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Peugeot to Keep Building Cars in Spain

Peugeot seguirá fabricando coches en España

Sep 29, 20261 min readGraded Spanish · word-by-word audio

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Peugeot es una marca de coches francesa. Pero en España, mucha gente la considera casi española. ¿Por qué? Porque Peugeot tiene una larga historia en España. Sus coches se venden muy bien aquí.

El CEO de Peugeot, Alain Favey, confirma una buena noticia. La próxima generación del Partner y del 2008 se fabricará en la planta de Vigo. También el 208 y el nuevo e-208 se producirán en Zaragoza. Así, habrá dos modelos en Vigo y dos modelos en Zaragoza.

Stellantis, el grupo dueño de Peugeot, tiene un gran plan para España. Va a invertir más de 5.000 millones de euros. Una parte de este dinero es para coches eléctricos en Vigo y Zaragoza. Favey está muy contento con el trabajo de las fábricas españolas.

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Watch out, English speaker

Spanish uses ir + a + infinitive for near-future plans, while English often uses 'going to' or the present progressive. English speakers may wrongly reach for the Spanish simple future (invertirá) in casual speech, but ir a + infinitive is the natural everyday choice. Example: Va a invertir means 'It is going to invest,' not 'It will invest' in tone. Spanish verbs like fabricar, invertir, and generar are used with the same subject as English, but learners often forget that fabricar is a regular -ar verb while invertir is stem-changing (e > ie). English has no stem changes, so speakers may say invirte instead of invierte. Watch the third-person forms: invierte, invierten. Spanish nouns carry gender, and car vocabulary is no exception: la marca, la planta, la generación, el modelo. English speakers often drop the article or use the wrong one, saying 'marca es' instead of 'la marca es.' Also, planta means 'plant/factory' here, not 'plant' as in a vegetable, which can cause confusion. Spanish adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun, unlike English. Contento becomes contenta, contentos, contentas depending on who is happy. English speakers may leave it invariable, saying 'ella está contento' instead of 'contenta.' The same applies to eléctrico: coches eléctricos, but una parte eléctrica.

Key vocabulary

marcaf.
brand
“Peugeot es una marca de coches francesa.”— Peugeot is a French car brand.
Pattern marca de coches car brand
Compare firma brand/company
Plural: marcas
💡 marca also means 'mark', as in marca de agua watermark
fabricarv.
to manufacture, to make
“La marca quiere seguir fabricando en el país.”— The brand wants to keep manufacturing in the country.
Pattern fabricar coches manufacture cars
Compare producir produce
yo fabrico, tú fabricas, él fabrica
💡 fábrica (factory) and fabricar share the same root; remember 'manufacture in a factory'
generaciónf.
generation
“La próxima generación del Partner se fabricará en Vigo.”— The next generation of the Partner will be made in Vigo.
Pattern próxima generación next generation
Compare versión version
Plural: generaciones
💡 from Latin generare (to produce), same root as generar
plantaf.
plant, factory
“Se fabricará en la planta de Vigo.”— It will be made at the Vigo plant.
Pattern planta de Vigo Vigo factory
Compare fábrica factory
Plural: plantas
💡 planta also means 'plant' and 'floor'; pay attention to context to distinguish
invertirv.
to invest
“Va a invertir más de 5.000 millones de euros.”— It is going to invest more than 5,000 million euros.
Pattern invertir dinero invest money
Compare financiar fund
yo invierto, tú inviertes, él invierte
💡 inversión (investment) is the noun form; note the e→ie stem change
eléctricoadj.
electric
“Una parte del dinero es para coches eléctricos.”— Part of the money is for electric cars.
Pattern coche eléctrico electric car
Feminine: eléctrica, plural: eléctricos/eléctricas
💡 same root as electricidad (electricity); note the stress on lé
contentoadj.
happy, pleased
“Favey está muy contento con el trabajo.”— Favey is very happy with the work.
Pattern estar contento con to be satisfied with
Compare satisfecho satisfied
Feminine: contenta, plural: contentos/contentas
💡 use estar rather than ser, because it indicates a 'current state'
modelom.
model
“Habrá dos modelos en Vigo.”— There will be two models in Vigo.
Pattern dos modelos two models
Compare versión version
Plural: modelos
💡 modelo can also mean 'model' (person); pay attention to context to distinguish

Grammar spotlight

ir a + infinitive (near future)

This structure means 'going to do something' and is formed with the conjugated form of ir + a + infinitive. It is more common than the future tense, especially in everyday spoken Spanish.

“Va a invertir más de 5.000 millones de euros.”— It will invest more than 5 billion euros.

⚠️ Don't forget the 'a' in the middle. You can't say 'va invertir'; you must say 'va a invertir'.

Sentence patterns to steal

Peugeot es una marca de coches francesa.
Peugeot is a French car brand.
[subject] es una marca de [product] [nationality]You can replace the brand name, product type, and nationality.
La próxima generación del Partner y del 2008 se fabricará en la planta de Vigo.
The next generation of the Partner and the 2008 will be manufactured at the Vigo plant.
La próxima generación de [product] se fabricará en [place]You can replace the product name and the place.
Favey está muy contento con el trabajo de las fábricas españolas.
Favey is very pleased with the work of the Spanish factories.
[person] está muy contento/a con [thing]You can replace the person and the thing they are pleased with.

Peugeot's Deep Roots in Spain

Peugeot's history in Spain goes back to the 20th century. The Vigo plant is one of Spain's major car manufacturing centers, producing several best-selling models. The Figueruelas plant in Zaragoza is also a key Stellantis base in Spain. Spain has become Europe's second-largest car producer.

Source: Wikipedia/Stellantis official information

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