The Nissan Qashqai remains the most produced car in the UK in 2025
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The Nissan Qashqai remains the most produced car in the UK in 2025
- Based on production figures calculated for the first 11 months of 2025, Inovev estimated the production volume of each model worldwide for the entire year. Here is the Top 20 by model (passenger cars + light utility vehicles) for the United Kingdom, which produced 780 000 vehicles last year, a 13% decrease compared to 2024, due to the closure of the Luton plant (Stellantis) in the first half of the year and the Jaguar plant in the second half.
- The Nissan Qashqai (C-segment SUV) remains the most produced car in the UK in 2025, with 173,037 units produced (official figures), ahead of the Mini One (B-segment hatchback), the Nissan Juke (B-segment SUV), and the Toyota Corolla (C-segment hatchback). Japanese carmakers therefore still hold a significant share of UK production (48% of British production in 2025), despite Honda's departure in 2021.
- Next come the five Land Rover SUVs (Range Rover Sport, Range Rover, Range Evoque, Range Velar, Discovery Sport) which precede the Jaguar F-Pace SUV and the Stellantis group's light utility vehicles, those produced at the Luton site until March 2025 and those produced at the Ellesmere Port site until December 2025. After March 2025, the LUVs that were produced at Luton are produced at the Hordain site in France.
- Jaguar sedans, as well as the F-Type coupe and convertible, were discontinued at the end of 2024. But a small part of British production remains dedicated to luxury cars, such as Aston Martin, Bentley, or Rolls-Royce.
The VW Tiguan is the most produced car in Germany in 2025
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The VW Tiguan is the most produced car in Germany in 2025
- Based on production figures calculated for the first 11 months of 2025, Inovev estimated the production volume of each model worldwide for the entire year. Here is the Top 20 by model (passenger cars + light utility vehicles) for Germany, which produced a total of 4.15 million vehicles last year, a slight increase (+2%) compared to 2024.
- According to Inovev, the Volkswagen Tiguan (C-segment SUV) is the most produced model in Germany in 2025, with more than 250,000 units produced, ahead of the Volkswagen Golf (C-segment hatchback) which thus loses its long-held leadership position.
- While the Tiguan is gaining ground, the Golf is losing ground, which could mean that some Golf customers have switched to the Tiguan. Behind these two Volkswagen stars, we find two premium SUVs: the BMW X1 (C-segment SUV) and the Mercedes GLC (D-segment SUV). Next come two premium sedans: the Audi A3 (C-segment sedan) and the Audi A5 (D-segment sedan), which replaces both the previous-generation Audi A4 and A5, explaining this model's strong position in 2025.
- In seventh place is the Tesla Model Y (D-segment SUV), which saw a 32% drop in sales in 2025 compared to 2024, and lost four places compared to the previous year. Next come eight premium models, including four BMWs (1 Series, 5 Series, 3 Series, X2), three Mercedes (E-Class, Sprinter, GLA), and one Porsche (Macan). It's worth noting that the BMW 3 Series (D-segment sedan), a former star of the Top 10, has lost considerable influence, as has the Mercedes C-Class, which doesn't even appear in the Top 20. Further down the list, the Ford Focus, nearing the end of its production run, is only sixteenth, but it's ahead of the Audi Q2 and the top three electric cars in the Top 20: the Audi Q6, VW ID.3, and VW ID.7. The ID.7 has overtaken the ID.4, which has dropped out of the Top 20.
FAW acquires 5% of Leapmotor's capital
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FAW acquires 5% of Leapmotor's capital
- Chinese carmaker FAW, which assembles Volkswagen vehicles in its Chinese factories and owns the premium brand Hongqi (currently boasting 17 different models), will acquire a 5% stake in its compatriot Leapmotor, a company specializing in battery electric vehicles. Stellantis already owns 20% of Leapmotor.
- FAW and Leapmotor may collaborate on the design of future models. This initiative could also be viewed as a strategy to balance the shareholders between Chinese and non-Chinese, which will allow Leapmotor to consolidate the position of a small but rapidly growing carmaker. Leapmotor produced 536,000 cars in China during the first 11 months of 2025, double the volume of the first 11 months of 2024, making it one of the most dynamic Chinese carmakers. Leapmotor also aims to sell one million cars in 2026, doubling its 2025 volume once again, and is targeting four million cars sold by 2035—the same as BYD's current production, with 10% of those sales expected to be outside of China.
