2018 European Automotive Production Evolution by Country
- European automotive production (PC+LCV ) in the 29 countries + Turkey, fell by 2.7% in 2018, to 19.41 million units from 19.95 million in 2017.
- Among the top eight producing countries in Europe, Germany was the most impacted by this decline in European production, losing 9% compared to 2017. This drop is explained by the fact that some German OEMs have been handicapped by the upgrading of their models to the new WLTP standards, while others‘ exports declined, particularly to the United States and China.
- Spain remains in second place, well ahead of France, while these two countries remain buoyant, up 2% and 4% respectively. Great Britain ‘s production dropped (-9%), due to the uncertainties related to the implementation of Brexit. Turkey follows close behind, despite losing 8% compared to 2017, mainly due to a depressed domestic market.
- In sixth place, the Czech Republic is stable (+0.2%), mainly due to its saturated production capacities. That is why Skoda will build a factory to increase its capacity. The Czech Republic is ahead of Italy and Slovakia, which are at the same level of production, but while Italy has lost 5%, Slovakia has increased by 7.5%.
- The other producing countries achieve lower volumes, they are in descending order, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Belgium, Portugal, Sweden, Slovenia, Austria, the Netherlands and Finland.
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