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Peugeot a lansat în Europa noul crossover 508 RXH

http://www.autopassione.ro/peugeot-a...r-508-rxh_7208

Peugeot pășește cu încredere pe segmentul mașinilor crossover de familie. Debutul are loc luna aceasta odată cu lansarea noului 508 RXH, un vehicul cu abilități de vehicul 4×4, confort de nivelul clasei medii și un consum de citadină. Modelul este disponibil pe majoritatea piețelor vest-europene, în Germania prețul de pornire fiind fixat la 41.900 de euro.

Noul Peugeot 508 RXH este un derivat al versiunii de familie 508 SW și utilizează un propulsor hibrid diesel-electric de 200 de cai putere promite să se mulțumească doar cu 4,2 litri la 100 km. Acesta este cel mai scăzut consum din segmentul în care mai activează A4 Allroad, Volkswagen Passat Alltrack și Volvo XC70.

Elemente împrumutate din universul vehiculelor reacționale conferă lui 508 RXH o imagine solidă, inspirând în același timp încredere.

Cu o gardă la sol înălțată, ce măsoară 184 mm, crossoverul Peugeot își permite oricând escapade în mijlocul naturii. Unghiul de atac de 16 grade și cel de degajare de 20 grade sunt suficiente pentru a îmbia șoferul să abordeze fără probeleme trasee care includ vaduri și șleauri. Spre diferență de Audi A4 Allroad și Volvo XC70, tracțiunea integrală a modelului Peugeot nu este activă permanent, ci doar atunci când situația o impune. Dacă antrenarea roților față revine în sarcina motorului diesel de 163 de cai putere, iar roțile din spate sunt propulsate doar în anumite circumstanțe de un motor electric.

Noul 508 RXH este pus în mișcare de tehnologia HYbrid4, care și-a câștigat deja renumele în ceea ce privește consumul redus de combustibil. Francezii promit ”noi senzaţii în materie de condus, manevrabilitate optimizată şi o plăcere a condusului mărită”. Există patru moduri de funcționare, care caută să dezvăluie potențialul sistemului hibrid și cel al tracțiunii integrale. Șoferul poate alege modul 4WD atunci când rulează în teren accidentat pentru a beneficia de avantajele unui sistem 4×4 sau cel care propulsează în mod pur electric (ZEV).

Există și un mod Sport care pune accent pe dinamică, dar și o funcție Auto, care permite mașinii să aleagă programul optim în funcție de condițiile de rulare.

Motorizare diesel hibrid este alcătuită dintr-un turbodiesel HDi de 163 de cai putere și un motor electric de 37 de cai putere. Motorul termic acționează doar pe puntea față, în timp ce motorul electric trimite cuplul motor pe roțile punții spate. Ca în cazul anumitor modele cu propulsie alternativă, sistemul HYbrid4 permite ca până la anumite viteze motorul electric să susțină în mod individual și exclusiv activitatea pe propulsie cu emisii zero.

508 RXH măsoară 4,82 metri lungime, 1,86 metri lățime, 1,52 metri înălțime și este livrat standard cu 6 airbaguri, ESP de ultimă generaţie, sistemul DSC (controlul dinamic al stabilităţii), EBA (asistenţă la frânarea de urgenţă), EBD (sistem electronic de distribuţie a forţei de frânare), sistem ISOFIX și control inteligent al tracţiunii.

La acestea se adaugă sistemul de asistență Hill Assist, farurile adaptive cu xenon, suspensie multi-braț pe spate și Mc Pherson pentru puntea față, pavilion vitrat, climatizare cvadri-zonă.

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Renault și PSA au fabricat anul trecut 5,6 milioane de modele:

http://www.autopassione.ro/renault-s...de-modele_7432

Renault și PSA Peugeot-Citroën au tras linie și se declară mulțumite de rezultatele înregistrate pe anul trecut. Producția mondială a celor două grupuri auto se ridică de 5,6 milioane de exemplare, în ușoară scădere (-0,1%) față de 2010. Potrivit datelor remise de constructorii francezi, Peugeot-Citroën a fabricat 3,16 milioane de automobile în timp ce Renault a produs 2,44 milioane de automobile.

Cele mai bine vândute modele ale mărcilor franceze din grupul PSA au fost Peugeot 207, 508, 3008, Citroën C3, C4 și DS3.

