Stellantis will produce cars in Algeria and South Africa
- The Stellantis group achieves nearly 45% of its global sales in Europe and 28% in the United States, which means that the carmaker focuses mainly on these two regions which represent three quarters of its sales.
- The distribution of its models in China ended in failure, the carmaker now being ready – after some hesitation – to withdraw from the first world market. The distribution of its models in India, a market with a potential, has not shown any real performance so far either. On the other hand, the carmaker has stopped selling its models in Russia, following the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Finally, attempts to set up in Southeast Asia did not end in great success.
- The global situation of Stellantispush the group to invest in African markets.
- First initiative: an agreement was signed between Stellantis and the South African government to produce cars in South Africa from 2025.It is to remind that South Africa is the leading automotive market on the African continent (500,000 units in 2022 ). It is still unknown today which brands will be produced there and even less which models.
- Second initiative: an agreement was signed between Stellantis and the Algerian government to produce cars in Algeria from 2024. We know that these will be Fiat brand models: 500, 500X, Doblo, future Tipo. The production capacity of the factory located near Oran should reach 90,000 vehicles per year in 2026. It should be remembered that the Algerian market did not exceed 17,500 units in 2022, against 100,000 units in 2021, 150,000 in 2019 and 250,000 in 2015.