The Poissy plant could no longer produce vehicles after 2028
- Built by Ford in 1939, sold to SIMCA in 1954 then redeveloped and enlarged several times until producing 500,000 vehicles per year in the early 1970s under the supervision of the American group Chrysler, resold to the PSA Peugeot-Citroën group in 1978. The Poissy plant is today belonging to Stellantis (since the merger of PSA with FCA in 2021) but largely underused, its production volume having gradually decreased from 330,000 vehicles in 2005 to 200,000 in 2010, 100,000 in 2018 and 20,000 in 2020, during the Covid crisis. At this level, the Poissy plant seemed doomed, but one last chance was granted in the form of the arrival in 2021 of the Opel Mokka, a B-segment SUV built on the same platform as the DS 3, the only model produced at this plant in 2020.
- The success of the Opel Mokka was unfortunately short-lived and its production volume, which reached a peak of 108,500 units in 2022, declined from 2023. This model is scheduled to end its commercial career in 2028. Beyond that, no new model is planned to be produced at the Poissy plant (nor even the replacement for the DS 3 planned for 2026), which could ultimately become a circular economy plant, like the Renault plant in Flins, or a real estate complex incorporating a large football stadium to replace the Parc des Princes, which is located in the 16th district of Paris.
- Whichever scenario is adopted, the Poissy plant will cease producing cars in 2028, 89 years after its inauguration by Ford.
- The question is whether the models currently produced there (Opel Mokka and DS 3) will be replaced by new generations, and where they would be produced if these models were replaced. For the moment, no answer is possible, especially since the longevity of the DS brand is far from secured, according to Inovev.