Spanish passenger car production was stable in the first half of 2019
- Spanish passenger car production was stable in the first half of 2019, at 1.3 million units, compared with an increase of 1.2% for the full year 2018.
- Since 2015, Spanish production has stagnated at a volume of nearly 2.3 million units, which is still a peak since production began in the country in the 1950s.
- Spain is benefiting from the relocations of French (Renault, PSA) and German (Volkswagen, Ford Europe) automakers.
- Thus, the manufacture of the Renault Mégane, Captur and Kadjar, the Opel Corsa, Combo and Crossland, the Citroën C3 Aircross,
- C4 Cactus and Berlingo, the Peugeot Partner, the Volkswagen Polo and T-Cross, Audi A1, Seat Arona, Ibiza and Leon, and the Ford Kuga, Mondeo, Galaxy and S-Max, is all concentrated in Spain.
- The future seems more contrasted, because despite the upcoming arrival of the 2008 Peugeot (from Mulhouse in France) and the transfer of some of the Opel Corsa (from Eisenach in Germany), it will be necessary to take into account the transfer of the Opel Mokka from Spain to France (Poissy) and especially the announced stop of the Ford Mondeo, Galaxy and S-Max, as well as the transfer of the Ford Transit Connect from Spain to Mexico.
- But the most difficult thing will probably be to face the decline in global markets that is expected to continue over the next two or three years,
according to the scenario forecasted in various Inovev studies.
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