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It Has Motorized the DeLorean, Peugeot and Citroën: the Douvrin Plant in Stellantis Will Definitely Stop

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From the DeLorean of "Back to the Future" to the Peugeot 205 and Citroën C15. Many cars shared the same mechanical heart. Their common point was in a discreet place in Pas-de-Calais: the Douvrin factory. Former French Mechanics, it has supplied engines to the whole of Europe for more than fifty years. Stellantis has just confirmed the end of the story. The last thermal motors will come out of the lines on 24 July. The final closure, scheduled fo…
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From the DeLorean of "Back to the Future" to the Peugeot 205 and Citroën C15. Many cars shared the same mechanical heart. Their common point was in a discreet place in Pas-de-Calais: the Douvrin factory. Former French Mechanics, it has supplied engines to the whole of Europe for more than fifty years. Stellantis has just confirmed the end of the story. The last thermal motors will come out of the lines on 24 July. The final closure, scheduled fo…

In the mining basin of Pas-de-Calais, an iconic factory is about to cut its engines permanently. Founded in 1969 under the name of French Mechanics, the Douvrin factory will stop on 30 October 2026. The date of end of production of the thermal engines was confirmed during an extraordinary CSE meeting on Thursday morning. In just over half a century, more than 40 million engines were born there. From the V6 PRV of the DeLorean from "Back to the F…

The end of the production of thermal motors in Douvrin (Pas-de-Calais), announced a year ago by Stellantis, will be effective on 30 October, said the car manufacturer Thursday. The date, which was not known mem...

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NotreTemps.com broke the news on Thursday, July 16, 2026.
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