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5.4 Source: International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA); population data by Eurostat e production of passenger cars is of great importance to the EU automotive industry Even though Member States’ economies started to recover in 2021 (EU GDP grew by 5.4%), the decline in passenger car production continued. In that year, production fell by 5.8% year-on-year, with total passenger car production reaching 10.479 million units. However, this decline was uneven across Member States, largely in uenced by the di erent levels of anti-epidemic measures taken. It was not until 2022, after several years of decline since 2017, when EU passenger car production peaked at 14.91 million cars, that production recovered, with EU passenger car production showing a 7.4% year-on-year increase, resulting in 11.25 million units. In 2023, EU passenger car production growth continued, up 11.2% from 2022. Even so, with 12,504,307 passenger cars, 2023 production was only at around 86% of 2019. Fig. 2.1: Development of passenger car production in the EU27 (million units)

Source: European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), OICA e growth of the automotive industry in recent years, even in the light of the events mentioned above, such as the economic and then pandemic crisis, has shown di erent dynamics in di erent EU Member States. France, for example, which after 2008 gradually began to lose its position as a major global automotive power, in 2019 only achieved around two-thirds of its 2007 production. is decline represented almost one million passenger cars. Italy, Belgium, Sweden and Poland saw similarly

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