Car manufacturing plants in mexico map

Car manufacturing plants in mexico map

With a population of more than 4.4 million (2010 est.), Mexico is one of the most populous countries in the Americas. Over the last century, the country has been a center of the automotive industry and, consequently, of the heavy motorization of its inhabitants.

Mexico’s first national automobile factory was founded in 1899 in the city of Santiago de Querétaro, in the state of Querétaro. During its first decades, the plant only manufactured engines.

The automobile industry remained relatively stagnant through the 1970s, but the advent of the fuel crisis and the increasing demand for petroleum from developing countries led to a period of expansion in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Mexico was one of the leading countries in the global production of automobiles in the 1980s, with the Volkswagen Santana and the Nissan Sunny representing the country’s first international breakthrough.

Mexico became the second largest car market in the world in 1990, surpassed only by Brazil and surpassing the United States for the first time. By the end of the 1990s, however, Mexico was the fifth largest producer and a top-5 importer of automobiles, due mainly to the entry of Japanese and Korean manufacturers and the increasing demand of the Mexican-born Mexican middle class.

In 2003, the United States and Mexico signed a trade agreement known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which includes a number of provisions that benefit the automotive industry. In particular, the agreement provides for the mutual opening of the automotive markets of Mexico and the United States.

Mexico was ranked the second most populous automobile manufacturer in the world by the IHS Global Auto Intelligence Team in 2010.

Automobile manufacturers in Mexico have enjoyed a great period of prosperity during the past decade, due mainly to the increasing demand of Mexican-born buyers from the United States.

The Mexican auto industry was one of the major contributors to the country’s economy in the 1980s. By the end of the decade, Mexico was second in the world in terms of total production of automobiles (1.26 million units) and was among the largest producers of light trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs), particularly in the United States.

Mexico was one of the leading countries in the global production of automobiles in the 1980s, with the Volkswagen Santana and the Nissan Sunny representing the country’s first international breakthrough.

Mexico was the second largest car market in the world in 1990, surpassed only by Brazil and surpassing the United States for the first time. By the end of the 1990s, however, Mexico was the fifth largest producer and a top-5 importer of automobiles, due mainly to the entry of Japanese and Korean manufacturers and the increasing demand of the Mexican-born Mexican middle class.

In 2003, the United States and Mexico signed a trade agreement known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), that took effect on January 1, 1994. Since then, Mexico has been granted full membership to NAFTA and, as a result, the Mexican auto industry has enjoyed a dramatic increase in demand from the United States and Canada.

Due to their large market share in North America, Mexico is also an important part of the global automotive industry.

The Mexican automotive industry is now one of the most advanced in the world. In 2012, Mexico introduced its first fully imported large-size vehicle, the Volkswagen Amarok, the best-selling vehicle in the world in 2012 with 2.7 million units produced. The Volkswagen Gol was the first fully imported pick-up truck produced by a foreign company.

The most recent large-size vehicle produced in Mexico was the Ford F-150, one of the most popular full-size pickups in the world. In 2016, Mexico is expected to introduce its first mass-produced electric car, the Kia EnerG-e.

Production plants

The most important plants are those in the city of Puebla (2/3 of the total):

Chihuahua: Tepic

Durango: General Motors

Guadalajara: Chrysler

Mexico City: Mercedes-Benz and Daimler Trucks

Mazatlán: Ford

Monterrey: PSA Peugeot Citroën, Chrysler

Queretaro: Daimler Trucks

San Luis Potosí: Chrysler

Tijuana: Chrysler

Torreón: GMC Truck and Mercedes-Benz

Tula: Chrysler

Some of the major assembly plants are:

Chihuahua: Fiat Auto Tepic Assembly

Mexico City: Volkswagen

Tijuana: Volkswagen, Chrysler

Durango: Hyundai

Guadalajara: Peugeot

Quintana Roo: Renault, Ford, Mitsubishi

Rio Tinto Mine: General Motors, Volkswagen, Hyundai, Chrysler, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Foton

Derudover producerer Pemex' datterselskab også:

San Luis Potosí: Honda

Brancheforeninger

Bilindustrien i Mexico består af:

Asociación Mexicana de Fabricantes de Vehículos Automóticos (AMVSA),

Asociación Mexicana de Fabricantes de VEHICULOS (AMVV),

Comisión Mexicana de Vehiculos Electrónicos y de Tecnología de la Comunicación (Cemtec),

Federación Mexicana de Productores de Autopartes (FEMPA),

Federación Mexicana de Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (FEMPeqe).

Referencer

eksterne links

Køretøjer på MexicanAutomotive.com.mx

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