France 1986: Renault Supercinq edges out Peugeot 205

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France 1986: Renault Supercinq edges out Peugeot 205

January 23rd, 1987 matgasnier Leave a comment Go to comments

Renault Supercinq

* See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to STAC *

New car sales in France are back in shape, up 9% this year to 1,909,304 registrations. Both the Renault Supercinq and Peugeot 205 have reached their cruising speed and both models deliver exceptional results. The Supercinq ends the year as the best-selling car in France for the first time with 219,570 sales and a very strong 11.5% share. It delivered what would remain its highest ever monthly share at 13.7% in March and has ranked #1 for 8 out of 12 months.

Peugeot 205

The Peugeot 205 is slightly lower than last year given the Supercinq competition but still delivers an impressive 205,860 sales and 10.8%, peaking at 12.7% in August and ranking #1 for 3 months.

Renault 21

A new entrant shook the ranking this year, the Renault 21. Launched in March, it hit a massive 10.5% market share in June, threatened the Supercinq and 205 for the first place most of the year to finish 3rd at 145,107 units and 7.6%. It may even have ranked 1st in May but I don’t have official figures for that month (if you do please get in touch!). The Citroen BX is down one spot to #4 but still solid at 124,105 sales and 6.5%, it hit its highest monthly share ever in August at 8.9%. That figure is still today the highest monthly share achieved by any Citroen model since at least 1980 (so 31 years…!)

Citroen BX

For its first full year of sales the Peugeot 309 ranks 6th at 91,646 units and 4.8%, slightly under expectations, while the Renault 25 is still strong at #7 with 3.6%. There are 3 foreign models in the Top 10 (a first) led by the Opel Corsa at #8 (2.6%) followed by the VW Golf and Fiat Uno (both at 2.3%).

Previous year: see the 1985 France Top 172 best-selling French models here.

Full Year 1986 Top 100, Monthly Top 10 Ranking Tables and every model sales below.

You can check out the sales of every model sold in France in 1986 at the very bottom of the article.

You can check out every monthly market share for the Top 10 best-selling French models in 1986 here:

France 1986:

