Valladolid Automotive Plants
automobile manufacturer
The Valladolid Automotive Plants are a cluster of three automotive plants in Valladolid, Castile and León, in northwestern Spain. Two of the plants are operated by Renault España, with the third operated by Horse Powertrain.
History
In response to Spanish government limits on imports of completed cars, Renault established in 1951 the Spanish FASA (Fabricacion de Automoviles SA) company which built a plant at Valladolid for the assembly of Renault 4CV cars using components imported from France. In 1953, the first year of production, 707 cars emerged from the plant. By 1958, annual output had risen to 7,547 units.
The company first produced complete engines in Spain in 1961: by this time the principal model produced at Valladolid was the Dauphine. Production levels continued increasing, with the plant producing 14,537 Dauphines in 1961.
1965 saw the amalgamation of the production business, FASA, with Renault's Spanish distribution company, SAEAR (Société Anonyme Espagnole des Automobiles Renault), which had originally been created in 1908 to distribute cars imported from France, long before import restrictions persuaded the company to create its assembly facility at Valladolid.
By 1971, production had increased to 110,255 vehicles, including most of the company's smaller mainstream models such as the Renault 8 and Renault 4. The Renault 5 was added to the plant's production line in 1972, triggering a further expansion of FASA output.
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