Pentru grupul Renault, care include mărcile Dacia și Samsung, modelele de volum cu cele mai mari vânzări au fost Clio, Megane, Scenic, Duster, Sandero și Logan.

Producția de mașini din Franța, la nivelul anului 2011 și a celor două grupuri, a crescut cu 0,8% până la 1,75 milioane de unități. Anul trecut, ambele companii au fabricat mai multe autovehicule la uzinele aflate în străinătate: 1,41 milioane de unități pentru PSA Peugeot Citroën și 1,99 milioane pentru Renault, Dacia și Samsung.

Potrivit informațiilor remise de companiile auto, Renault a asamblat în Franța de trei ori mai multe automobile decât PSA, pentru ca volumul fabricației la uzinele din străinătate a crescut cu 4%. Cu toate acestea, producția la uzinele locale ale grupului PSA a crescut anul trecut cu 3,6%, în timp ce Renault a înregistrat o scădere a producție la fabricile din Franța de 6,4 %.

Mai precis, Peugeot și Citroën au produs 1,32 milioane de automobile, față de numai 445.000 modele ale celor de la Renault.

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Peugeot Design Competition enters final phase – category winners to be announced on March 8

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Peugeot Design Competition enters final phase – category winners to be announced on March 8
February 27, 2012 at 12:21 pm By Anthony Lim Filed Under Cars, Local News, Peugeot
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The first Peugeot Design Competition, which was announced last May, is set to have its winners announced on March 8. The competition, organised by Nasim and Automobiles Peugeot together with the New Straits Times, is offering college and secondary school students in the country a chance to design a car, in this case what is envisioned to be the perfect Peugeot for Southeast Asian markets in 2018.

After poring through hundreds of entries from university and college students across the country, the judging process has entered its final phase, with the jury set to pick the top three winners out of nine entries that have been shortlisted in the college category.

The judges – made up of representatives from the Malaysian Automotive Institute, NST, Nasim and Automobiles Peugeot – will also select the winners from the secondary school category out of five entries that were shortlisted.

The competition received excellent response from both secondary school and college students, with a total of 105 entries received from university/college students and 43 entries from secondary school students.

“The response we received for this competition is an indication that there is a strong interest in automotive design among students in Malaysia,” said Nasim COO Datuk Samson Anand George. “Our aim in this competition was to give students a platform to showcase their talent and creativity. With the results that have come in, we believe there are many students with a strong potential of becoming automotive designers,” he added.

For the competition, secondary school students were required to submit a design illustration mounted on an A3 or A2 board that included a perspective and package drawing and a description of the design in English.

University and college students were also required to participate in teams of two and submit a design illustration mounted on an A3 or A2 board. The nine shortlisted participants were required to submit a Ľ scale model of their proposed design.

The grand prize winner in the college category will receive a five-day, four-night all-expense paid trip to Paris and Peugeot’s Design Centre in Velizy for all members of the team, including the professor/tutor who oversaw the project. The winning team will also receive RM1,000, Peugeot merchandise worth 100 Euros and a three-month automotive internship with the Naza Group.

The second place winner will receive a five-day, four-night all-expense paid trip to Paris and the design centre, but in this case for only two members of the team, as well as 100 Euros worth of Peugeot merchandise and a three-month automotive internship with the Naza Group.

For secondary school students, the first place winner will receive an iPad 2 and Peugeot merchandise. The second place winner will receive RM500 and Peugeot merchandise, while the third-place winner will receive RM250 as well as Peugeot merchandise.

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Sources Say GM wants to Acquire 5 Percent Stake in PSA Peugeot-Citroën as Alliance Talks Progress

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02/sources-say-gm-wants-to-acquire-5.html


A merger, a tie-up, an alliance or a collaboration, whatever you call it, at the end of the day, it all boils down to one thing: how well two automakers can work together in order to minimize costs and maximize profits.

As previously reported, General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroen are discussing a “strategic alliance” in Europe that could prove beneficial for both companies.
GM would find a way to cut costs in its Opel and Vauxhall brands, which are bleeding cash for what seems like forever, while Peugeot and Citroen would use GM as a means to increase their volume and lessen their dependence on the troubled European market by expanding elsewhere.

