In the first half of 2021, the European production remains down 20% compared to 2019
- European automotive production (including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey) reached a volume of 9,134,515 units (passenger cars – PCs & light utility vehicles - LUVs) in the first half of 2021. This volume represents an increase of 30.7% compared to the first half of 2020, but a decrease of 20.4% compared to the first half of 2019 and a decrease of 23% compared to the first half of 2018.
- Of this total, the European Union + Great Britain produced 7,568,643 units, with 5,672,104 units in the western part of Europe and 1,896,539 in the eastern part of the Europe. It increased by 29.6% in the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020, but remains down 20% compared to the first half of 2019.
- Eastern Europe currently produces quarter of the total of vehicles produced in the European Union + Great Britain. Without Great Britain, these countries account for 27% of car production in the European Union.
- By country, Germany remains the largest producer of PC and LUV in Europe (1,975,826 units in the first half of 2021), ahead of Spain (1,326,676), France (782,870) and the Czech Republic (624 237). It is to be noted that Russia produced 828,897 light vehicles, a little more than France, and Turkey 572,550 units, a little more than Great Britain (542,593).
- If we compare PCs versus LUVs, the European Union produced 6,538,717 PCs in the first half of 2021 (up 30.4% over 2020) and 1,029,926 LUV (up 17.5% over 2020), LUVs representing 13.6% of the total. LUVs progressed less than PCs in 2021 but they had fallen less than PCs in 2020.
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