Automotive industry in Spain

In 2015 Spain produced 2.7 million cars which made it the 8th largest automobile producer country in the world and the 2nd largest car manufacturer in Europe after Germany. The forecast as of 2016 was to produce a total of 2.8 million vehicles from which about 80% is for export. During the first half of 2016, with exports valued over 24,000 million euros over that period, the automotive industry accounted for 18.9% of the total Spanish exports.

In 2016, the automotive industry was generating 8.7 percent of Spain's gross domestic product, employing about nine percent of workers in the manufacturing industry.

In all, there are 13 factories located in Spain. which are supported by a thriving local car components industry, including rapidly growing Spanish multinationals such as Gestamp Automoción or Grupo Antolin. The main manufacturers established in the country are Daimler AG (manufacturing plant in Vitoria), Ford (its plant located in Almussafes is Ford's biggest in Europe),General Motors (Figueruelas), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles-IVECO (Valladolid), Nissan (Barcelona), PSA Peugeot Citroen (Vigo), Renault (with plants in Palencia and other Spanish locations), SEAT (Martorell), Volkswagen (Pamplona).

From these production plants, as of 2016 the two biggest by volume are the ones of SEAT in Martorell and PSA in Vigo.

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