Stellantis May Shift Car Production from Spain to Morocco, Sparking Industry Concerns

Spain fears that Stellantis will relocate the production of the Citroën C4 from its Villaverde plant to Morocco where labor is cheaper compared to Europe. In the kingdom, a worker in a factory does not earn more than 600 euros per month, says El Debate, noting that this country has become the eldorado for many automakers looking to reduce their production costs.

Automakers are increasingly fleeing Europe also due to the very restrictive legislation on emissions, which is not the case in Morocco or Turkey. This rush of automakers to these two countries has led to an increase in Morocco’s production of more than 12% per year, reaching 500,000 units last year. With this performance, the kingdom has become the largest car producer in Africa.

As for Turkey, it produced nearly 1.5 million cars in 2024, a little more than the previous year. This figure is approaching the 2.3 million units that Spain produced last year. This country fell from eighth to ninth place in the global ranking of car producers last year. This year, Spanish production has already fallen by more than 15%, we are informed.

A situation that will certainly benefit Morocco or Turkey. Several Chinese brands are already considering manufacturing cars in one of these two countries, as European manufacturers such as Ford, Toyota, Renault, Stellantis or Renault have already done.