France Station Wagons October 2012: Peugeot 508, Citroen DS5 and BMW 3 Series impress
Peugeot 508 SW
* See the Top 30 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC *
Thanks to STAC I can share with you for the 2nd month in a row an exclusive look at the best-selling Station Wagons (SW) in France in October over the first 10 months of 2012. If the Renault Megane Estate is still #1 both this month with 1,208 sales and year-to-date at 14,809 units, the following models are newcomers at that level. The Peugeot 508 SW is up to a brilliant 2nd place with 1,151 sales (#3 YTD) while the Citroen DS5 lands on the podium thanks to 1,052 units sold (#5 YTD). Now I know it is a controversial move to include the DS5 in this ranking but this is how it is classified by the CCFA.
BMW 3 Series Touring
Below, the Peugeot 207 SW stays #4 and accounts for 74% of total sales of the 207 this month. It is just above the Renault Clio 3 Estate at 779 sales vs. 775. Other great performers this month include the BMW 3 Series Touring up to #10 vs. #18 YTD, the Kia Cee’d SW up to #16 vs. #23, the Chevrolet Cruze SW up to #22 vs. #34 and the Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake already up to a shiny 30th place with 65 sales for its 2nd month in market.
Previous month: France Station Wagons 9 months 2012: Renault Megane #1
Most recent France post: France 1-26 November 2012: Renault Clio IV 12 units below Peugeot 208
Current month (overall ranking): France October 2012: Now with actuals and more detail
Full October 2012 Top 30 Ranking Table below.
France October 2012 – Station Wagons:
| Pos | Model | Oct-12 | 10m 2012 | /11 | Pos | 10m 2011 | Pos |
| 1 | Renault Mégane Estate | 1,208 | 14,809 | -7% | 1 | 15,984 | 1 |
| 2 | Peugeot 508 SW | 1,151 | 9,901 | 35% | 3 | 7,336 | 6 |
| 3 | Citroen DS5 | 1,052 | 9,019 | 1161% | 5 | 715 | 30 |
| 4 | Peugeot 207 SW | 779 | 9,844 | -33% | 4 | 14,666 | 2 |
| 5 | Renault Clio 3 Estate | 775 | 11,275 | -18% | 2 | 13,809 | 3 |
| 6 | Peugeot 308 SW | 672 | 8,212 | -23% | 6 | 10,700 | 4 |
| 7 | VW Passat SW | 605 | 5,462 | -19% | 8 | 6,755 | 7 |
| 8 | Citroen C5 Tourer | 523 | 5,623 | -32% | 7 | 8,264 | 5 |
| 9 | Audi A4 Avant/Allroad | 500 | 4,503 | -11% | 9 | 5,041 | 9 |
| 10 | BMW Serie 3 Touring | 439 | 1,392 | -32% | 18 | 2,034 | 12 |
| 11 | Renault Laguna Estate | 432 | 3,278 | -38% | 10 | 5,317 | 8 |
| 12 | Audi A6 Avant/Allroad | 271 | 2,438 | 127% | 11 | 1,072 | 26 |
| 13 | Skoda Octavia Combi | 196 | 1,862 | -3% | 13 | 1,916 | 14 |
| 14 | Volvo V60 | 164 | 1,531 | -22% | 16 | 1,963 | 13 |
| 15 | Opel Astra Sports Tourer | 147 | 1,852 | -45% | 14 | 3,339 | 10 |
| 16 | Kia Cee’d SW | 138 | 1,160 | -30% | 23 | 1,657 | 17 |
| 17 | Toyota Avensis SW | 132 | 1,261 | 9% | 21 | 1,160 | 24 |
| 18 | VW Golf SW | 126 | 1,500 | -16% | 17 | 1,785 | 15 |
| 19 | Mercedes Classe C Break | 122 | 1,353 | -4% | 19 | 1,412 | 19 |
| 20 | Ford Focus SW | 118 | 2,173 | 30% | 12 | 1,671 | 16 |
| 21 | BMW Serie 5 Touring | 114 | 1,210 | -10% | 22 | 1,341 | 20 |
| 22 | Chevrolet Cruze SW | 105 | 257 | new | 34 | 0 | - |
| 23 | Opel Insignia Sports Tourer | 104 | 1,587 | -28% | 15 | 2,196 | 11 |
| 24 | Hyundai i30 SW | 99 | 456 | -1% | 32 | 459 | 31 |
| 25 | Mini Clubman | 97 | 1,046 | -21% | 25 | 1,330 | 21 |
| 26 | Skoda Superb Combi | 87 | 1,289 | 9% | 20 | 1,187 | 23 |
| 27 | Seat Ibiza ST | 82 | 880 | -47% | 26 | 1,646 | 18 |
| 28 | Skoda Fabia Combi | 76 | 1,080 | -18% | 24 | 1,324 | 22 |
| 29 | Hyundai i40 Sport Wagon | 74 | 786 | 218% | 29 | 247 | n/a |
| 30 | Mercedes CLS Shooting Brake | 65 | 105 | new | 37 | 0 | - |
Source: CCFA, many thanks to STAC for sharing the data!
