France 16 to 22 August 2011: Dacia Duster up to #5
Dacia Duster
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20,182 new cars were sold during the 16 to 22 August week in France, down 4% year-on-year. Renault is back to #1 but stays below Citroen and Peugeot in the month-to-date ranking… The Renault Clio reclaims the top spot at 1,099 sales and 5.4% share, but it’s the Peugeot 207 that ranks #1 month-to-date thanks to a robust week at 979 sales and 4.9%.
The Citroen C3 drops to 3rd place at 3.5%, followed by the Renault Megane (3.4%) and the Dacia Duster, back to excellent scores in 5th position with 669 sales and 3.3% share. It is also #5 month-to-date at 1,992 units and 3%. The VW Polo and Golf are down to #7 and #8 but up 3% and 64% respectively year-on-year.
Previous post: see the French Top 10 from 1 to 16 August here.
Full 16 to 22 August Top 10 Ranking Table below.
France 16 to 22 August 2011:
| Pos | Model | 16 to 22 Aug | % | 1 to 22 Aug | % | Pos | July | Jun | 2011 | 2010 |
| 1 | Renault Clio | 1,099 | 5.4% | 2,674 | 4.1% | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Peugeot 207 | 979 | 4.9% | 2,745 | 4.2% | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Citroen C3 | 707 | 3.5% | 2,698 | 4.1% | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Renault Mégane | 689 | 3.4% | 1,757 | 2.7% | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Dacia Duster | 669 | 3.3% | 1,992 | 3.0% | 5 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Peugeot 308 | 616 | 3.1% | 1,760 | 2.7% | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | VW Polo | 606 | 3.0% | 1,989 | 3.0% | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 8 | VW Golf | 585 | 2.9% | 2,059 | 3.1% | 4 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
| 9 | Peugeot 3008 | 565 | 2.8% | 1,631 | 2.5% | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| 10 | Renault Twingo | 530 | 2.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 7 | 13 | 7 | 3 |
Source: Auto Plus
Renault repasse devant Peugeot et Citroën en août……..
I hope so, STAC!
But Renault reascend strong at the end of the week since this year…
The Mégane and the 308 re exceed the Golf this month normally …
Well, answering to Matgasnie and Tuga, curiously in France the Golf is cheaper than a 308 and some Mégane versions. On the other way, some French cars heritates from poor quality of the sixties and seventies. Dacia was a quite poor quality car in the eigthies, in fact was nothing else but a Renault 12. To avoid the marque bankropt, Renault bougth it and nowadays Dacias are Renaults rebadge and with the same mechanics.
Attention aux immatriculations à la semaine. Renault a tendance à faire beaucoup d’immatriculations en fin de mois….
So the Golf is outselling the Megane AND the 308 AND the brand new C4? Ouch…
Hi Tuga,
In the August month-to-date ranking yes, that is correct and yes I agree: massive ouch! Given the Megane, facelifted 308 and C4 are all more recent than the Golf…
Matt
Bonjour,
La C3/DS3 est toujours en progrès depuis son lancement! Elle est la plus vendue devant la Clio III et la 207.
En version berline: la C3 est n°1.