- These figures are extremely ambitious, but BYD has become the world's fifth largest car carmaker in just a few years.
- Leapmotor, which already has seven models on the Chinese market (the A-segment T03 sedan, the C-segment B01 sedan, the D-segment C01 sedan, the C-segment B10 SUV, the D-segment C10 SUV, the D-segment C11 SUV, and the D-segment C16 SUV), has announced the launch next year of two new models: the D19 SUV and the D99 minivan. These will become the brand's most expensive models, thus targeting premium brands for the first time.
The Toyota Yaris Cross remains the most produced car in France in 2025
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The Toyota Yaris Cross remains the most produced car in France in 2025
- Based on production figures for the first 11 months of 2025, Inovev estimated the production volume of each model worldwide for the entire year. Here is the Top 20 by model (passenger cars + light utility vehicles) for France, which produced a total of 1.5 million vehicles last year, a slight increase compared to 2024.
- The Toyota Yaris Cross (a B-segment SUV based on the Yaris) remains the most produced car in France for the fourth consecutive year. Unlike the Toyota Yaris (a B-segment hatchback), which is produced at two different plants in Europe (France and the Czech Republic), the Toyota Yaris Cross is produced at a single European plant, the French plant in Onnaing, in the Hauts-de-France region. Last year, 212,539 units of this model were produced (official figures from Toyota).
- The Toyota Yaris Cross leads the Peugeot 3008 (C-segment SUV), which retains second place with 160,243 units in 2025 (official figures). Three Renault light utility vehicles follow: the Kangoo, Trafic, and Master. It's worth noting that light utility vehicle production has represented around 40% of total car production in France for several years, which explains the strong performance of the three Renault LUVs, market leaders in their respective segments.
- While the Renault Clio (B-segment hatchback) is projected to be the best-selling car in France in 2025, it doesn't appear in the top 20 French-produced cars because it's produced in Turkey. However, the Renault 5 (B-segment hatchback) is projected to be the sixth most produced car in France in 2025 because it's produced exclusively in France. The Renault 5 was also the best-selling battery electric car in France in 2025. The Toyota Yaris is seventh, ahead of the Opel Mokka, Peugeot 308, and Peugeot 5008.
NIO has become a group made up of three different brands
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NIO has become a group made up of three different brands
- The Chinese carmaker NIO was founded in 2016, but its first commercially available model dates back to 2018. NIO designs, produces, and markets premium electric vehicles; in fact, it was one of the first Chinese carmakers to venture into this type of vehicle. NIO has also entered the battery charging infrastructure market. NIO operates a battery swapping system and more than 1,500 battery swapping stations in China. This system allows for the rapid replacement of a depleted battery with a charged one, rather than recharging the vehicle at a charging station, which can take many hours. Despite this technological advantage, NIO has not managed to outsell its main competitors. For the first 11 months of 2025, the NIO brand produced 151,149 electric cars in China and therefore expects to produce approximately 165,000 vehicles for the entire year.
- The current range consists of seven different models : NIO ET5 (D-segment sedan, BEV, 4.79 m long, 61,386 units over 11 months to 2025), NIO ET7 (E-segment sedan, BEV, 5.10 m long, 2,630 units), NIO ET9 (F-segment sedan, BEV, 5.32 m long, 3,268 units), NIO EC6 (E-segment SUV, BEV, 4.85 m long, 16,489 units), NIO EC7 (E-segment SUV, BEV, 4.97 m long, 890 units), NIO ES6 (D-segment SUV, BEV, 4.85 m long, 40,427 units), NIO ES8 (E-segment SUV, BEV, 5.10 m long, 26,059 units).
- The NIO brand has been steadily growing since 2018. Its production volume in China increased from 11,348 units in 2018 to 20,565 in 2019, 43,728 in 2020, 91,429 in 2021, 122,486 in 2022, 160,038 in 2023, and 221,970 in 2024. In 2025, the production volume of the NIO brand is estimated at 165,000 units, to which must be added 125,000 Onvo (a new brand of the NIO group) and 40,000 Firefly (another new brand of the NIO group), thus totaling 330,000 units for the entire NIO group.
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