Automotive industry in France

France was a pioneer in the automotive industry and is the 11th-largest automobile manufacturer in the world by 2015 unit production and the third-largest in Europe (after Germany and Spain).[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It had consistently been the 4th-largest from the end of World War II up to 2000.

France is home to two major automaking companies:

Additional lesser automotive manufacturers in France include:

The France-based Renault Trucks is a major producer of commercial vehicles and is owned by Volvo AB. Both PSA and Renault produce a large number of vehicles outside France. French automotive manufacturers were long dominant in francophone Africa, but beginning in the 1970s the Japanese were making inroads due to lower prices and the availability of suitable light offroad cars and trucks.[8]

French-designed cars have won the European Car of the Year and World Car of the Year awards numerous times. The Citroën DS took third place in Car of the Century award and has been named the most beautiful car of all time by Classic & Sports Car magazine.[9][10]

Production data

Vehicle production in France:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][16]

Year Unit production
1950 357,000
1960 1,369,000
1970 2,750,086
1980 3,378,433
1990 3,768,993
1999 3,180,193
2000 3,348,361
2001 3,628,418
2002 3,601,870
2003 3,620,066
2004 3,665,990
2005 3,549,008
2006 3,169,219
2007 3,019,144
2008 2,568,978
2009 2,049,762
2010 2,227,742
2011 2,242,928
2012 1,967,765
2013 1,740,220
2014 1,821,464
2015 1,970,000
2016 2,082,000
2017 2,227,000
2018 2,270,000
2019 2,202,460

Total worldwide motor vehicle production by Renault in 2010 (excluding Nissan) was 2,716,286, of which 2,395,876 were passenger vehicles. This ranked tenth among all vehicle manufacturers. Total motor vehicle production by PSA Peugeot Citroen in 2010 was 3,605,524, of which 3,214,810 passenger vehicles. This ranked eighth among all vehicle manufacturers.[1]

See also

References
  1. OICA: Production Statistics
  2. Ward's: World Motor Vehicle Data 2007. Wards Communications, Southfield MI 2007, ISBN 0910589534
  3. RITA. Table 1-23: World Motor Vehicle Production, Selected Countries
  4. La production automobile mondiale, des quatre continents et des principaux pays constructeurs, 1898-2016
  5. IMF Auto Report 2000
  6. UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA METROPOLITANA UNIDAD El sector automotriz Mexicano ante el tratado de libre comercio de america del norte, 1994
  7. Michigan Statistical Abstract 1996. Table XIV-1
  8. Thevenet, Jean-Paul, ed. (January 1977). "30 jours d'automobile" [30 days of the automobile]. L'Automobile (in French). Neuilly, France: Societé des Editions Techniques et Touristiques de France (367): 5.
  9. "This Just In: Model T Gets Award", James G. Cobb, The New York Times, December 24, 1999
  10. "1955 Citroen DS – The Most Beautiful Car of All Time". Motorcities.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-09.
  11. car history 4u http://www.carhistory4u.com/the-last-100-years/car-manufacturers-by-country/france Archived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  12. Histoire mondiale de l’automobile (in French) (Flammarion ed.). 1998. p. 18. ISBN 978-2-0801-3901-6.
  13. "Automobilia". Toutes les voitures françaises 1934 (salon [Oct] 1933). Paris: Histoire & collections. Nr. 22: 6. 2002.
  14. "Automobilia". Toutes les voitures françaises 1937 (salon [Oct] 1936). Paris: Histoire & collections. Nr. 3: 8. 2002.
  15. Oswald, Werner (2001). Deutsche Autos 1920-1945, volume 2 (in German). Motorbuch Verlag. p. 531. ISBN 3-613-02170-6.
  16. Institut national de la statistique et des etudes economiques http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/tableau.asp?reg_id=0&ref_id=NATTEF11105
  • The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 to the Present Edited by G.N. Georgano; 1968; E.P. Dutton and Company; New York, NY

Further reading
  • Laux, James Michael. In first gear: The French automobile industry to 1914. McGill-Queen's University Press. 1976. ISBN 978-0-7735-0264-2
  • Stobbs, William. Les grandes routières: France's classic grand tourers. Motorbooks International. 1990 ISBN 978-0-87938-484-5
  • Loubet, Jean-Louise. Histoire de l'automobile francaise. Seuil. ISBN 978-2-02-037618-1
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