- The assessment of global production (PC+LUV) of the leading 10 automotive groups in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014 reveals a strengthening of the VW group that is steering away from its two challengers Toyota and GM. In 4th place, the Renault Nissan group manages to stay in front of the Hyundai-Kia group that actually benefited from record high growth in the first half of the year. In 6th place, the Ford group steers further away from FCA (that recorded the highest decrease amongst it competitors, Honda (decreased), PSA (increased in the first half of the year) and Suzuki (stayed stable).

- Changes in the market have had a huge impact on production levels of these different groups. The increase of European, American and Korean markets has led to the increase of Hyundai-Kia (+7.4%) and to a lesser extent that of Renault-Nissan (+2.1%). PSA (+4.9%) mainly benefited from the increase of the European market where it is one of the leading players. The decrease of FCA (-7%) is mainly due to the decrease of the Brazilian and Argentine markets. Honda (-3.1%) and Toyota’s decrease (-4.9%) is mainly due the fall of the Japanese market. The unchanged/small decrease of Ford (0.1%), VW (-0.2%) and GM (-1.3%) groups is mainly due to the slowdown of the Chinese market where these three manufactures are well established. The decrease of the Russian market has had a negative impact on all of these groups. The effect of new model launches had a positive impact for Hundai-Kia, PSA and Renault-Nissan.

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