Moroccan passenger car production increased by 3.4% in the first half of 2019
- Moroccan passenger car production increased by 3.4% in the first half of 2019, while it increased by 2.3% over the whole of 2018, a slow growth rate due to the ageing of the Dacia Lodgy and Dokker.
- These two models did not meet Renault-Nissan’s objectives, since sales are half as much as the manufacturer had hoped, i.e 150,000 sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in 2018. Renault has responded by steadily increasing the production volume of Sandero, in Tangiers, the same plant as the Lodgy and Dokker, while reducing the production volume of Sandero in the Romanian plant in Pitesti. Today, the Sandero accounts for nearly half of the production volume observed at the Tangier site. However, the Lodgy and Dokker should be renewed in 2020.
- Another much older production site, Casablanca, also produces Sanderos, and Logans for the local market. In 2018, this site manufactured 80,000 cars.
- The third and most recent Moroccan production site has just started its activity this summer. This is the Kenitra site, which, unlike the other two, is a PSA site that produces the new generation of Peugeot 208s, and will also produce the new generation of Peugeot 301s and Citroën C-Elysée next year, which will be stopped at the Vigo site in Spain when the 2008 Peugeot arrives there.Moroccan automotive production is therefore expected to continue to increase in the coming years, rapidly reaching 500,000 units per year.
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