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European sales 2019-Q3 Premium Compact segment

December 1, 2019 by Bart Demandt 6 Comments

Highlights:

  • Segment down 3% YTD, stable at 5% share of the European new car market.
  • Mercedes-Benz takes firm control of the segment with the A-Class selling nearly double of its nearest rival in Q3, up 39% YTD and gaining 7,6 percentage points of share to take a quarter of all sales in this segment
  • Combined with the B-Class and CLA, Mercedes improves its share of the segment to 41,9% (up 9,3 percentage points), compared to 32% for BMW (down 3,3 percentage points) and 17% for Audi (down 1,6 percentage points), for a German Big-3 share of 87,6% share of the segment, not even including the Mini Clubman’s 3,6% share
  • BMW 1-Series the biggest loser of the top-3 due to the model changeover to the new generation
  • Audi A3 relatively stable at -11% despite its age
  • Mercedes-Benz CLA almost back in positive YTD thanks to the new generation
  • Volvo V40 biggest loser in top-8 as model is discontinued in favor of the XC40 crossover
  • Alfa Giulietta now facing the axe as well, YTD sales down by half
  • BMW i3 second biggest winner of the segment at +37%

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European sales 2019-H1 Premium Compact segment

August 18, 2019 by Bart Demandt 2 Comments

Compact_Premium_Car-segment-European-sales-2018-Mercedes_Benz_A_Class-Audi_A3-BMW_1_seriesSales of compact luxury cars in Europe are down 4% in the first half of 2019 to just over 400.000 units. Only four nameplates manage to improve their sales in this period while all the others are down by double digits. After storming to the top of the chart in 2018 for the very first time ever, the Mercedes-Benz A-Class distances its competition further this year, with a 41% increase in deliveries and a 7,5 percentage points improvement of share, as it now holds almost a quarter of the segment sales by itself. That leaves the former segment leader Audi A3 down into 2nd place with a loss of 12% and the BMW 1-series in third place with a loss of 2% just when a new generation arrives in showrooms. Mercedes-Benz has a second model that improves its sales in this class, with the B-Class up 5% thanks to its all-new third generation, moving past its direct rival BMW 2-series Active/Gran Tourer, and this is before a first-ever 7-seater version of the B-Class is launched. The 2-Series vans are down 22% despite relatively successful sales of the plug-in hybrid version, which makes up about 20% of the model’s sales. In sixth place we find the third Mercedes-Benz model with the CLA, down 12% as the new, second generation is just arriving in showrooms. Undoubtedly, the CLA will end the year in the positive when deliveries of the new model, including the Shooting Brake version, start to gain traction. [Read more…]

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US car sales analysis 2019 Q2 – Premium Compact segment

August 7, 2019 by Krzysztof Wozniak 1 Comment

 Segment shrinks despite new A-Class finding great purchase with buyers

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Sales in the US Premium Compact segment fell by 14.2% to 32,669 in the first half of 2019, accelerating the rate of decline the segment experienced in 2018. What’s more, combined with the 24% sales decline the segment experienced in 2017, total sales are now heading towards barely over half of what the segment achieved in 2015. However, [Read more…]

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European sales 2019-Q1 Premium Compact segment

May 20, 2019 by Bart Demandt Leave a Comment

Compact_Premium_Car-segment-European-sales-2018-Mercedes_Benz_A_Class-Audi_A3-BMW_1_seriesSales of compact luxury cars in Europe are down 6% in the first quarter of 2019 to just over 200.000 units. Only three nameplates manage to improve their sales in this period while all but all the others are down by double digits. After storming to the top of the chart in 2018 for the very first time ever, the Mercedes-Benz A-Class distances its competition further this year, with a 34% increase in deliveries and a 7,4 percentage points improvement of share, as it now holds almost a quarter of the segment sales by itself. That leaves the former segment leader Audi A3 down into 2nd place with a loss of 3% and the BMW 1-series in third place with a loss of 11% as a new generation will arrive later this year. That will be the end of the 1-Series as the only rear-wheel drive hatchback in the class as it will shift to the front-wheel drive platform of the 2-Series Active Tourer, X1 and Mini hatchback, among others. Mercedes-Benz has a second model that improves its sales in this class, with the B-Class up 5% thanks to its all-new third generation, moving past its direct rival BMW 2-series Active/Gran Tourer, and this is before a first-ever 7-seater version of the B-Class is launched. The 2-Series vans are down 29% despite relatively successful sales of the plug-in hybrid version, which makes up about 20% of the model’s sales. In sixth place we find the third Mercedes-Benz model with the CLA, down 15% as the new, second generation is just arriving in showrooms. Undoubtedly, the CLA will end the year in the positive when deliveries of the new model, including the Shooting Brake version, start to gain traction. [Read more…]

