Vehicles relocations has caused Germany to lose 17,6 million passenger cars since 2005
- Since the end of the 1990s, Germany, like France, has relocated a certain number of models to other European countries such as Belgium, Spain, Portugal or countries in Eastern Europe after their integration in the European Union (1986 for Spain and 2004 for most Eastern European countries). Inovev counts as relocated models those which are currently produced abroad while they were previously partially or fully produced in Germany.
- Among the models relocated since 1998, we can count by brand:
• Audi: part of the A3s were relocated to Belgium and Hungary from 2007, the Q3 to Spain from 2011 to 2018 and to Hungary from 2018, to Slovakia from 2005, Q5 to Mexico from 2017.
• BMW : the X1 to the Netherlands from 2018 to 2022.
• Mercedes: part of A Class, B Class, to Hungary from 2012, part of C Class to the USA.
• Porsche: Boxster/Cayman to Finland until 2011.
• Volkswagen: the Polo to Spain since the 90s and Up! to Slovakia.
- In total, production in Germany lost 1,100,000 passenger cars in 2023 due to relocations and 17,6 million since 2005, at the same level as France. By combining production in Germany as well as relocated models, the volume nevertheless growned, unlike in France.