Diverging strategies means Sevelnord deal will end in 2017
PSA Peugeot Citroen van making group and Fiat will not renew their Sevelnord van-making joint venture in northern France after 2017.
This means there will be no direct replacement for the current Peugeot Expert, Citroen Dispatch and Peugeot Expert models, which are built at the Valenciennes plant.
“PSA Peugeot Citroen and Fiat will continue to jointly produce vehicles at the Sevelnord plant until 2017, but the two partners have decided not to renew their joint-venture agreement after that date due to diverging product strategies,” PSA said in a statement. At present, 80% of Sevelnord