RE: NCAP protocols12 Nov 2024 09:34
So according to this article VW Group do 3.3million cars in the EU
"By far the largest, in terms of sales volume, Volkswagen Group, reported sales of more than 3.3 million units – a growth of over 18% on the previous year. Together, the region’s top five automotive Groups, Volkswagen Group, Stellantis, Renault Group, Hyundai Group and BMW Group, account for more than two thirds of passenger car sales in this region.
But, it is quite a fragmented market, with the leading brand, Volkswagen, holding 10.6% of the market. The others making up the top 10 brands include Toyota, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Renault, Skoda, Peugeot, Kia and Dacia, who together hold a further 47.5%."
So based on the legislation that means all those need Camera based DMS by July26 - not just new models but all new cars. We must be in with a chance of getting a good proportion of that 3.3m alone as surely brands like Skoda will also consider the Magna mirror as VW use it.
And for someone like VW would they really install a different mirror with no DMS in for cars sold outside the EU? According to google VW group in total is 4.87 million so I would have thought that could be the real opportunity for VW
The new protocols will surely push someone like VW and BMW to hit them by Jan2026 so I just can't understand how we won't be doing over 500,000 units per qtr just from VW over the next 12 months.
Where is Ford in that snippet as well, surely they are still quite large in Europe?
If this is the case then surely this is the last walk down in the SP as there won't be another opportunity to do it, unless of course they don't hit that cash breakeven as the market will use that as an excuse