France Full Year 2012: Now with Top 400 models & Top 63 brands!

Citroen C4 Aircross: success or disappointment?

* See the Top 400 All-models ranking and Top 63 All-brands by clicking on the title! *

Thanks to STAC I can now share with you sales of absolutely every single model sold in France in 2012! The highlights in the Top 50 best-sellers are covered in the original France Full Year 2012 here. Just outside the 50 most popular models, the Citroen DS5 is up 99 spots and 623% to land at #51 with 10,943 sales for its first full year in market, the Kia Sportage is up a solid 42% to #59, the Kia Rio up 152% to #67 (both models broke into the French monthly Top 50 for the first time this year), the Audi Q3 up 634% to #70, VW Up! up 2103% to #72, Hyundai i20 up 115% to #82, Range Rover Evoque up 247% to #89 and Hyundai i30 up 63% to #93. Only one additional newcomer finds its way into the ranking between the #51 and #100 spots: the Citroen C4 Aircross landing at #88 with 5,293 sales which is actually a relatively disappointing performance.

Boosted by end-of-life promotions, the Citroen C6 is up 106% in 2012.

Beyond the Top 100, the new generation VW Beetle is up to #105 for its first full year of sales, the Ford B-Max hasn’t convinced yet and lands at #117, the Hyundai i40 is up a superb 475% to #121, even falling just 10 units short of the Renault Laguna in December, the Volvo V40 lands at #140, the Bollore Blue Car is up 287% to #149, Peugeot iOn up 121% to #153 thanks to slashed prices, the Peugeot 4008 arrives at a weak #154, Citroen C-Zero up 107% to #157 and the Citroen C6 up a surprising 106% to #160 for its last year of activity: production ceased on 19/12/2012 after only 23,384 units were built since launch in 2005.

Ferrari FF. Picture by Jan L, all rights reserved.

Now into prestige cars. The Porsche 911 is up a very healthy 43% year-on-year to #180, BMW 6 Series up 94% to #209, BMW7 Series up 18% to #229, Porsche Boxster up 55% to #241, Mercedes SL up 491% to #254, Lexus GS up 860% to #269, Infiniti M up 103% to #271, Bentley Continental GT/Supersport up 56% to #280, Ferrari FF up 115% to #299, McLaren MP4 up 83% to #327, Lamborghini Aventador up… 1000% to #328, Rolls-Royce Ghost up 50% to #332. Notice also the Chevrolet Camaro up 127% to #218 and the first 12 units of the Ferrari F12 sold, placing it at #343.

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Original Full Year 2012 post: France Full Year 2011: Last hurrah for the Renault Clio III

Previous year: France Full Year 2011: A Citroen on the podium for the first time since 1985

Full Year 2012 Top 400 All-models and Top 63 All-brands Ranking Tables below.