- The Opel plant in Zaragoza, Spain will have produced less than 240 000 vehicles in 2013 (the objectives of the manufacturer were 280 000), which is one of the worst figures registered by the plant over the past twenty years. But the site of Zaragoza should bounce back next year as Opel has provided a considerable recovery plan including the arrival of new models, including models from abroad.

- The carmaker plans to produce 480 000 units in 2017 (Inovev estimates 420 000 units), in other words double the production in four years. To achieve such a volume, Opel has scheduled the arrival of the Mokka mini-SUV in 2014, the new generation Meriva in 2016 and the new generation Corsa in 2017 coupled with the production of the new generation Citroën C3 Picasso in 2016 (transferred from the PSA plant of Trnava to Zaragoza, thanks to the recent agreement between GM and PSA).

- En 2014, Opel therefore foresees the Zaragoza production at 20 000 units  for the Mokka, 60 000 for the Meriva, 145 000 (5 door) Corsa, 35 000 (3 door) Corsa, transferred from the German Eisenach plant where they were exclusively manufactured, to the Spanish plant of Zaragoza. And 25 000 redesigned Corsa (Their launch is programmed for 2014), in other words 285 000 vehicles in total.

- It won't be before 2015 that the activity of the Spanish site will take a real boom in production with the rise of the face lifted  Mokka and Corsa ,  and then in 2016 with the arrival of new generation Meriva and Citroen C3 Picasso.

  

- South Korea is the fourth largest car market in Asia (behind China, Japan and India) with just under 1.2 million passenger cars sold in the first 11 months of 2013.

- In a particularly dynamic continent (thanks to China and the ASEAN countries ),  Korean market is almost stable in 2013 compared to 2012 (-0.24%). Foreign carmakers progress versus Korean carmakers (Hyundai-Kia, Renault Samsung, GM Korea and SsangYong Motor) with a growth of nearly 10% and a market share of 12%.

- Local carmakers suffer from cumulative effects of the late renewal of Korean carmakers vehicles range and delay in production, a consequence of strikes at Hyundai and Kia.

- Nevertheless, the market is still dominated by the Hyundai-Kia Group, which holds nearly 70% market share, followed by Chevrolet (formerly Daewoo, 9.4%), Ssangyong (4.8%) and Renault-Samsung (4.3%)

- The analysis by segment  and body type highlights the predominance of D segment (41,7%)  and C segment (28,7%). The market is divided into sedans (66% of body type), followed by SUV (22.8%), what is higher than what we can see in China or in Europe (around 16% for both zones).

- By models, the Kia Picanto, city car of the A segment, is the second best-selling vehicle behind the Hyundai Elantra,
a sedan of the C segment.