Citing unnamed sources close to both companies, Reuters reported today that General Motors is interested in acquiring a 5 percent stake in the French group, thus suggesting that the Detroit automaker is not interested in a full-blown merger but a cost-cutting alliance similar to the one formed by Daimler and the Renault-Nissan group.



Not surprisingly, both companies declined to comment on the report.
On paper, the proposed alliance looks like a win-win situation. Then again, many such marriages have been called off for whatever reason or even worse, ended up in tears.
Surely, some “old GM” folks should remember the last time the company formed an alliance with a European automotive group (hint: it now controls the fate of Chrysler), it cost the Detroit-based automaker no less than US$2 billion…

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Bloomberg: GM ar putea cumpăra 7% din acţiunile PSA Peugeot-Citroen

http://www.automarket.ro/stiri/bloom...oen-43396.html

Discuţiile dintre General Motors şi PSA Peugeot-Citroen devin din ce în ce mai serioase, arată Bloomberg şi Reuters. Aparent, americanii vor să cumpere aproape şapte procente din concernul francez pentru a parafa un parteneriat.


General Motors ar putea cumpăra şapte procente din acţiunile PSA Peugeot-Citroen, anunţă Bloomberg. O sursă citată de Reuters anunţă faptul că GM ar putea cumpăra doar cinci procente din concernul franţuzesc, dar cei de la AutomotiveNews subliniază faptul că nicio valoare nu a fost confirmată de niciuna dintre părţi. Oficialii celor două companii nu au dezvăluit încă planurile lor complete, dar primele informaţii anunţă o alianţă de dezvoltare. Primele detalii oficiale în privinţa acestui tratat ar putea fi publicate până la sfârşitul acestei săptămâni, relatează AutomotiveNews.

Alianţa GM-PSA ar putea duce la dezvoltarea de motoare noi şi la construcţia de automobile în Europa. Graţie alianţei, GM ar putea ţine fabricile Opel ocupate, în timp ce Peugeot ar putea să reducă apăsarea datoriilor din Europa. Atât oficialii GM, cât şi oficialii Peugeot au refuzat să comenteze intenţiile celor două părţi în privinţa acestei alianţe. Surse din cadrul celor două mărci au declarat că americanii de la GM şi francezii de la PSA nu au semnat încă niciun document şi că proporţiile alianţei s-ar putea schimba până la definitivarea parteneriatului.

Philippe Varin, şeful Peugeot, a declarat la începutul lunii că este dispus să semneze un parteneriat cu un alt constructor cât timp acesta este în ton cu strategia grupului. Varin ar fi interesat şi de extinderea în afara Europei pentru a mări veniturile mărcii pe care o conduce. Specialiştii din industrie estimează că piaţa din Europa va scădea în 2012, veste nefavorabilă atât pentru PSA Peugeot-Citroen, cât şi pentru General Motors, din moment ce ambele concerne au înregistrat pierderi şi vânzări în scădere pe această piaţă în decursul anului trecut.

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in comentariile de pe net de IERI, unii se bucurau ca stfel CITROEN va ajunge in SUA.
AZI multi se roaga sa nu ajunga PSA cum este acum SAAB sau va ajunge curand, OPEL
voi ce parere aveti de acest parteneriat?
multumesc !

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PSA Peugeot Citroën forms alliance with GM – platform sharing, joint purchasing and development on the cards

http://paultan.org/2012/03/01/psa-pe...-on-the-cards/

PSA Peugeot Citroën and General Motors have formed an alliance. The move will see the US carmaker buy a 7% stake in PSA as part of a share issue by the French automaker. GM says it expects to spend from $400 million to $470 million on that.
“This partnership brings tremendous opportunity for our two companies. The alliance synergies, in addition to our independent plans, position GM for long-term sustainable profitability in Europe,” said GM CEO Dan Akerson. But “each company will continue to market and sell its vehicles independently and on a competitive basis,” the statement added.
The scope of the alliance includes the sharing of vehicle platforms, components and modules, and the creation of a global purchasing joint venture for the sourcing of commodities, components and other goods and services from suppliers with combined annual volumes of approximately $125 billion. Bigger buyer gets better deals, as always.
There is also talk on joint development. GM and PSA said the alliance will at first focus on small and midsize vehicles, MPVs and crossovers. The carmakers may also develop a new common platform for low emission vehicles, with the first model expected to debut in 2016.
Cost savings from the deal will be limited in the first two years, but will eventually amount to $2 billion annually, split equally, the companies said. The deal is expected to close and take effect by the second half of this year.
GM is certainly not new in linking up with other companies. The US carmaker had shares in Suzuki Motor Corp, Isuzu Motors and Subaru maker Fuji Heavy Industries before disposing off the stakes few years ago. In the same period, but in Europe, GM had to pay Fiat to end an unsuccessful alliance. They also flirted with Renault-Nissan before. GM’s Opel brand is not doing well at all in Europe, and this move has it in mind.
On the other hand, Peugeot has a better track record with other carmakers, including JVs to build commercial vans with Fiat and an engine partnership with BMW. PSA also makes diesel powertrains with Ford and sells Mitsubishi models in Europe with its own face and badge.

