Production of passenger cars is currently growing faster in Central and Eastern Europe than in any other region of the world. Western Europe will see its passenger car manufacturing output rise by a meagre 2 per cent between 2002 and 2012, while North America will fare much worse with a fall of almost 15 per cent, according to the Global Insight consultancy. By contrast, Eastern Europe will register a production increase of 154 per cent in the same period.