Aston Martin's Q3 operating loss exceeded expectations, and Changan Automobile launched a new pickup truck
Aston Martin's Q3 operating loss exceeded expectations
On November 1, British luxury car manufacturer Aston Martin released an earnings report showing that due to production problems with the new sports car DB12, the company's third-quarter revenue was 360 million pounds, and the adjusted operating loss was 48.4 million pounds, higher than the analysts' expectations of a loss of 37.5 million pounds. Aston Martin began deliveries of the next-generation sports car DB12 last quarter and now expects its sales to reach 6,700 units in 2023, down from its previous forecast of around 7,000 units.
Yicai Comments:Although Aston Martin is a well-known ultra-luxury sports car brand with a history of more than 100 years, it has never escaped its business problems. In June this year, Lucid, a new American car manufacturer, announced a long-term strategic technology partnership with Aston Martin to jointly build industry-leading ultra-luxury high-performance electric vehicles. Among them, Lucid will provide exclusive electric powertrain technology and battery system technology to power future Aston Martin battery electric vehicles. With Lucid's help, Aston Martin aims to launch the company's first all-electric model in 2025.
Toyota lowered its sales target for electric vehicles
Toyota Motor has lowered its sales target for electric vehicles. Toyota expects EV sales to be only 123,000 units in the new fiscal year, down from the original plan of 200,000 units. However, Toyota's overall sales target remains unchanged, and the gap will be filled by gasoline and hybrid models. Toyota expects to sell 3.6 million gasoline-electric hybrids this fiscal year, up from 3.5 million previously. The company also raised its target for plug-in hybrid vehicles from 137,000 to 141,000.
Yicai Comments:Toyota is late in the field of pure electric vehicles, and has not been able to effectively break through in the market at present. Especially in the Chinese market, Toyota's pure electric vehicles have almost no noise. With the rapid development of China's electric vehicle market, the market share of joint venture brands such as Toyota has also been squeezed. However, in the global market, Toyota and others have advantages in terms of sales and profits. Toyota's head Akio Toyoda recently said that the automotive industry is realizing that electric vehicles are not the only way to reduce carbon emissions, and there are many ways to achieve carbon neutrality. In his opinion, automakers should continue to invest in hybrid vehicles, rather than going all-in on pure electric vehicles.
Changan unveils a new pickup truck
Recently, Changan Pickup announced that the Changan F70 Blue Whale version was officially launched, and the new car launched a total of two versions: gasoline 2.0T manual two-wheel drive long box and gasoline 2.0T automatic two-wheel drive long box and wealth, with an official guide price of 89,99 ~ 102,900 yuan. In terms of power, the car is equipped with a new generation of Changan Blue Whale 2.0T high-pressure direct injection engine, with a peak torque of 390N·m, a rated power of 171kW, an acceleration of 100 kilometers within 10s, and a maximum speed of 190 km/h. In terms of chassis, the car adopts a double wishbone front suspension for better handling.
Yicai Comments:The data provided by Beijing Kerui Zhuoxin Consulting Co., Ltd. further shows that in 2022, the market share of tool pickup trucks with a price of less than 80,000 yuan has dropped to about 30%, the market share of commercial and passenger pickup trucks with a price between 80,000 yuan and 130,000 yuan is close to 60%, and the sales proportion of high-end passenger pickup trucks and off-road pickup trucks is also close to 10%. This shows that the pickup truck market is restructured and there is a trend towards mid-to-high-end. With the continuous emergence of consumer demand for travel, self-driving tours, camping, RV travel, and off-road sports, the use scenarios of pickup trucks are also expanding. The pickup truck's good modification adaptability also caters to the current mainstream trend of personalized and diversified consumption.
BYD hunting SUV Song L opens pre-sales
On October 31, BYD's new model Song L officially opened pre-sale, the new car is positioned as a B-class pioneer hunting SUV, with a total of 5 models, including 4 rear-wheel drive versions and 1 four-wheel drive version, with a pre-sale price of 220,000 ~ 280,000 yuan. The Song L is based on the BYD e platform 3.0, and all models are equipped with front double wishbone rear five-link chassis suspension and intelligent damping body control system Yunlin-C, which will be officially launched within the year.
Yicai Comments:Since its debut at the Chengdu Auto Show, Song L has received a lot of market attention and was named BYD's "most beautiful hunting SUV". For BYD, the sales performance in the new energy market has been obvious to all, but there is still a gap in the pure electric mid-size SUV market for young consumer groups, and it is obvious that Song L is here to fill this market. However, the pure electric B-class SUV market has been "full of masters", including Xpeng G6, Tesla Model Y, and the Zhiji LS6 and Jiyue 01 that were just launched not long ago.
