The Renault Flins plant gradually reboots
- The Renault Flins plant manufactured 115,831 vehicles in 2012 (115 388 443 Clio and Zoe), against 148,561 units in 2011 and 336,613 units in 2006. This severe loss of production is due to the fact that the Twingos that were produced there (between 1993 and 2007) were transferred to Slovenia (Novo Mesto), and that many Clios were transferred to Turkey (Bursa).
- Were added to this the decline of the European market and the end of the Clio III. The year 2012 was the worst year for the Flins plant in twenty years (the maximum capacity of the plant is 300 000 vehicles per year).
- However, Renault's decision to produce 160,000 vehicles on this site in 2016 (see article of 14 February 2013) and to add 82,000 Nissan Micra every year from 2017 allows us to see the future with more optimism.
- Currently, 620 vehicles are released every day from Flins plant (including 440 Clio IV, 100 Clio III and 80 Zoes), in other words a rate of 124,000 vehicles in 2013 (88,000 Clio IV, 20,000 Clio III, 16000 Zoe), representing an increase of 7% compared to 2012.
- It is likely that the production rate of the old Clio III (still available in some markets) will gradually decrease and at the same time the production of Zoe will gradually increase. The Inovev forecast of 40 000 Zoe produced in 2013 is still too optimistic. Achievements could be closer to 20,000 units.
Data source: File #101 - Worldwide production detailed by models
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