The Top Two Brands In France Do Battle

Renault is the better selling brand in France and has been so earlier than I can go back. In 1980, it had 40.5% of the home market while second placed Peugeot was far away on 15.5%. Renault could not maintain such market share as competition increased and it settled into the high 20% area. More recently it came down to the 20% mark, while Peugeot was now only a few percentage points behind in passenger car sales**.

Now that we are into 2019, the gap is almost non-existent. Less than 2,000 sales separate the two over five months. Is this long history of Renault being the top passenger car brand about to end? Well, unless something suddenly changes things it is hard to see any other outcome. Peugeot cross over vehicles are doing very well and as a company it is less affected by government meddling. The next few months and perhaps years will be interesting.

	Year	Renault	Share	Peugeot	Share
	1980	759,300	40.5%	293,500	15.7%
	1985	507,800	28.7%	364,400	20.6%
	1990	639,400	27.7%	498,500	21.6%
	1995	563,700	29.2%	341,700	17.7%
	2000	602,400	28.2%	397,500	18.6%
	2005	524,400	25.4%	362,200	17.5%
	2010	497,800	22.1%	400,700	17.8%
	2015	382,500	20.0%	327,400	17.1%
	2019*	169,600	18.1%	167,700	17.9%
	*Jan-May

**If including light commercial vehicles the gap widens. 

Toyota/Lexus Production By Nation : 2017-18

The data below is of production facilities around the world making Toyota and Lexus brand cars. It would have been preferable for either Lexus to be separate or Daihatsu included, but that is not how Toyota do it. The total is about 9 million units, which I have divided into five sections. We'll now look at each one.

Asia: In 2018 64% of the total was made in this region, or 5.7 million. 55% of that is assembled in Japan and China  accounts for 23%. There was little change from 2017.

North America: About 22% of the total came within this regions manufacturing plants. The USA is the biggest while Mexico grew the fastest, for now anyway.

Europe: Just under 9% was made here, quite a low number. However, the facilities are for local consumption so it's not a global export hub. With an aging Auris and Avensis models assembled in the UK, it has suffered in volume the most.

Central/South America: Brazil and Argentina have a 60/40 split of the assembly numbers, which is 4% of the grand total. I'm surprised they are still operating in Venezuela.

Rest: Of the others, it's now down to just Africa with Oceania's Australia plant closed. South Africa is doing virtually all that volume.

	2018	Share	+/-		2017	Share	+/-
Asia
Total Asia	5,709,566	64.3%	-1%		5,745,690	63.8%	1%
Japan	3,138,751	55.0%	-2%		3,189,556	55.5%	1%
China	1,317,009	23.1%	15%		1,145,414	19.9%	7%
Thailand	588,939	10.3%	12%		523,590	9.1%	-5%
Indonesia	197,318	3.5%	-50%		396,605	6.9%	3%
India	160,951	2.8%	5%		153,386	2.7%	5%
Taiwan	93,752	1.6%	-20%		117,745	2.0%	-17%
Pakistan	65,878	1.2%	8%		61,170	1.1%	-1%
Vietnam	52,666	0.9%	27%		41,445	0.7%	-18%
Malaysia	48,181	0.8%	-12%		54,807	1.0%	6%
Philippines	46,121	0.8%	-26%		61,972	1.1%	13%
North America
Total N Am	1,928,982	21.7%	-3%		1,983,795	22.0%	-7%
USA	1,241,616	64.4%	-2%		1,263,546	63.7%	-9%
Canada	497,354	25.8%	-13%		571,535	28.8%	-5%
Mexico	190,012	9.9%	28%		148,714	7.5%	6%
Europe
Total Eur	773,880	8.7%	-1%		779,635	8.7%	13%
Turkey	257,084	33.2%	-8%		279,902	35.9%	86%
France	248,537	32.1%	6%		233,652	30.0%	-2%
England	129,378	16.7%	-10%		144,070	18.5%	-20%
Czech Rep	99,487	12.9%	10%		90,168	11.6%	2%
Russia	39,394	5.1%	24%		31,843	4.1%	2%
Central & South America
Total C S Am	350,959	3.9%	8%		324,035	3.6%	18%
Brazil	209,033	59.6%	6%		197,528	61.0%	12%
Argentina	141,164	40.2%	13%		125,317	38.7%	28%
Venezuela	762	0.2%	-36%		1,190	0.4%	159%
Rest
Total Rest	122,186	1.4%	-30%		174,356	1.9%	-14%
RSA	121,156	99.2%	7%		112,997	64.8%	2%
Egypt	1,030	0.8%	147%		417	0.2%	-71%
Australia	-				60,942	35.0%	-32%
Grand Total	8,885,573		-1%		9,007,511		0%

Data source: Toyota Group.

Jaguar i-Pace Sales 2019 (by nation - progressive)

The i-Pace is gathering pace as cars reach their customers around the world. I am unsure of the production ceiling, I have heard 20,000 pa but I'm thinking it has to be more than that. Anyway, here are some nations that are selling them and that I have data for. If anyone can add to the list, please contact me either by a comment or rdc1234@gmail.com. I would like to be a collaborative effort if possible.

I will update the list during the year.The 2018 totals are first, then comes the 2019 total followed by monthly sales. No, the Netherlands isn't a typo. It really did roar in 2018 but a change of incentives flattened sales. More countries have been added for 2019, bringing the total to 33 nations listed below.

Monthly average sales are under 2,000 so far. With demand still strong, it would appear that battery supply is the main constraint. I have heard that Jaguar is already switching to another supplier although with demand outstripping supply, for the time being volume will be constrained. The May 2019 total figure is for now an estimate.

Last updated 14.06.19

#	Nation	2018		2019	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May
1	Australia	39		47	6	9	20	12
2	Austria	64		127	16	24	28	39	20
3	Belgium	116		209	36	50	52	71
4	Brazil	0		12	0	0	0	6	6
5	Canada	41		169	16	26	49	44	34
6	Czech Rep	13		26	2	2	2	8	12
7	Denmark	12		55	20	5	10	16	4
8	Estonia	1		4	0	0	2	2	0
9	Finland	12		66	19	11	7	16	13
10	France	130		173	31	47	42	53
11	Germany	191		385	16	92	106	85	86
12	Greece	0		2	0	0	0	2
13	Ireland	3		28	4	8	6	3	7
14	Israel	0		13	9	2	2
15	Italy	88		71	14	2	33	22
16	Korea	0		36	17	0	2	0	17
17	Mexico	2		9	0	0	0	9
18	Nederland	3,495		97	15	5	39	12	26
19	Norway	1,081		1,614	79	391	442	207	495
20	NZ	2		3	0	3	0	0	0
21	Poland	16		28	1	14	8	5
22	Portugal	23		134	9	25	54	46
23	Romania	0		7	0	2	1	1	3
24	RSA	4		33	7	0	20	5	1
25	Russia	16		49	15	12	12	10
26	Slovakia	0		1	0	0	0	1
27	Slovenia	0		3	0	0	0	1	2
28	Spain	66		94	19	27	20	6	22
29	Sweden	78		116	16	11	33	33	23
30	Switzerland	63		247	14	39	70	69	55
31	Turkey	38		32	0	8	13	11
32	UK	841		1,253	216	132	571	334
33	USA	393		1,073	210	186	212	237	228
	Others	65		1,240	204	255	188	53	540
	Total	6,893		7,456	1,011	1,388	2,044	1,419	1,594