Vesti iz auto-industrije

[Heinz]

Ne znam da li je bilo:

http://time.com/3663287/volkswagen-sell ... cles-2014/

The German manufacturer wants to be the largest automaker by sales in 2018

Volkswagen performed strongly last year after selling more than 10 million vehicles across its marques.
On Sunday, the German automaker confirmed that the company sold 10.14 million vehicles in 2014 — a 4.2% increase year-on-year.
In a statement ahead of the annual Detroit car show, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn said the performance was “despite challenging market conditions.”
The company aims to become the largest auto manufacturer by sales in three years time.
Sales this year were bolstered in part by strong performances from Volkswagen’s luxury brands, Audi and Porsche, along with the growth of the Czech automobile line Skoda.


http://abcnews.go.com/International/wir ... w-28364447

Toyota Remains Top in Global Vehicle Sales, Beats VW, GM

Toyota Motor Corp. stayed at the top in global vehicle sales in 2014, taking that auto industry crown for the third year straight, but was less upbeat about this year.
The Japanese automaker sold 10.23 million vehicles, beating out Volkswagen and General Motors. But it expects to sell fewer trucks and cars this year, forecasting sales will fall 1 percent year-on-year to 10.15 million vehicles, according to numbers released Wednesday.
The drop is largely due to a projected 9 percent plunge in Japan sales. Japan sales had been inflated in the early part of last year ahead of a sales tax hike. Overall, the Japanese auto market is weakening because of population decline.
Toyota expects overseas sales to grow 2 percent this year to more than 8 million vehicles from 7.9 million vehicles last year.
Volkswagen AG of Germany sold 10.14 million vehicles in 2014, up 4 percent from the previous year. Detroit-based General Motors Co. was third at 9.92 million vehicles, a company record and 2 percent higher than its tally in 2013. GM gave its numbers earlier this month.
Selling 10 million vehicles around the world in a year is a milestone for major automakers. And the race is intense as automakers increasingly compete in new markets.
Toyota's sales grew 6 percent in the U.S. from the previous year, 13 percent in China, and 10 percent in Brazil, according to the maker of the Camry sedan, Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models.
Toyota suffered a setback in 2011, when its production was hobbled by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. But it made a comeback as No. 1 in 2012.
GM had been the top-selling automaker for more than seven decades until being surpassed by Toyota in 2008.
But it is Volkswagen that has been racking up stellar growth in recent years, beating GM last year and in 2013. But that year, GM would have won if both companies had been compared without the sales of industrial truck brands, which GM doesn't make.
Last year, Volkswagen outsold GM even without its heavy trucks, which totaled 199,900 vehicles. Toyota's Hino division, which makes trucks, sold 168,000 vehicles last year.
Toyota executives purposely exude a low-key approach about their global ambitions, stressing the company just wants to make and sell one car at a time.
That humility has been even more pronounced after the automaker was slammed with a massive recall scandal, fines from U.S. authorities and many lawsuits, especially in the U.S. since 2009.
But Toyota is eager to elevate its brand to more than a maker of reasonably priced, reliable products with race cars and luxury models that can help shed its previous staid and boring image.
It is also a leader in green technology, having scored success with its Prius gas-electric hybrid, and is now banking on an even more futuristic technology called fuel cells.
It delivered a fuel cell car to the Japanese prime minister last week, and is rolling out the Mirai fuel cell, which means "future," overseas later this year.

[Geza]

Honda axes Accord in Europe
http://europe.autonews.com/article/2015 ... -in-europe

Accord sales fell 19 percent in Europe last year.

BARCELONA -- Honda will end sales of the Accord midsize sedan in Europe after the car failed to make headway against German rivals.

“We are running out the Accord and we will not return to the segment,” Leon Brannan, Honda’s UK car division’s boss, told Automotive News Europe at a press event here.

Honda has strugged to sell the Accord in a segment where even the most popular mass-market models such as the Volkswagen Passat and Ford Mondeo are losing sales to premium rivals such as the BMW 3 series and Mercedes C class.

