France 8-13 February 2012: Renault Clio and Citroen C3 shine
Citroen C3
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New car sales in France are down significantly year-on-year again this week at -26% to 25,052 registrations. Renault reclaims its traditional pole position at 4,828 sales and 19.3% while this time it’s Peugeot that suffers in third place behind Citroen with 3,311 units and 13.2% share, down 44%. The Renault Clio keeps the lead with a comfortable margin and 1,444 sales for a 5.8% market share, up a massive 28% on the same week last year.
The Citroen C3 climbs up to 2nd place at 1,202 units and 4.8%, followed by the Renault Megane with 1,135 sales (+7%) and the Peugeot 207 at 995 units, down 49%: is this the 208 effect already? Renault Scenic (#7) and Twingo (#10) reappear in the Top 10 while the VW Polo (#5) and Golf (#9) are stuck in it with very solid performances again.
Previous week: France 1-7 February 2012: Citroen leads, places C4 #5
Previous month: France January 2012: VW places Polo #4, Golf #7, Citroen DS5 up
Full 8 to 13 February 2012 Top 10 Ranking Table below.
France 8-13 February 2012:
| Pos | Model | 8 to 13 Feb | % | /11 | PW | Jan | Dec | 2011 |
| 1 | Renault Clio | 1,444 | 5.8% | 26% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Citroen C3 | 1,202 | 4.8% | -16% | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Renault Mégane | 1,135 | 4.5% | 7% | n/a | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Peugeot 207 | 995 | 4.0% | -49% | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | VW Polo | 863 | 3.4% | -11% | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Renault Scénic | 735 | 2.9% | -27% | n/a | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Citroen C4 Picasso | 711 | 2.8% | -31% | 9 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
| 8 | Citroen C4 | 666 | 2.7% | -20% | 5 | 11 | 10 | 12 |
| 9 | VW Golf | 640 | 2.6% | -31% | 8 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| 10 | Renault Twingo | 595 | 2.4% | -14% | n/a | 6 | 3 | 5 |
PW = Previous Week
Source: Auto Plus, many thanks to STAC for sharing the info!
There is no car in the world, which is bought by the majority.
Design is a question of taste and everybody has his own taste and should respect the taste of somebody else – even if it is different.
We should be lucky to have different carmakers building cars for different peope with different taste. Anything else would be boring.
@Miguel
that’s rich, coming from you.
@Tengil
…You think but the majority don´t! you are a lost case!
the most boring cars concerning the design are fords, i think
@Pedro
… at least are less boring than VW cars!!!!!!!!!!!!
*LOL* Do french cars offer something “new” ? I don’t think so.
VW-brand sold 5,1 million cars in 2011 worldwide.
http://www.automobil-produktion.de/2012/01/volkswagen-mit-neuem-absatzrekord/
Sorry Miguel, but the german market is not that big. VW sold 686.772 cars in Germany in 2011, but the VW-group sold more than 8 million cars worldwide.
http://www.kfz-betrieb.vogel.de/fileserver/vogelonline/issues/kfz/sonst/2011/3698.pdf
@Rodo
I agree with you 100%!!! VW is getting quite boring and hope sales down this year. The German market absorves more than 50% of vw world sales!
@Rodo
exactly..
“The Renault *Clio keeps the lead”
I want vw polo and golf out of top 10 france , those cars dont offert nothing new , come people of france you better cars than those ….
Sinon au fait Matt, j’ai continué de préparer les chiffres anciens à tout à l’heure! je continuerai d’en faire cet après-midi car je dois me coucher, il est très tard.
Bon dimanche et encore désolé pour l’erreur.
Oui c’est ça Matt.
Et pour la 2ème semaine, l’erreur a été corrigée, c’est 595 unités!!! Encore désolé!!!!!
Salut Matt,
La semaine dernière la Tingo est 14ème (pas de chiffres…).
Salut STAC – tu veux dire la Twingo etait 14eme sur 1-7 Fevrier?