Automobile production in Germany stagnates at 6 million units since 2011
- Automobile production (PC+LCV ) in Germany has stagnated since 2011. Relocations to Hungary (Audi, Mercedes), to Slovakia (Volkswagen), to Poland (Volkswagen, Opel) or to Portugal (Volkswagen) could be part of the explanation for this stagnation.
- Another possible explanation is the gradual transfer of German car exports to China (mainly BMWs and Mercedes) and to North America (mainly Mercedes C-Class, Volkswagen Tiguan and Audi Q5).
- However, when we look at the figures by manufacturer, we see that the explanation is quite different because the Daimler (Mercedes) and BMW groups ‘volume has increased steadily since 2011.
- In reality, car production in Germany stagnates since 2011 not only because dieselgate has cut the production of the Volkswagen Group by a hundred thousand vehicles a year in 2016 and 2017, but mainly because of the continuous decline in the volume of production of US manufacturers in Germany, namely Ford and GM (Opel).
- Ford and GM lost 150,000 vehicles each between 2011 and 2017, while Daimler gained 240,000 and BMW 180,000 during the same period. For its part, Volkswagen lost 130,000 vehicles between 2011 and 2017.
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