Stellantis Boosts Citroën Output on Affordable Car Demand

Stellantis NV is raising production of Citroëns thanks to higher-than-expected demand for the C3 city car with the French brand overcoming quality snags and gaps in the product pipeline.

The manufacturer will as of next year produce an additional 40,000 C3s annually in Kragujevac, Serbia, bringing output of the urban vehicle and its C3 Aircross SUV sister version to 300,000, said the brand’s Chief Executive Officer Xavier Chardon. So far, the vehicles were only assembled at scale in the group’s Trnava plant in Slovakia.