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GM and PSA Peugeot-Citroen Officially Form an Alliance, Fiat Still Wants In

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/02...fficially.html


Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Only a week after the first report that General Motors and PSA Peugeot-Citroen were discussing a possible alliance in order to cut their costs and improve their performance in Europe and other regions, the two companies announced today that they have reached an agreement.
The global alliance between the world’s number one car manufacturer and Europe’s number two automotive group involves two main topics: the sharing of platforms, powertrains and modules, and a joint venture for the sourcing of US$125 billion worth of parts and services from suppliers.
GM will acquire a 7 percent stake in the French group, which is slightly higher than the 5 percent originally reported, but still enough to make it the second largest shareholder behind the Peugeot Family Group.
“This partnership brings tremendous opportunity for our two companies”, commented GM chairman and CEO Dan Akerson. “The alliance synergies, in addition to our independent plans, position GM for long-term sustainable profitability in Europe.”
Philippe Varin, chairman of the PSA Peugeot Citroen managing board, said: “This alliance is a tremendously exciting moment for both groups and this partnership is rich in its development potential.”
The agreement stipulates that the two groups will share select platforms, modules and components “on a worldwide basis” so as to achieve sizeable savings due to the economies of scale.
In fact, while they don’t expect significant cost savings in the first two years, the two automakers estimate that within five years, the equally-shared synergies will save them about US$2 billion annually.
The first models to be developed under the new agreement will be small and mid-size cars, MPVs and crossovers, with a common platform for a low-emission vehicle being under consideration. The first vehicle is expected to launch in 2016.
And that’s not all: Sergio Marchionne, CEO of the Fiat-Chrysler group, has had talks with both companies about possible tie-ups during the Detroit Motor Show and as reported by Detnews today, he's still interested in a collaboration with PSA Peugeot-Citroem
Now it seems that his company has been left out in the cold to face the hardships of the falling European market alone. Furthermore, the access to the U.S. and other markets, like China, where GM is dominant will now be available to the French and not the U.S-Italian group.
Marchionne is not one to give up so easily, though. And he already has a starting point: currently Fiat and Peugeot have a joint venture building light commercial vehicles. He can also count on the support of European leaders, such as German chancellor Angela Merkel, who want to deescalate the financial crisis that is storming the EU and ensure the future of the euro.
So, to sum it up: GM and PSA will form a global alliance, with the Americans relying on finding a way to save Opel and Vauxhall and the French on increasing their volumes, lowering costs and accessing new markets. Nevertheless, it may be not over yet, as Fiat still wants to play despite having a troubled history with GM…

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GM buys 7% stake in PSA Peugeot Citroën, creates global platform-sharing alliance

http://www.autoblog.com/2012/02/29/g...obal-platform/

General Motors has finally made a move to help its ailing European operations by tying its fortunes on the continent with those of PSA Peugeot Citroën. The two automakers have agreed to a new global alliance in which GM will buy a seven-percent stake in PSA, thereby making it the European automaker's second largest shareholder behind the Peugeot family itself. The shares won't give GM any governance rights over PSA, and the two companies will remain competitors in Europe.

What the alliance will give each company is the ability to share vehicle platforms, components and modules, as well as stronger purchasing power for sourcing components, raw materials and other goods and services. They're combined annual purchasing volume together will be approximately $125 billion. The vehicle platforms most likely to be shared will be small and midsize passenger cars, MPVs and crossovers, with the first one arriving by 2016.

