Automotive News Europe - February 2020 - 4

AUTOMOTIVE NEWS EUROPE

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KEITH CRAIN
Chairman & Publishing Director
KC CRAIN
President, COO, Group Publisher

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

Plastic Omnium CEO
Laurent Favre

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

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

COVER STORY

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

6 Golf's war
Europe's best-seller fights for its
long-term survival against EVs, SUVs

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

Q&A

KARIN KLEMM-VOLLMER
Layout
kklemm@autonews.com

10 'Better experience'

OLIVE KEOGH
Copy reader
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New Lexus boss outlines
autonomous, electrified plans

AUTOMAKERS

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

12 Stand by your plan
BMW re-affirms position against
electric-only platform

ADVERTISING

14 Costly & complex
Autonomous vehicle optimism
undergoes 'reality check'

LATEST LAUNCHES
18 Local preferences

New Plastic Omnium chief expects to
beat the market for the next 3 years

PSA Group premium brand enters
the EV era with small SUV

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

21 7 Questions for ...
Denso Director of Electrification
for Europe Ulrich Schwarz

USA

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

22 Car cutaway
See who supplies the latest Range Rover Velar

How Nissan made the Juke more
appealing to European buyers

19 DS takes big step

THOMAS HERINGER
Commercial Director Europe
+ 49 (0) 8153 907 400
theringer@craincom.de

20 Ahead of the pack

16 Static to ecstatic
Compact SUV sales expected to stall this
year before big gains return in 2021

EUROPE

SUPPLIERS

FINAL WORD

KOREA

34 Free styling
Ex-Renault design boss dishes, disses in memoir

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 DECEMBER & 12-MONTH NUMBERS
23 European sales by
country and brand

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December sales surge13%;
full-year volume tumbles 23%

Lithuania, Romania, Greece
were big 12-month winners

33 Russia sales

24 European top 50

Published by
Crain Communications Inc
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December sales rise 2%;
full-year volume dips 2%

BMW 3 series, Dacia Duster make solid gains

25 European sales by model

AUTOMOTIVE

Hyundai Kona, Mercedes A class,
Tesla Model 3 help lift their brands

NEWS EUR
OPE

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DATA

Europe reg
istrations
by country
, Decembe
r & YTD

Dec.
Germany ........
Dec.
2019
Percent
2018
United Kingd .............
12 months
283,380
change
12 months
237,058
France ........ om ..........
2019
Percent
148,997
19.5%
.................
2018
144,089
3,607,258
Italy ................
change
211,194
3.4%
3,435,778
165,390
2,311,140
Spain .............................
5.0%
140,075
27.7%
2,367,147
...........
124,535
2,214,279
Poland ........
-2.4%
105,8
12.5%
........
53
2,173,481
.........
1,916,320
Belgium........
99,290
1.9%
52,499
6.6%
1,910,701
1,258
Netherlands ...............
45,39
,260
0
0.3%
33,467
15.7%
1,321,437
Sweden ........................
23,197
555,598
-4.8%
42,43
44.3%
........
6
531,889
Austria............. .......
19,842 113.9
550,003
4.5%
48,129
%
549,632
Czech Republic ............
23,00
446,1
0 109.3%
14
0.1%
22,682
443,530
Denmark ........ ............
19,193
356,036
0.6%
18,707
18.2%
353,729
Portugal ........ .............
14,666
329,363
0.7%
15,495
27.6%
341,068
Romania........ ..............
13,908
249,915
-3.4%
17,726
11.4%
261,437
Hungary ........ ..............
16,181
225,594
-4.4%
13,773
9.5%
218,483
Ireland........ ..............
223,799
9,285
3.3%
16,139
48.3%
228,327
Finland .........................
161,562
9,685
-2.0%
66.6%
224
130,919
Greece........ ................
157,900
142
23.4%
8,213
57.7%
.................
136,594
Slovakia ........
117,100
6,164
15.6%
6,598
33.2%
125,671
Slovenia ........ ..............
114,199
5,337
-6.8%
7,714
23.6%
120,505
Croatia ........ ..............
114,110
5,965
-5.2%
4,475
29.3%
103,431
Luxembourg ................
101,568
3,643
10.3%
4,061
22.8%
................
98,080
Lithuania ........
2,349
73,211
3.6%
3,127
72.9%
........
72,83
.....
5
Bulgaria ........
2,615
62,975
0.5%
3,268
19.6%
59,856
Estonia ........ ..............
2,449
55,008
5.2%
2,860
33.4%
................
52,811
Latvia ................
2,559
46,461
4.2%
1,886
11.8%
..........
32,441
Cyprus ........
1,113
35,371
43.2%
1,260
69.5%
.................
34,332
1,071
26,589
Total EU.......
3.0%
17.6%
838
..............
25,387
18,235
675
4.7%
1,215,076
Switzerland
24.1%
16,87
........
9
998,
12,22
.........
791 21.7
8.0%
Norway ........
34,825
12,95
% 15,340,1 0
-5.7%
Iceland ........ ...............
27,539
88 15,159,3 6
11,254
26.5%
................
36
12,461
1.2%
311,466
Total EFTA
-9.7%
587
.................
299,716
142,381
481
3.9%
Total EU+E
22.0%
46,666
147,929
FTA ...........
11,717
40,481 15.3
-3.8%
1,261,742
17,967 -34.8
%
465,
1,039,272
Note: Reflects
%
estimated registr
21.4% 15,8 564
465,612
ation data from
data for Malta
05,752 15,6
0.0%
is currently not
30 European
24,948
countries; exclud
available.
1.2%
es most

30 Top 10 sellers in key markets
Skoda Octavia leads sales in multiple countries

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Europe reg

istrations

A

Dec.

by make,

vehicles;

December
&

Top 10 Eu

ropean ma

rkets

Ranking base
EU+EFTA regi d on 12 months 201
9
stration data
1. Germany

2. United Kingd
om
3. France
4. Italy
5. Spain
6. Poland
7. Belgium
8 Netherlan
ds
9. Sweden
10. Austria

Market wi

nners and

3,607,258
2,311,140
2,214,279
1,916,320
1,258,260
555,598
550,003
446,114
356,036
329,363

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COVER DESIGN:
Jörg Hunner (background image; iStock)

losers

% change
in
12 months EU+EFTA registration
2018
s from
Winners

1. Lithuania
2. Romania
3. Hungary
4. Greece
5. Latvia

Losers

1. Iceland
2. Ireland
3. Cyprus

43.2%
23.4%
15.6%
10.3%
8.0%
-34.8%
-6.8%

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