Abstract: The invention relates to a method for extending an automobile manufacturing plant in order to increase the vehicle production rate and in order to obtain a new plant from a plant some years older, wherein welding (2) and assembly (4) workshops located on an enclosed ground (10) are extended at the ground level towards the periphery of said enclosed ground from their respective former locations which are also preserved.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for extending a assembly shop in an automobile manufacturing plant in order to increase the vehicle production rate and in order to obtain a new assembly shop from a former assembly shop that is older by several years, wherein the former assembly shop includes an assembly line including a body trim portion and a vehicle assembly portion, the body trim portion including one or more existing body trim sections (1), the vehicle assembly portion including one or more vehicle assembly sections (2), wherein: several sections are added to said existing sections, the location of which at least is preserved; the added sections are not arranged as an extension of the preserved existing section(s) nor as an extension of the preserved location(s) of existing sections; and the location of the former workshop is preserved.