- The agreements between GM and PSA signed in December 2013 planned another joint production of new versions of light utility vehicles such as the Citroën Berlingo, Peugeot Partner and Opel Combo. We knew that these three vehicles were going to be produced on a common platform when the agreement was signed but we did not yet know the place (s) of production.
We now know, that the Vigo plant (Spain) was selected for the production of these three vehicles.

- Today, the Berlingo and Partner are based on a PSA chassis and are already produced in Vigo. The Combo will use the base of the Fiat Doblo that is manufactured in Fiat’s Turkish plant (Tofas), which also produces the Doblo. Launched in 2012, it has never exceed the 36 000 annual sales threshold, while the previous generation based on GM was selling at twice as many units.

- The three future models: Citroën Berlingo, Peugeot Partner and Opel Combo will be launched in 2018. They will be manufactured alongside the Citroën C4 Picasso, Citroen C-Elysee and Peugeot 301.

- The first generations of the Berlingo and Partner (launched in 1996) are still produced in the Mangualde plant (Potugal) and sold in a few markets. So the question of the sustainability of the PSA Mangualde plant has arisen: will the current generation (launched in 2008) be transferred to the Portuguese plant or will other vehicles will be produced there?

- PSA's management recently announced the upcoming decrease in models sold by the group, it is not certain that the Mangualde plant can be kept open.

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