Brannan said the midsize segment is dominated by corporate sales to German premium brands. “The cost to compete is eye-watering,” he said.

Honda launched the Accord in Europe in 1977 and began building the car at its factory in Swindon, England, in 1992. The Accord attracted buyers with its reliability and affordable technology.

However after a production shift from the UK to Japan in 2000, Honda was unable to match discounts offered by European automakers after the yen strengthened against local currencies.

The Accord’s European sales fell 19 percent to 3,453 last year, according to JATO Dynamics market researchers.

Honda’s total vehicle sales in the EU and EFTA markets fell 5 percent to 133,268 last year for a 1 percent market share, according to data from industry body ACEA.

Honda expects its European sales to rebound this year, helped by new models including the HR-V subcompact crossover, which will go on sale in Europe in the spring. The company has also refreshed its top-selling car in Europe, the CR-V compact SUV.

[methane.master]

Pa možda im i ne bi pala prodaja Accorda da su konačno izbacili novi.



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[ivica122]

Cudno da su odustali od Evrope sa Akordom. Mogli su da iskoriste model planirani za domace trziste u kombinaciji sa novim 1.6 dizelom od 160ks, sigurno bi zabelezili bolje rezultate nego u zadnjih par godina. Akord je u Americi najprodavaniji ili jedan od naprodavanijih automobila u klasi vec godinama, pa su izgleda zadovoljni time.

[Ji 4Tze]

Taj US Accord nema vise veze sa ovim ovde, već tri generacije čini mi se. Ovde bi tek prsli s takvim modelom (dizajn, motori i sl).

[Floyd]

Kako ovde da se bori sa Pasatom? Ni Mercu i BMWu nije lako

[Delija]

Cudno da su odustali od Evrope sa Akordom. Mogli su da iskoriste model planirani za domace trziste u kombinaciji sa novim 1.6 dizelom od 160ks, sigurno bi zabelezili bolje rezultate nego u zadnjih par godina. Akord je u Americi najprodavaniji ili jedan od naprodavanijih automobila u klasi vec godinama, pa su izgleda zadovoljni time.

I kakve veze zapremina motora ima u Evropi?
2.2 ili 1.6 - isti q. Bitni su ECO parametri iliti izduvni gasovi.

[ivica122]

Ti si pomenuo zapreminu motora, ne ja . Ja sam jednostavno naveo da su iz 1.6 dizela izvukli 160ks, sto je vrlo zanimljivo za evropsko trziste. Ovakvu snagu svi izvlace iz turbo benzinaca, a Honda to uradila sa dizelom. Smatram celu koncepciju vrlo zanimljivom za evropskog kupca.

Sto se tice evropskog i americkog Akorda, naravno da znam da su to dva potpuno razlicita vozila.

[Xepoj87]

Ne razumem o cemu pricas... Mnogi vec dugi niz godina, neki i po 10, imaju slicnu snagu iz r4 dizela...
Da ne kazemo da evropljani, poput Bmea i Mercedesa lagano vec prevazilaze standardne turbo motore u potpunosti, vec guraju twin turbo i bi-turbo u skoro sve modele...

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[ftj]

Ko to vec 10 godina ima 100 ks po litri iz r4 dizela? Osim ako ne racunas bmwov 2.0 twinturbo al to je pre egzotika nego neki mainstream model.

[Xepoj87]

Nigde nisam rekao po litri, kako je.decko vec rekao, kubikaza je nebitna ili nisi pokopcao celu pricu?
Ne vidim razliku izmedju Bmw 2.0 i Mercedesovog 2.2.
Apsolutno je.za evropsko trziste.nebitno da li je 1.2, 1.6 ili 2.2, bitne su brojke.koje izlaze na kraju, bas kako.je Delija i rekao.
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[ivica122]

Dal stvarno mislis da ces i mene da uvuces u jos jednu tvoju besmislenu diskusiju?

[Geza]

Ferrari FF M

[Ralee]

Interesantna reklama

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQvdIGeUUvo

[Geza]

Ford Galaxy u pripremi.