German carmakers are well ahead of French carmakers
Inovev compared the evolution of the global production volume of French carmakers with that of the production volume of German carmakers from 2010 to 2024. It is first necessary to clearly define what is meant by "French carmakers" and "German carmakers".
1. French carmakers:
In addition to the major historical French carmakers, Renault and PSA Peugeot-Citroën, we must add their acquisitions such as Dacia (1999), Nissan (1999), Samsung (2000), Avtovaz (2011) for Renault, Chrysler Europe (1978), GM Europe (2017) for PSA. The PSA-FCA merger in 2021 is taken into account by Inovev, as Stellantis is a group with strong French (and also Italian) influence. Stellantis could also be considered a 50% French and 50% Italian group.
In addition to the major historical French carmakers, Renault and PSA Peugeot-Citroën, we must add their acquisitions such as Dacia (1999), Nissan (1999), Samsung (2000), Avtovaz (2011) for Renault, Chrysler Europe (1978), GM Europe (2017) for PSA. The PSA-FCA merger in 2021 is taken into account by Inovev, as Stellantis is a group with strong French (and also Italian) influence. Stellantis could also be considered a 50% French and 50% Italian group.
2. German carmakers:
In addition to the major historical German carmakers, Volkswagen, Mercedes and BMW, we must add their acquisitions such as Audi (1965), Seat (1986), Skoda (1991), Bentley (1998), Lamborghini (1998), Porsche (2012) for Volkswagen, Smart (1998) for Mercedes, Mini (1994), Rover (1994), Rolls-Royce (2003) for BMW.
In addition to the major historical German carmakers, Volkswagen, Mercedes and BMW, we must add their acquisitions such as Audi (1965), Seat (1986), Skoda (1991), Bentley (1998), Lamborghini (1998), Porsche (2012) for Volkswagen, Smart (1998) for Mercedes, Mini (1994), Rover (1994), Rolls-Royce (2003) for BMW.
Implementing this definition here, we observe that German carmakers have gradually gone from a volume of 16 million vehicles produced each year between 2017 and 2019 to 13.5 million in 2024. For French carmakers, the situation is even worse, since their production volume has gone from 14 million units in 2017-2018 to 8.5 million in 2024. Despite the contribution of FCA in 2021, French carmakers lost Avtovaz in 2022 and Nissan in 2023.