Automotive News Europe - August 2019 - 4

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

3 Issue highlights

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

COVER STORY

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

6 Magic formula
How Carlos Tavares has turned PSA
into a profit-making machine

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

Q&A

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

10 Hybrid aftershock
Toyota Europe exec looks to win
faster with full-electric cars

KARIN KLEMM-VOLLMER
Layout
kklemm@autonews.com

12 Coming in 2020

AUTOMAKERS

Gestamp Chairman and
CEO Francisco Riberas

13 Local knowledge
Chinese use Europe-based r&d centers
as springboard to bigger things

14 WLTP hangover
Europe's first-half sales suffer blowback
from new emissions testing regime

16 Tough at the top
Mercedes S class, BMW 7 series
face EV, crossover threat

LATEST LAUNCHES
18 Electric emphasis
Renault Captur to offer brand's
first plug-in hybrid

19 Targeted styling
Mazda had Europe in mind
when making the CX-30

20 Green racer
Ferrari's hyper hybrid: the Stradale SF90 debuts

OLIVE KEOGH
Copy reader
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24

Lynk & CO boss outlines European launch
plan for brand's China-made models

ADVERTISING
EUROPE

SUPPLIERS

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

22 Suppliers on the rise
Combined sales at Europe's top 50
partsmakers rise 4.8% in 2018

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

23 Future proof
Bosch exec explains how supplier
aims to win in electrified era

USA

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

24 Raising the pressure
Gestamp CEO says EV shift means
opportunities and headaches

KOREA

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

FINAL WORD
39 Critical decision

CHINA

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

Frank-Steffen Walliser will decide
the 911's long-term fate

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INSIDE THE JUNE & 6-MONTH NUMBERS
25 European sales by
country and brand
Lithuania, Romania, Hungary
were big 6-month winners

28 European top 50
Dacia Sandero, Ford Focus make solid gains

29 European sales by model

36 Turkey sales
June sales fall 16%; 6-month volume drops 45%

37 Russia sales

Renault Clio leads sales in multiple countries

35 European production by brand
Alpine, Aston Martin, Morgan
make double-digit gains

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June sales slide 3%; 6-month volume dips 2%

38 Shareholder value
Ferrari, Autoneum lead auto stocks in touch Q2

Jeep Renegade, Lexus UX, Suzuki Jimny,
Tesla Model 3 help lift their brands

34 Top 10 sellers in key markets

Nick Gibbs (UK), Christiaan Hetzner
(Germany), Andrea Malan (Italy),
Mary Raetz (U.S.), Heather
Rowe (U.S.), Peter Sigal (France),
John Stanley (Ireland)
Correspondents

AUTOMOTIVE

NEWS EUR
OPE

DATA

RUSSIA SA
LES BY MA

NUFACTUR

AvtoVAZ .......
..........
Datsun .......
............
Infiniti ..............
......
Nissan ..............
......
Renault .......
...........
RENAULT-NI
SSAN
KIA ..............
.........
Audi ..............
.........
Skoda ..............
.......
Volkswagen
............
Volkswagen
vans ...
VW GROUP
..........
Genesis .......
...........
Hyundai .......
..........
HYUNDAI GRO
UP
Lexus..............
........
Toyota ..............
......
TOYOTA GRO
UP...
FORD .......
............
GAZ LCV .......
.......
BMW ..............
........
Mini ..............
.........
BMW GRO
UP .......
Mercedes-Ben
z ......
Mercedes-B

June
2019

June
2018

ER, JUNE &

Percent

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YTD

6

months
change
6 months
30,768
2019
31,404
Percent
2018
-2% 174,
change
1,967
186 169,
1,173
884
68%
3%
321
10,744
323
8,572
-1%
25%
5,450
1,903
7,392
2,145
-26%
-11%
11,944
31,339
13,567
37,037
-12%
-15%
50,450
64,4
31
53,859
70,844
-6% 282,
19,343
-9%
603
19,861
288,482
-3% 111,
-2%
1,325
605 111,
1,243
214
7%
0%
7,054
7,313
7,144
7,374
-1%
-1%
9,441
39,828
8,934
36,339
6%
10%
648
49,771
710
48,1
58
-9%
18,468
3%
3,493
18,031
3,55
0
2% 100,405
-2%
170
183
95,421
-7%
16,331
5%
1,061
16,422
678
-1%
16,501
57%
88,026
16,605
87,035
-1%
1%
1,651
89,087
2,024
87,713
-18%
2%
8,548
9,25
7
9,117
11,507
-6%
-20%
10,199
46,502
11,141
47,094
-9%
-1%
6,146
55,759
4,305
58,601
43%
-5%
4,796
21,027
5,355
25,665
-10%
-18%
3,610
25,960
3,135
27,095
15%
-4%
233
19,845
230
16,9
89
1%
17%
3,843
1,194
3,365
1,102
14%
8%
3,475
21,039

Top 25 Selling
June

1 Lada Gran
ta
2 Lada Vesta
3 Kia Rio
4 Hyundai
Solaris
5 Hyundai
Creta
6 VW Polo
7 Lada Larg
us
8 Renault Dust
er
9 VW Tigua
n
10 Toyota Cam
ry
11 Renault
Logan
12 Skoda Rapi
d
13 Renault
Kaptur
14 Toyota RAV4
15 Lada X-ray
16 Renault
Sandero
17 Kia Spor
tage
18 Lada 4x4

Vehicles in

Russia
11,609
8,947
8,282
6,023
5,955
5,415
4,381
3,547
3,234
3,002
2,995
2,666
2,649
2,620
2,567
2,464

COVER DESIGN:
Jörg Hunner, (main image; Bloomberg)

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