The new generation Renault Clio has cracked its home Top 10. After losing -5.5% to its lowest annual level in 50 years in 2025, the French new car market continues on its downward trajectory and starts 2026 with a -6.6% contraction to just 107,157 sales. Petrol sales implode -48.9% to…
The Renault Clio nameplate has been #1 in France for a total of 23 years. Consult 130 years worth of French Historical Data here. 23/01 update: Now with Top 70 All brands, Top 413 models, Top 10 private sales models and Top 10 BEV. The French new car market is…
The Renault 5 is the third best-selling vehicle at home in November. 22/12 update: Now with Top 300 models ranking. 3/12 update: Now with Top 50 All brands ranking. The French new car market ends a streak of three consecutive months of year-on-year gains with November figures down -0.3% to…
The Renault 5 holds a record 3.3% share at home in October. 07/11 update: Now with Top 54 All brands and Top 323 All models. According to figures by AAA Data, the French new car market is up for the third month in a row in October but still very…
The Renault 4 is finally in the French Top 50, but we can't call it a success just yet. 07/10 update: Now with Top 326 All models ranking. It's a second consecutive month of year-on-year gains in France at +1% to 140,354 units. But there's a couple of buts. As…
Hyundai holds 4% of the French market in August. 19/09 update: Now with Top 54 All brands, Top 316 All models and Top 12 BEV rankings. First year-on-year uptick of the year for the French new car market, but this happens during the slowest month of the year, August. Sales…
Known as the BYD Seagull at home in China and Dolphin Mini in Latin America, the BYD Dolphin Plus has just launched in Europe. Back in China where it was released in May 2023, it has sold a whopping 890,716 wholesale units and peaked at 56,156 sales back in November…
First French Top 10 finish for the Dacia Bigster 25/08 update: Now with Top 50 All brands and Top 300 models rankings. Mediocre results again in France, with July volumes down another -7.7% year-on-year to 116,377. This is the lowest July on record since 2022 (107,547) which itself was the…
The Renault Clio holds 8% of its home market in June. 28/07 update: Now with H1 2025 Top 20 models (private sales only) 22/07 update: Now with Top 50 brands and Top 300 models. French new car sales endure a 6th consecutive month of year-on-year decline (and 12th in the…
After the Renault 4 and the Citroen C3 Aircross. We now drive the Peugeot e-3008, following our French series. Compared to the previous two, the 3008 isn't as recent as it launched a little over a year ago in February 2024, April for the e-3008. This is the third generation…
The Citroen C3 Aircross II leaps inside the Top 15 in May. 25/06 update: Now with Top 52 brands and Top 300 models. Another disappointing month for French new car sales with May off -12.3% year-on-year to just 123,919. This is the lowest May volume since pandemic-stricken May 2020. The…
After the Renault 4, we continue on our endeavour to drive the most recent launches on the French market. This time I have the pleasure of test driving the new Citroen C3 Aircross 2nd generation. Although new to Europe, this design has already been used for its Indian and Brazilian…
The Renault Symbioz outsells the Captur for the first time. 23/05 update: Now with Top 329 All models ranking 15/05 update: Now with Top 57 All brands ranking Another disappointing month for French new car sales, down -5.6% year-on-year in April to 138,694 and leading to a year-to-date tally off…
First Top 10 finish for the Renault Symbioz at home. 22/04 update: Now with Top 334 All models ranking. It's a mediocre month for the French new car market in March at -14.5% year-on-year to just 153,842 units. The Q1 2025 volume is therefore off -7.8% to 410,085. This drop…
The Renault Symbioz is up to a record #13 in France in February. 14/03 update: Now with Top 244 All models ranking 141,569 new cars found a buyer in France in February, showing a market returning to stability at -0.7% year-on-year. Keep in mind February 2024 was up 12% on…