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European sales 2018 Premium Compact segment

February 20, 2019 by Bart Demandt 1 Comment

Compact_Premium_Car-segment-European-sales-2018-Mercedes_Benz_A_Class-Audi_A3-BMW_1_seriesAfter five years of domination, the Audi A3 is no longer the best selling compact car from a luxury brand in Europe. In 2018, the Mercedes-Benz A-Class topped the charts for the very first time, as the overall segment shrank for the second year in a row, to below 800.000 sales, 5,2% of the entire European car market. The A-Class, helped by the introduction of the fourth generation, gained 7% to set the nameplate’s highest annual sales figure since 2005 at over 150.000 sales. The A3 lost 13% of its sales while the BMW 1-series was down 7% and was stuck in third place. Just off the podium we find two MPV models, of which the BMW 2-series Active/Gran Tourer is still the best seller despite losing 20% of its sales, as the Mercedes-Benz B-Class is down just 6%. The Mercedes-Benz CLA is down 9% which means it maintains is share of the segment, despite slowly starting to age. [Read more…]

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US car sales analysis 2018 Q2 – Premium Compact segment

August 9, 2018 by Krzysztof Wozniak 1 Comment

Segment decline speeds up, although still remains less bad than in 2017

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Sales in the US Premium Compact segment fell by 9.8% to 38,690 in the first half of 2018, as the pace of decline accelerated from the relatively modest 7.5% in the first quarter of the year (although it is still declining slower than it did in 2017, when it shrank by more than a quarter). With the new Mercedes-Benz A-class saloon unlikely [Read more…]

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US car sales analysis Q1 2018 – Premium Compact segment

June 24, 2018 by Krzysztof Wozniak Leave a Comment

Segment recovers after dismal 2017, although Lexus CT exit still pushes it into the red
US premium compact

Sales in the US Premium Compact segment fell by 7.5% to 18,119 in the first quarter of 2018, continuing the decline from 2017, albeit at a slower pace (the segment shrank by more than a quarter in 2017). With only the new Mercedes-Benz’s new A-class saloon on the horizon, 2018 might bring a repeat of 2017’s misery, as customers keep [Read more…]

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European sales 2017 Premium Compact segment

February 17, 2018 by Bart Demandt 7 Comments

Compact_Premium_Car-segment-European-sales-2017-Audi_A3-Mercedes_Benz_A_Class-BMW_1_seriesSales of premium compact cars Europe are back to their 2015 volume after peaking at almost 940.000 units in 2016. With nearly 874.000 sales in 2017, the segment accounts for 5,6% of the total European car market, down from 6,1% the year before. The average age of the models in this segment is relatively high which explains some of the decline. The top-10 models ranking is exactly the same as 2016 but there have been some individual fluctuations and we have a new leader in the brands ranking. Audi still holds the top spot with the A3, but its 14% loss means a 1,5 percentage point of lost share as its rivals are closing in. The Mercedes-Benz A-Class is pretty stable for a model that will be renewed in 2018 and stays ahead of the BMW 1-series as both models add more than a full percentage point of share. As a result, this top-3 increases its share of the segment to 51% and they are the only nameplates with 6-figure sales. The BMW 2-Series Active and Gran Tourer MPVs are down 15% as they’re being updated early 2018, but at least they remain well ahead of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class, whose next generation will also include a 7-seater option. In fifth place, Volvo is best of the rest as usual in the premium segments in Europe, with the V40 pretty stable at -6%.

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US car sales analysis 2017 Q4 – Hybrid green cars

February 13, 2018 by Krzysztof Wozniak 2 Comments

Growing demand for hybrid versions of conventional models helps segment grow despite collapse in Prius sales

Sales of hybrid vehicles rose by 2.6% to 90,377 in the fourth quarter of 2017, while overall sales in 2017 rose by 12.4% to 368,137. Hybrid vehicles remain the most popular from among the three types of green cars by far, selling more than double the volume of the other two types: PHEV and EV. Perhaps unsurprisingly given its size, the growth [Read more…]

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US car sales analysis Q4 2017 – Premium Compact segment

January 22, 2018 by Krzysztof Wozniak 3 Comments

Segment loses more sales than any other bar the small sports segment, with only Infiniti QX30 seeing sales rise
US premium compact

Sales in the US premium compact segment fell by 27.5% to 19,531 in the fourth quarter of 2017, pretty much in line with the segment’s form in 2017, when  sales fell overall by 25.9% to 86,495. Such a decline made this the second-fastest shrinking segment in the US in 2017, behind only the sports small segment, which experienced a [Read more…]

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