Peugeot CEO: Europe Auto Market To Grow 1%-2% Over Next 10 Years
03 Giugno 2010 - 7:13PM
Dow Jones News
Europe's automobile market has stabilized and is likely to grow
by only 1% to 2% annually on average over the next 10 years, PSA
Peugeot-Citroen (UG.FR) Chief Executive Philippe Varin said
Thursday.
Addressing the World Investment Conference, Varin said the
sluggish growth expected in Europe means Peugeot-Citroen will rely
on countries outside Europe to drive sales growth.
European automobile sales are expected to contract between 9%
and 10% this year, after a 5% fall in 2009, Varin said. "Asia is
going to be the place to be," he added.
France's leading automotive group is gearing up for a major push
into fast-growing markets, notably with the creation of a new range
of entry-level cars specifically engineered for consumers in Asia,
Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
"European car makers have to work better together" to develop
technology for environmentally friendly vehicles, he said. "Daimler
(DAI.XE) and Renault (RNO.FR) are teaming up and we have good
strong cooperation with BMW (BMW.XE) in gasoline engines and we can
expand it," he said.
He said unlike auto maker competitors in Japan, the U.S. and
probably China too who benefit from funding for research and
development, European car makers don't have real access to European
Union funding.
-By David Pearson, Dow Jones Newswires; +33140171740,
david.pearson@dowjones.com
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