https://phys.org/news/2019-01-opel-france-psa-buck-china.html > PSA said that without the Opel contribution, 2018 sales would have been down 12 percent despite a strong showing in Europe. > Ranked second in Europe after Germany's Volkswagen, PSA said it did well last year to increase overall sales "for a fifth consecutive year... against a background of adverse economic and geopolitical winds."