PSA-Mitsubishi plant in Kaluga could become 100% Mitsubishi
- Starting in 2010, the Kaluga automotive plant in Russia, owned 50% by PSA and 50% by Mitsubishi, produced a total of 36,000 PSA cars and 9,000 Mitsubishi cars in 2011, but since that date, the production volume of PSA Group cars has collapsed: only 5,000 cars produced in 2015, less than 4,000 in 2016 and less than 3,000 in 2017. At this rate, the production of PSA Group cars (Citroën C4 and Peugeot 408) could cease before 2020.
- Mitsubishi production, on the other hand, increased, up to 33,000 units in 2014, before falling to 14,000 in 2016 and less than 12,000 in 2017 (still four times more than PSA).
- In total, PSA has produced 135,000 cars since the construction of the Kaluga plant and Mitsubishi 115,000, which is very far from the capacity of the plant and the objectives of both manufacturers.
- Given that Mitsubishi has recently been bought by the Renault-Nissan group and that the links between PSA and Mitsubishi will be phased out over time (scheduled end of the collaboration in the field of electric cars and SUVs ), it is possible that the Kaluga plant would be abandoned by PSA and taken over by Mitsubishi (to concentrate on the manufacture of its SUV), or closed.
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