Production in France rose more than the UK in the 1st half 2015
- Car production (PC + LUV) in France grew more than in the United Kingdom in the first half of 2015. France produced 1.035 million cars in the first half of 2015 against 1.0 million in the first half of 2014, representing an increase of 3,5%. For its part, the United Kingdom produced 0.834 million cars against 0.826 million cars a year earlier, representing an increase of only 1%.
- France therefore continues to widen the gap started with the United Kingdom a year and a half ago, indeed, the gap was only of 10% between French production and UK production in 2013, it widened in 2014 to 17% and will approach 20% by the end of 2015.
- Although the recovery of the European market (+ 8.2% in the first half) benefited both countries, specific factors were the cause of a greater increase in French production than that of the UK. In France, the arrival of the Renault Trafic in Sandouville and the rise in production rates of the Peugeot 308 had a greater offsetting than the decline of other older models. In England, the transfer of the Renault Trafic from Luton to Sandouville as well as a portion of the Mini production from Cowley to Born (Netherlands) has impacted local production. In addition, the fall in exports to Russia has far more disadvantaged British production since England was exporting to Russia up to 10 times as many vehicles than France was.
- Even though an expected recovery of the Russian market in 2016-2017 could allow British production to grow, the projects discussed about opening plants in Slovakia (for the production of the future Land Rover Defender) and the USA (Jaguar and Land Rover) could be a hindrance to growth. In France, the additional capabilities available as well as the arrival of new models (Renault Talisman in 2015, Nissan Micra in 2016) will do more in favour of local production.
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