- The utilization rate of car plants in Europe (Russia and Turkey included) continued to decline in 2013, but less strongly than in 2012. This rate fell to 68% instead of 69% in 2012 and had reached 75% in 2011, which is the lowest in the decade after that of 2009, which did not exceed 62%. Overcapacity in Europe therefore reached 32% in 2013 against 31% in 2012 and 25% in 2011. The best result of the decade was reached in 2007 with only 15% overcapacity.

- It is the further decline in automobile production in Europe in 2013 (-5%), which worsened the situation last year, despite several plant closures in recent years, Ford (Southampton), PSA (Aulnay), Mitsubishi (Born), Opel (Antwerp), SAAB (Trollhättan), Fiat (Termini), which offset the decline. In 2014, the closure of the plants of Bochum and Genk and the expected recovery in the European market should reduce overcapacity in Europe by 1% to 2%.

- Carmakers are not all in the same boat. While general manufacturers GM, PSA, Renault-Nissan, Honda and Fiat-Chrysler reduced their production rates last year, premium manufacturers BMW, Tata Motors (Jaguar -Land Rover) and Daimler increased theirs. These three manufacturers are also those with the best utilization rate of their plants in Europe (over 80%), ahead of the Volkswagen group, Hyundai-Kia and Geely (Volvo) that recorded utilization rates between 75% and 80%.