citroen .......
918
213
............
788
192%
17%
1,142
260
Opel ..............
187
372
.........
39%
207%
Top 25 Selling
Peugeot.......
469
7
...........
331
0
Vehicl
42%
-
Feb.

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Vehicles in

Russia

9,559
8,367
8,107
6,636
4,453
3,966
3,684
2,924
2,790
2,657
2,608
2,425
2,246
2,192
2,047
2,043
2,019
1,986
1,958
1,747
1,618
1,574
1,570
1,553
1,538

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