Pos	Model	1986	%	86/85	1985	%	Pos
1	Renault Supercinq	219,570	11.5%	19%	184,218	10.4%	2
2	Peugeot 205	205,860	10.8%	-9%	226,974	12.9%	1
3	Renault 21	145,107	7.6%	new	0	0.0%	-
4	Citroen BX	124,105	6.5%	1%	123,164	7.0%	3
5	Renault 11	95,465	5.0%	-18%	116,128	6.6%	4
6	Peugeot 309	91,646	4.8%	334%	21,114	1.2%	21
7	Renault 25	68,735	3.6%	-17%	82,696	4.7%	5
8	Opel Corsa	49,642	2.6%	11%	44,742	2.5%	9
9	VW Golf	43,935	2.3%	6%	41,323	2.3%	10
10	Fiat Uno	43,910	2.3%	41%	31,234	1.8%	15
11	Ford Fiesta	42,959	2.2%	-7%	46,359	2.6%	7
12	Citroen Visa	42,005	2.2%	-15%	49,266	2.8%	6
13	Ford Escort	39,141	2.1%	2%	38,252	2.2%	12
14	Peugeot 505	34,368	1.8%	3%	33,430	1.9%	13
15	Peugeot 305	32,458	1.7%	-20%	40,468	2.3%	11
16	Ford Sierra	29,594	1.5%	-2%	30,281	1.7%	16
17	VW Polo	28,639	1.5%	7%	26,736	1.5%	18
18	Fiat Panda	27,685	1.5%	36%	20,396	1.2%	22
19	Renault 9	26,730	1.4%	-42%	45,747	2.6%	8
20	Renault 4	24,821	1.3%	-26%	33,414	1.9%	14
21	Opel Kadett	23,866	1.2%	-3%	24,514	1.4%	19
22	BMW 3 Series	22,534	1.2%	15%	19,644	1.1%	23
23	Peugeot 104	21,002	1.1%	-8%	22,873	1.3%	20
24	Austin Metro	18,138	0.9%	28%	14,148	0.8%	27
25	Seat Ibiza	15,981	0.8%	65%	9,709	0.5%	35
26	Citroen CX	15,890	0.8%	-10%	17,595	1.0%	24
27	Audi 80	15,534	0.8%	10%	14,118	0.8%	28
28	Citroen AX	15,274	0.8%	new	0	0.0%	-
29	Opel Ascona	15,273	0.8%	1%	15,117	0.9%	26
30	Citroen 2CV	14,008	0.7%	-13%	16,151	0.9%	25
31	Ford Orion	13,878	0.7%	3%	13,465	0.8%	29
32	Mercedes 190	13,405	0.7%	8%	12,462	0.7%	31
33	VW Jetta	11,662	0.6%	-1%	11,820	0.7%	33
34	Volvo 300 Series	10,677	0.6%	0%	10,627	0.6%	34
35	Fiat Ritmo	10,229	0.5%	13%	9,057	0.5%	36
36	Fiat Regata	9,344	0.5%	-23%	12,205	0.7%	32
37	Mazda 323	8,254	0.4%	21%	6,848	0.4%	44
38	Alfa 33	8,148	0.4%	3%	7,935	0.4%	38
39	Renault Espace	7,991	0.4%	23%	6,521	0.4%	45
40	BMW 5 Series	6,905	0.4%	-18%	8,472	0.5%	37
41	Mercedes 200 Series	6,788	0.4%	-1%	6,889	0.4%	43
42	Austin Mini	6,770	0.4%	8%	6,240	0.4%	46
43	Lada 2104	6,636	0.3%	152%	2,634	0.1%	70
44	Renault Express	6,427	0.3%	new	0	0.0%	-
45	Volvo 700 Series	6,384	0.3%	24%	5,138	0.3%	55
46	Autobianchi Y10	6,366	0.3%	75%	3,633	0.2%	62
47	Audi 100	6,153	0.3%	4%	5,902	0.3%	49
48	Toyota Corolla	6,099	0.3%	4%	5,848	0.3%	50
49	Renault 18	5,842	0.3%	-79%	28,152	1.6%	17
50	Seat Ronda	5,726	0.3%	-28%	7,913	0.4%	39
51	Ford Scorpio	5,535	0.3%	14%	4,839	0.3%	56
52	Nissan Micra	5,328	0.3%	35%	3,953	0.2%	60
53	Rover 200	5,245	0.3%	86%	2,815	0.2%	67
54	Citroen Axel	5,095	0.3%	-35%	7,819	0.4%	40
55	Mazda 626	4,926	0.3%	-13%	5,661	0.3%	51
56	Honda Civic	4,900	0.3%	-21%	6,184	0.4%	47
57	Lada 2107	4,626	0.2%	-33%	6,916	0.4%	42
58	Nissan Bluebird	4,246	0.2%	17%	3,618	0.2%	63
59	Talbot Samba	4,222	0.2%	-67%	12,868	0.7%	30
60	Lancia Prisma	4,049	0.2%	-2%	4,138	0.2%	58
61	Austin Montego	4,029	0.2%	23%	3,269	0.2%	65
62	VW Passat	4,016	0.2%	-28%	5,567	0.3%	52
63	Citroen LNA	3,992	0.2%	-47%	7,501	0.4%	41
64	Lada Samara	3,933	0.2%	new	0	0.0%	-
65	Seat Malaga	3,293	0.2%	898%	330	0.0%	120
66	Nissan Sunny	3,256	0.2%	-16%	3,862	0.2%	61
67	Austin Maestro	3,251	0.2%	-4%	3,374	0.2%	64
68	Alfa 75	3,129	0.2%	258%	875	0.0%	101
69	Fiat Croma	3,045	0.2%	new	0	0.0%	-
70	Lada Niva	2,939	0.2%	-7%	3,175	0.2%	66
71	Honda Accord	2,847	0.1%	122%	1,283	0.1%	87
72	Autobianchi A112	2,833	0.1%	-53%	6,071	0.3%	48
73	Lancia Delta	2,789	0.1%	7%	2,616	0.1%	71
74	Lancia Thema	2,696	0.1%	121%	1,218	0.1%	91
75	Mercedes 300 Series	2,665	0.1%	88%	1,417	0.1%	82
76	Toyota Lite-Ace	2,285	0.1%	3%	2,221	0.1%	74
77	Lada 2105	1,996	0.1%	-25%	2,648	0.1%	69
78	Volvo 200 Series	1,915	0.1%	-20%	2,392	0.1%	72
79	Honda Prelude	1,607	0.1%	28%	1,252	0.1%	90
80	Skoda S 130	1,524	0.1%	63%	934	0.1%	98
81	Mitsubishi Pajero	1,211	0.1%	25%	966	0.1%	96
82	Audi 90	1,189	0.1%	-49%	2,339	0.1%	73
83	Saab 900	1,146	0.1%	-12%	1,296	0.1%	86
84	Opel Rekord	1,142	0.1%	-31%	1,646	0.1%	77
85	Alfa 90	1,132	0.1%	-31%	1,651	0.1%	76
86	Citroen GSA	1,130	0.1%	-79%	5,462	0.3%	54
87	Mitsubishi Colt	1,114	0.1%	-28%	1,552	0.1%	79
88	Mazda 929	1,081	0.1%	-16%	1,283	0.1%	88
89	Nissan Cherry	1,060	0.1%	-29%	1,487	0.1%	80
90	Saab 9000	1,058	0.1%	293%	269	0.0%	125
91	Polski Polonez	1,052	0.1%	-7%	1,128	0.1%	93
92	Toyota Tercel	1,050	0.1%	-17%	1,271	0.1%	89
93	Zastava Yugo	1,028	0.1%	-30%	1,460	0.1%	81
94	Audi Coupe	1,024	0.1%	-24%	1,354	0.1%	84
95	Lada 1200	1,002	0.1%	-79%	4,719	0.3%	57
96	Fiat 126	985	0.1%	-3%	1,016	0.1%	94
97	Toyota Celica	972	0.1%	54%	631	0.0%	106
98	Innocenti Ministre	970	0.1%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
99	Toyota Model F	944	0.0%	-22%	1,213	0.1%	92
100	Alfa Romeo Alfasud	902	0.0%	-47%	1,718	0.1%	75