France 11-16 April 2012: Peugeot 208 and 5008 in Top 10

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France 11-16 April 2012: Peugeot 208 and 5008 in Top 10

April 21st, 2012 matgasnier Leave a comment Go to comments

Peugeot 208

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Now that the year-on-year comparison with scrappage scheme-boosted months is over (it ended in March 2011), the French car market is starting to look better: only down 5% this week at 27,858 units. Peugeot takes the lead of the brands ranking with 5,105 sales and 18.3% ahead of Citroen at 16.9% and Renault at 16%. The Renault Clio reclaims the pole position in the models ranking at 1,252 units and 4.5%, up 4% year-on-year. It is followed by the Citroen C3 with 1,171 sales (+44%) and the Peugeot 207 at 1,022 units (+24%).

Peugeot 5008

In fact, Peugeot places no less than 5 models in the Top 10 this week: the 308 is #4 at 3.6% (+31%), the 3008 is #5 at 3.4% (+9%), the 208 reappears in the Top 10 for the second time and delivers its best ranking so far at #9 thanks to 575 sales and 2.1% market share and the 5008 breaks into the French weekly Top 10 for the very first time at 565 units and 2%, up 16% year-on-year. For only the second time this year the weekly Top 10 is 100% French.

Previous week: France 1-10 April 2012: Citroen C3, C4 and DS3 impress

Previous month: France March 2012: Peugeot 208 lands at #16, Nissan excels

One year ago: France 12-18 April 2011: Dacia Duster #2!

Full 11-16 April 2012 Top 10 Ranking Table below.

France 11-16 April 2012:

Pos	Model	11 to 16 Apr	%	/11	PW	Mar	Feb	2011
1	Renault Clio	1,252	4.5%	4%	4	1	1	1
2	Citroen C3	1,171	4.2%	44%	1	4	4	3
3	Peugeot 207	1,022	3.7%	24%	2	2	2	2
4	Peugeot 308	998	3.6%	31%	6	6	7	7
5	Peugeot 3008	939	3.4%	4%	5	7	13	9
6	Renault Mégane	808	2.9%	-41%	n/a	3	3	4
7	Renault Scénic	802	2.9%	-7%	9	5	5	6
8	Citroen C4	757	2.7%	10%	3	13	10	12
9	Peugeot 208	575	2.1%	new	n/a	16	120	250
10	Peugeot 5008	565	2.0%	16%	n/a	25	28	21