- Great Wall is one of the largest independent Chinese  carmakers along with Chery , Geely and BYD . The manufacturer has not yet signed a joint venture agreement with a foreign manufacturer , such as SAIC , FAW , Dongfeng or BAIC , while the Chinese carmaker Changan went this year from an independent manufacturer to manufacturer bound by a joint venture (with PSA) .

- Great Wall has sold 401 568 vehicles on the Chinese market in the first eight months of 2013 ( +39.3 %) , which represent a volume of 600 000 units throughout the year, to which must be added an extra 100 000 exported units ( CKD ) destined for assembly plants outside of China , such as Bulgaria or Russia.

- Great Wall therefore expects to sell 700 000 vehicles in 2013 , beating Chery , Geely and BYD that sell less than 600,000 vehicles each this year, while Great Wall is younger than its competitor manufacturers. Since 2010 , it has become China's largest manufacturer of SUVs , a category of vehicles which has made great progress in China.

- In the first eight months of 2013 , Great Wall sold 50 % of SUVs (M2 , M4, H5 , H6 ), 30% of sedans (C20 , C30 , C50 ), 20% pick-ups. The sales of the brand’s SUVs  have grown by 60 % over the year , the brand sold 30% more sedans and pick –up sales remained stable. Compared to its direct competitors , Great Wall has a full comprehensive range of vehicles.

  

- Early 2013, Renault decided not to close factories in France and revive its manufacturing operations in the country in exchange for agreements on competitiveness within the company. The manufacturer thus committed to producing in France at least 710 000 vehicles in 2016 (against 533,000 in 2012 and 987,000 in 2007).

- Today, the PSA Group istaking on a similar initiative by committing to a production of one million cars in 2016 (against 1 116 000 in 2012 and 1 425 000 in 2007) in exchange for agreements on competitiveness in the company.

- But observing the figures, we see that this commitment is to a minimal standard since it is based on a production volume  below that of 2012 and well below the numbers of 2007. Only the year 2013 will be even worse, since Inovev has calculated a production of 900,000 vehicles produced by PSA in France, extrapolation made from the figures of the first eight months of the year.

- Given the current overcapacity of the group particularly in France (according to Inovev, they would be well above 30%, even without including the Aulnay plant), it will be difficult not to close another plant before 2016, another commitment made by the group.

- PSA now has five plants, if one disregards the Aulnay plant which will cease its activity by the end of October 2013 , and is committed to maintaining these five factories in working order in 2016, with specific production targets for each of them. These objectives are provided below.