French passenger car production increased by 0.6% in the first half of 2019
- French passenger car production increased by 0.6% in the first half of 2019 compared to the first half of 2018, whereas it had fallen by 2.9% over the whole of 2018 (compared to 2017). This latter performance is mainly due to the decline in world markets, as France exports a large part of its production abroad (nearly 70% of its production).
- In the first six months of 2019, France produced 904,000 passenger cars, compared with 899,000 units in the first six months of 2018. At this rate, France could produce 1.65 million passenger cars over the whole of 2019 (slightly higher than in 2018), and 2.2 million vehicles of all types (passenger cars + LCVs). It should be noted that France is the largest European producer of commercial vehicles, ahead of Spain, Germany and even Turkey.
- The future seems more difficult, as French automakers have decided to continue to transfer their models in the East of Europe and in the North Africa. Thus, the Opel Grandland has just been transferred from France to Germany, the Peugeot 2008 will be transferred from France to Spain, the small part of the Renault Clio that was still produced in France will be relocated to Slovenia, the small part of the Peugeot 208 that was still produced in France will be relocated to Morocco, and the Smart For two will be transferred from France to China. To partially compensate for these departures, France is scheduled to welcome the production of the future Opel Mokka, Nissan NV250, Mercedes EQA, an SUV version of the Yaris, and several new DS variants.
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