New entrants from Jaguar and Alfa Romeo in Europe's premium midsize market will find it tough to win market share from the established German players as pressure from SUVs slowly shrinks one of Europe’s core high-end segments, analysts say. IHS Automotive predicts the premium midsize sector will decline by more than 6 percent by 2020 compared with today.
The sector is dominated by the Mercedes-Benz C class, BMW 3 series and Audi A4, which accounted for a combined 80 percent of the segment’s 277,712 first-half sales, JATO Dynamics figures show.
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