- In 2013, the Ford plant in Valencia, Spain, will have produced less than 200 000 vehicles, one of the lowest production on this site over twenty years.

- However , the situation should change next year. New models will be transferred from outside Spain to the Valencia plant.

- In 2013, the Transit Connect has been transferred from Turkey (Turkish Kocaeli plant is now focused on the Transit Custom).
And Ford has scheduled the arrival in 2014 of new generations of the Mondeo and Galaxy / S-Max transferred from Belgium (Belgian Genk plant closed in 2014).

- Conversely, the Valencia plant will no longer produce the C- Max minivan,  relocated in Germany, Saarlouis, where the Focus is produced on the same platform. In recent years, the site of Valencia lost successively the Ka (2008), the Focus (2010) and the Fiesta (2012).

- At total, the manufacturer plans to produce in the Valencia plant 380,000 units in 2017 (Inovev expects however only 330 000 vehicles), a doubling of production in four years. The Valencia site's capacity is now 400,000 vehicles per year. The plant would be used for 95% of capacity , a utilization rate similar to BMW or Volkswagen plants.

  

- In 2013, car production in Britain will be very close to that of  France. This particular situation has not happened since 1968! Production in France has been going particularly well between 1972 to 2007 : for 35 years, the volume of vehicles produced in this country didn't yet exceed 3 million units per year. At the same time, England saw its automotive industry perish with the fall of British Leyland and Rootes group, coupled with the extinction of many famous brands.

- The many models offshored from France to other countries (Spain, Turkey, Eastern Europe) and the decline in car segments D / E and minivan sales, and the failure of electric cars have reduced production in France to a trickle. In contrast, in England, the success of the flagship models : Nissan Qashqai, Nissan Juke, BMW Mini, Land Rover Evoque, Toyota Auris boosted UK car production after 2009.

- The results : in 2013, the production volume of both countries which is substantially equivalent, with still a slight advantage for France. The coming months will be decisive. The launch of the new Peugeot 308 and the transfer of Renault Trafic and Nissan Primastar to Sandouville could boost auto production in France. The arrival of the new generation Nissan Qashqai and BMW Mini launched in 2014, and the Infiniti Q30 should not allow British production to overtake that of France.

- Today, production capacity remains stable at 3 million in France and 2 million in Britain. Proof that utilization rate of plants in France is very low. 

  

- Currently, Volkswagen has three ranges of light commercial vehicles: the Caddy (compact segment), the Transporter (middle segment) and Crafter (top segment).

- The Crafter which is the largest and heaviest light commercial vehicle of the brand (over 2.5 tonnes) is made in partnership with the Daimler group in Düsseldorf and based on the Mercedes Sprinter.

- Both carmakers have decided to retake their independence in this segment by 2016. Consequently, the future Crafter could be based on a MAN chassis Volkswagen has collaborated with this brand for a long time.

- In Brazil, for example MAN light trucks have been renamed under the Volkswagen brand, since this name has been known in this country since the early 50s. Volkswagen also has a shareholding in MAN.

- According to reports, Volkswagen is considering building a new LCV plant in Poland and this plant would manufacture the future Crafter. The plant would have a production capacity of 100 000 vehicles per year (the current Crafter has never exceeded 50 000 units per year).

- Volkswagen already has a commercial vehicle plant in Poland (Poznan) where the Caddy is made. This plant has a production capacity of 150 000 vehicles per year and it is close to saturation.