GM says that synergies resulting from the alliance will save approximately $2 billion annually within about five years, though critics argue the alliance doesn't address the main problem plaguing automakers in Europe: overcapacity. While the alliance does give a shot in the arm to both Opel, GM's European subsidiary, and Peugeot, analysts and investors alike still believe that plant closings and consolidations are the remedy required for Europe's struggling automakers. Full details in the press blast after the jump.

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GM buys share in France’s PSA to create $125M global product alliance

http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-buys-...-alliance.html

General Motors will acquire a $125 million, 7 percent share in French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen that will serve as the impetus for a wide-ranging alliance, the two automakers announced today in New York City. The move, the automakers say, is designed to help stem losses both are incurring as a result of increased competition and a costly labor market.

The fruits of the alliance will eventually be visible to consumers around 2016 in shared subcompact, midsize and crossover/SUV platforms that the two automakers estimate will save a combined $2 billion annually within five years. GM is likely to look to PSA primarily for its small car architecture, which would be most beneficial to its operations outside of North American. PSA, meanwhile, has long struggled to offer competitive midsize cars and crossovers, meaning it will likely look to use GM’s Epsilon II midsize and Theta crossover architecture.

While some rumors have suggested that GM’s decision to acquire a share in PSA could signal an eventual takeover, GM CEO Dan Akerson indicated otherwise.
“This is an alliance, not a merger,” Akerson told journalists earlier today in a teleconference.
GM’s European operations are in the midst of their own reorganization, which Akerson says will continue. GM has leaned heavily on its money-losing German Opel unit for product direction, but its new tie-up with PSA will likely bolster those efforts rather than negatively affect them.
PSA, meanwhile, which operates French automakers Peugeot and Citroen, has also struggled to keep pace against Asian and German rivals in Europe. PSA has remained uncompetitive against arch rival Renault, which has a strong alliance with Japan’s Nissan. The new alliance is not said to affect some powertrain and engineering partnerships PSA has forged with Ford and Toyota.
GM will also gain access to PSA’s Gefco logistics division, which it says will help it better serve its sales and parts network in Europe and Russia.
A committee with an equal number of senior-level executives from both GM and PSA will oversee the alliance. GM’s Akerson and his PSA counterpart, Philippe Varin (both are pictured above), will remain at the helm of their companies.

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Peugeot pe tobogan: Acţiunile companiei au fost retrogradate la "junk"

Moody's a retrogradat joi ratingul PSA Peugeot Citroen, al doilea mare producător auto din Europa, de la "Baa3" la nivelul "Ba1" din categoria "junk", nerecomandată pentru investiţii, iar perspectiva este negativă, din cauza înrăutăţirii situaţiei financiare a grupului, transmite Bloomberg.

Acţiunile Peugeot, care a anunţat miercuri o alianţă strategică cu General Motors, au scăzut cu până la 7,7%.

"Rezultatele Peugeot din 2011 au fost cu mult sub aşteptările Moody's", a declarat Falk Frey, analist la agenţia de evaluare financiară, adăugând că retrogradarea include şi dificultăţile companiei de a-şi îmbunătăţi situaţia financiară pe termen scurt şi mediu, după problemele de anul trecut.

Divizia auto a Peugeot a consemnat în al doilea semestru al anului trecut pierderi de 497 milioane euro. Pe ansamblul anului trecut, profitul net al Peugeot a scăzut cu 48%, la 588 milioane de euro.

Peugeot a anunţat în februarie un plan de vânzare de active şi amânarea unor investiţii, în condiţiile dublării datoriilor în semestrul al doilea din 2011, la 3,4 miliarde de euro.

Un purtător de cuvânt al Peugeot, Jean-Baptiste Mounier, a declarat că decizia Moody's este rezultatul evalurării profitabilităţii grupului şi nu are legătură cu acordul de miercuri cu General Motors.

