Stellantis will reduce its production capacity by 800,000 vehicles per year in Europe
- Stellantis Group management announced its 2026-2030 strategy at a press conference on Thursday, May 21, 2026 . The carmaker plans to reduce its European production capacity by 800,000 vehicles per year by 2030 (i.e., 15% of its European production capacity) and could sell or share four of its European plants currently experiencing significant overcapacity, such as Rennes (France), Cassino (Italy), Villaverde (Spain) and Eisenach (Germany).
- The carmaker is counting in particular on its Chinese partners Leapmotor and Dongfeng to saturate some of its factories, such as those in Rennes (with the help of Dongfeng ) and Villaverde (with the help of Leapmotor ).
- We have known since last year that Stellantis could saturate another factory, the one in Zaragoza (Spain), thanks to the help of Leapmotor which would produce several of its models there.
- Stellantis management also indicated that future investments would primarily go towards the four brands that achieve the largest sales volumes within the group, namely Peugeot, Fiat, Jeep and Ram.
- The ten other brands that will receive less investment will be limited to a specific region. Finally, low-volume brands like DS and Lancia will come under the direct control of Citroën and Fiat respectively, meaning they will lose their independence due to sales deemed too low.
- The Maserati case remains open as BYD could make an offer as early as this year to acquire this luxury brand.