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Post by dixinormus on Dec 23, 2020 22:02:58 GMT
...Can’t make loan repayments and are facing restructuring and administration. Don’t suppose that many people will care in badge-obsessed Britain?
There’s too many car manufacturers on the planet anyway I guess!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2020 23:16:51 GMT
It's not just Britain, I don't think Ssangyong has made much of a dent outside SE Asia to be honest.
The Rexton looked OK for a Sitty, Uppy but the engine department, with the tightening emissions, was always on to a hiding to nothing.
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 24, 2020 7:22:00 GMT
The Rexton looked OK for a Sitty, Uppy but the engine department, with the tightening emissions, was always on to a hiding to nothing. I know the older models had a licensed (and presumably aged) MB design, but the current one has, I think, a fairly new own-design engine, which might have had a bit of life left in it. |
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 29, 2020 2:57:33 GMT
In general, if something is cheap enough then somebody will buy it... Ssangyong prices too close to Kia IMHO.
Bit like SEAT: they’re setting up a fledgling dealer network here in NZ but seem to be trying to sell the £25k copycat SUVs which Skoda & VW already sell at sharp prices. Who’s going to buy them? More of a potential market in cheaper hatchbacks I would have thought.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2020 11:19:30 GMT
Probably not enough profit in making cheap hatchbacks in Europe and shipping them half-way round the planet for a small market like NZ. Toyota have that buttoned up with the Corolla.
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Post by WDB on Dec 30, 2020 16:10:58 GMT
I find it hard to see what Seat is for these days. The hatchbacks used to be cheaper than a VW but less beige than a Škoda, but now Škodas have been mostly de-beiged and the middle-market buys sub-SUVs anyway, what’s left for Seat to appeal to?
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Post by tyrednexited on Dec 30, 2020 16:16:42 GMT
...I think that may be why they are trying to develop the "Cupra" branding.
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 30, 2020 19:19:35 GMT
Nailed it WdB!
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 30, 2020 21:44:03 GMT
Cupra... another Marketing black hole. Refer to DS by Citroen... and Infiniti...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2020 23:01:25 GMT
Is Polestar another that could disappear down the black hole of Volvo Recharge ?
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Post by Humph on Dec 30, 2020 23:13:25 GMT
Is Polestar another that could disappear down the black hole of Volvo Recharge ? Unlikely to go south, y'd think anyway... 🤓 |
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Post by dixinormus on Dec 31, 2020 4:49:14 GMT
Surely the SEAT brand should be exclusively for the Spanish market ( who may give a hoot), much in the same way as Vauxhall is for the UK only ( and Holden for the Aussies)?!
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Post by dixinormus on May 15, 2021 2:09:51 GMT
Do Haval sell cars in Europe yet? The new 2021 H6 SUV looks like a sharp package to me?!
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Post by WDB on May 15, 2021 7:31:49 GMT
Don’t know, haven’t seen or heard anything. Did find myself poring over the Kia EV6 site, which I stumbled on looking for something else. Looks sharp, may be short of space.
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Post by bpg on May 15, 2021 10:05:47 GMT
Can't find anything about Haval in Germany.
Europe won't be very appealing to them if they only have two litre petrol engines to offer. Fleet average emissions penalties and low prices probably mean every vehicle sold will cost them money.
Got to have some electrickery in your powertrains for Europe.
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