GM şi Peugeot au anunţat miercuri o alianţă prin care grupul american va cumpăra 7% din acţiunile constructorului francez, urmând să participe şi la o emisiune de drepturi a acestuia de 1 miliard de euro, în vederea obţinerii unor economii anuale de 2 miliarde de dolari.

http://www.zf.ro/business-internatio...a-junk-9360276

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INFORMAŢII, DATE ŞI CIFRE IMPORTANTE

GM va deţine 7% din PSA, procent la care s-a ajuns printr-o creştere de capital de un miliard de euro.
GM va plăti între 400 şi 470 de milioane de dolari pentru aceste acţiuni.
GM devine astfel cel mai important acţionar PSA după familia Peugeot, care păstrează 30% din companie.
PSA nu va deţine acţiuni la General Motors.
Cele două părţi vor crea un joint venture prin care se vor face achiziţiile comune. Ambele părţi vor deţine procente egale în acest joint venture.
Economiile prognozate: 2 miliarde de dolari pe an începând din 2017. Acestea vor fi împărţite în mod egal între cei doi producători.
În primii doi ani, beneficiile resimţite de cele două părţi vor fi minime.
Pentru clienţii europeni, alianţa înseamnă "mai multe produse şi mai multă tehnologie"
Rămâne de văzut cum va fi menţinută diferenţa între Opel şi Chevrolet pe de o parte şi Peugeot şi Citroen de cealaltă parte. Cei patru producători fac parte, cu toţii, din segmentul de volum al pieţei.
GM nu se află la prima alianţă cu un producător european. În anul 2000, General Motors semna o astfel de înţelegere cu Fiat. Înţelegerea a căzut în 2005, iar GM le-a plătit celor de la Fiat două miliarde de dolari sub formă de compensaţii.
PSA ar putea fi nevoiţi să îşi revizuiască celelalte parteneriate, cu BMW (pe motoare pe benzină) şi cu Ford (pe motoare diesel), dacă părţile în discuţie vor considera că alianţa GM-PSA contravine bunului mers al afacerilor comune.

REACŢII SCEPTICE ALE ANALIŞTILOR

"Peugeot se chinuie, Opel se chinuie. Nu poţi pur şi simplu să uneşti cele două entităţi şi să aştepţi să se întâmple ceva magic" - Mirko Mikelici, consultant Fifth Third Asset Management


"PSA are nevoie de GM, dar GM nu are nevoie de PSA. E geru pentru mine să înţeleg cum această colaborare ar putea ajuta în vreun fel GM în Europa. Planul riscă să introducă elemente complexe într-o perioadă în care GM se află într-un punct delicat al restructurărilor" - Matthew Stover, analist Guggenheim Securities.


"Cel mai notabil element este faptul că fiecare companie va trebui să rezolve în continuare cele mai dificile şi potenţial scumpe provocări - capacitatea de producţie în exces - în mod individual, nu într-o alianţă. Alianţele şi joint ventures-urile sunt comune în industria auto, deşi rezultatele acestui tip de măsuri sunt mai degrabă amestecate. Totuşi, dacă această colaborare coroborată cu acţiunile celorlalţi producători din Europa pot duce la o slăbire a rezistenţei politice pentru a reduce capacitatea de producţie în Europa, profitabilitatea industriei ar punea beneficia până la urmă" - Standard and Poor's


"Cum ar putea să rezolve problemele pe care le are Opel pe termen scurt un parteneriat complex între doi rivali, chiar şi considerând că cele două companii vor trece peste problemele culturale şi organizaţionale care le împiedică să lucreze împreună la cel mai înalt nivel şi care le împiedică, de altfel, să aibă vreun beneficiu în primii ani ai alianţei? Opel pregăteşte modele decente şi are un părinte relativ stabil financiar, dar niciuna dintre aceste două elemente nu rezolvă problema fundamentală a capacităţii de producţie în exces şi a costurilor imense ale producţiei în Germania" - Maryann Keller, Stamfort


"Cu tot respectul, avem foarte multe motive să fim sceptici în ceea ce priveşte magnitudinea acestei ştiri. GM e deja cel mai mare producător auto al lumii, iar volumul nu e provocarea principală a acestui producător. Atât GM, cât şi PSA au anunţat că nu au planuri de a împărţi capacitatea de producţie. Ca rezultat direct, acest lucru nu va rezolva pe termen scurt problemele GM în Europa. Pentru a ajunge la economii substanţiale trebuie să treacă ani buni. GM va avea economii egale cu ale PSA, deşi mărimea GM e dublă faţă de cea a PSA. De asemenea, GM va plăti câteva sute de milioane de dolari pentru a intra în această alianţă, în timp ce PSA nu va face asta. Aceste elemente ridică complexitatea la GM, chiar dacă scopul principal a fost s-o scadă. Iar acest tip de colaborări nu au funcţionat pentru GM nici în trecut" - Peter Nesvold, analist Jefferies&Co.

