The automotive industry in Egypt has been developing for 50 years. It can sell more than 200,000 vehicles annually and is now the second-largest market in Africa and the 42nd largest in the world, with an annual production output of over 70,000 vehicles. After experiencing many failures and success, the Egyptian Automotive industry is focusing more on assembly operations rather than manufacturing.^[1]

The automotive industry is one of the most important industries in Egypt and brings many benefits for the economy. In the 1980s, EI Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company was the only giant manufacturer in the whole Egypt market. There are now 83 car-manufacturers in Egypt.^[10] It has giants like GM, BMW, Hyundai, Toyota and Nissan produce their main product line in Egypt's factories. There are more than 15 car assembly factories and 75 facilities in the country providing more than 75,000 job opportunities.^[11] It has the capacity to produce 300,000 passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks, and buses per year.^[11] Especially, It is an under-penetrated automobile market with large numbers of young population. The demand is increasing every year and has big potential.^[11] There is only an average of 35 Egyptians owning a car out of every 1000.^[11] The number in Algeria is 130 out of 1000 which is four times larger than Egypt.^[11]

However, the Egyptian pound cause the negative impact to imports of car parts due to its weakening.^[11] It made the assembly parts more expensive and cause the substantial impact on the vehicles' selling price and the cost of production and subsequently.^[11] It is difficult for domestic producers to compete with European exporters and large-scale Asian due to the small market.^[11] At the end, the existing assemblers will look for companies that have high sales volume in the country.^[11]

The Egypt government has signed the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement which allows free trade in 26 countries of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa(COMESA).^[11] It provides opportunities for Egyptian exports. The economy of Africa is increasing and the car demand is booming across the board.^[11]

1. Al Fotouh Car Assembly Company ^{[citation needed]}

2. Arab American Vehicles

A joint venture between the Arab Organization for Industrialization (51%) and the Chrysler Group LLC (49%). Producing military and civilian vehicles.^{[citation needed]}

3. El-Tramco

4. General Motors Egypt S.A.E

A joint venture between world leader, General Motors International, and the local importer and car dealer Al-Mansour Automotive Company. The factory is located in the 6th of October City.^[12]

5. Ghabbour Group

Founded in 1940, the Ghabbour Group is the largest car manufacturer in Egypt producing 150,000 units annually. The company manufactures cars for Bajaj Auto, Hyundai and Volvo.^{[citation needed]}

6. JAC Motor

JAC Motor is state-owned car manufacturer. The company was founded in 1964 and was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

7. Mercedes Egypt

Established as a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler AG in December 1999.^[13] Assembling for the Mercedes Benz vehicles.

8. Suzuki Egypt

Assembles for Suzuki passenger vehicles.^{[citation needed]}

9. Wagih Abaza Company

Assembling for the Peugeot 405.^{[citation needed]}

10. The Bavarian Auto Group

Manufactures and sells BMW vehicles. It was founded by BMW in March 2003 and is located in the 6th of October City.^{[citation needed]}

11. Speranza Motors, Ltd

An Egyptian auto manufacturer based in Maadi, Cairo It is a part of the Daewoo Motor Egypt (DME) which itself belongs to the Aboul Fotouh Group. The factory is located in the 6th October City.^{[citation needed]}

12. The Seoudi Group

An Egyptian automobile manufacturer which was founded in 1975.^{[citation needed]} The company manufactures Nissan Vehicles located in the Thai Trade Center^{[citation needed]}

13. Egyptian German Automotive Company

An Egyptian car assembler, which was founded by former Daimler-Benz CEO and Samy Saad as a joint venture to assemble vehicles of the Mercedes-Benz brand.^{[citation needed]} It is located in the 6th October City assembling Mercedes Benz vehicles.^{[citation needed]}

14. El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company

It was the first Arab vehicle manufacturer and it was state-owned.^[2] The company mainly produced the Fiat-based vehicle due to the engineering and designed problems and the company also assembled foreign licensed cars under its brand.^[2]

15. MCV Bus and Coach

A bus bodies manufacturer, founded in 2002.^{[citation needed]}

16. Egy-Tech Engineering

A three-wheeled vehicles manufacturer.^{[citation needed]}

17. Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles

An Egyptian company manufacturing buses and trucks. The factory is located in Salheya.^{[citation needed]}

18. Gorika Egypt

19. Nissan Motor Egypt ^[14]

The Egyptian automotive market is now focusing on the customer experience and provides many opportunities for some parts.^[15] Geographical diversification model is one of the most important strategies for automobile manufacturers to stay competitive and profitable.^[15] All the giant companies in Egypt are focusing on self driving technology.^[15] The government encourages the development of the automotive industry.^[15] However, it is expensive to invest in environmental pollution regulation.^[15]