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Peugeot Launches its First Promotional Film on 208 GTi Concept

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/03...omotional.html

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STIRI despre grupul PSA in CHINA:



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GM stake in Peugeot will cost $423 million


http://www.autoblog.com/2012/03/07/g...t-423-million/

General Motors wants to become the second-largest shareholder in PSA Peugeot Citroen, and the gears of a deal for seven percent of the French automaker are beginning to mesh. It cost General Motors $423 million to buy into PSA, and the companies will remain competitors despite lashing their rafts together.

Both automakers would like to net cost savings over the course of the initial 10-year term of the partnership by leveraging their collective purchasing power for better prices from suppliers and also sharing economies of scale. GM and PSA are also looking to create vehicles, powertrains and/or components together within the next four years. The two companies have already started work on developing a low-cost small car to sell in emerging markets, and GM is looking to hook up with Peugeot's Gefco logistics arm, as well.

Peugeot stock has been forced down in value by the company issuing new shares for General Motors to buy, facilitating the deal. Peugeot has also suspended paying a dividend this year to keep cash on hand, further upsetting shareholders and the market in general. Market watchers suspect that any cost savings may be slow in coming, and there's little detail of how GM and PSA intend to address both companies' overcapacity problem in Europe or how they intend to find compromises with the typically strong labor unions there, as well.

Still, the hopeful need only look to Renault-Nissan for an example of the potential upside. Of course, GM's deal with Fiat, which started in 2000 and ended with a $2 Billion payment in 2005, is a reminder of just one of the ways the bloom could fall off this rose.

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Geneva LIVE: Peugeot’s 208 GTi Concept takes the floor:


http://www.leftlanenews.com/peugeot-...i-concept.html




Peugeot 308 CC police cars for female police squad in China:

http://www.carnewschina.com/2012/03/...quad-in-china/

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Rili? Au facut polististele "photo shooting" cu masina? )

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Peugeot 408 sighted again, still wearing tape

http://paultan.org/2012/03/12/peugeo...-wearing-tape/




Thanks to Xdaudx for taking photos of this slightly disguised car. No prizes for guessing what this car is. Astute eyes will reveal that the open slit above the air dam and the placement of the covered badge is actually a Peugeot 408.

There are pictures of it without blinders for its blinkers and if you want to have a peek at it again, click here, here and here.

So, there is nothing new here other than the fact that we can safely assume that Silver and Black are two colors that will be on sale when the car in the near future.

With the frequent sightings of the Peugeot 408, one question remains – when will it be launched?

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GM, PSA seek very different outcomes from new alliance

http://www.leftlanenews.com/gm-psa-s...-alliance.html

The world’s largest automaker, General Motors, and French automaker PSA inked a $125 million deal at the close of February as part of a new global product alliance – but it appears the pair have a difference of opinion in regards to what they hope to get out of the deal.

If you were to ask GM executives what they were hoping to achieve through the agreement, they would explain that they are looking to end a long streak of losses from their European operations. But as Automotive News points out, their counterparts at PSA would tell you that the French automaker sees the tie-up as an opportunity to take advantage of GM’s global clout and increase sales and operations outside of Europe.
Both GM’s Opel and PSA (along with virtually every other automaker operating in Europe) realize that they simply have too much production capacity in the region due to a combination of overly aggressive labor contracts and a shrinking regional economy. Sadly, combining forces typically lends itself better to increased production, rather than diminished, but both automakers still see value for different reasons in the deal.
For example, GM execs point to the combined purchasing power for raw materials and parts as a single, larger entity as a source of future savings. Meanwhile, over at PSA, executives recently clarified to reporters when asked if the merger was between GM and PSA, or Opel and PSA, stating, “It’s very clear. It’s an alliance between PSA and GM — global.”
PSA’s comments are aligned with the company’s public goals to move two-thirds of all sales to markets outside of Europe by 2020, compared to just 42 percent so far in 2012.

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Cele mai vândute modele din 2011: TOP 10 pe clase de maşini :


http://www.promotor.ro/masini-noi/do...masini-9399309