France 2003: Clio, 206 and 307 leading again

Renault Clio

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The French market drops 6% in 2003 at 2,009,690 sales, but the Top 3 is unchanged: the Renault Clio leads at 8.1% only a couple of thousands sales above the Peugeot 206 at 7.9%, the Peugeot 307 coming 3rd with a very solid 7% share (it started the year at #1 with 7.5% in January!).

Renault Megane

2003 is the first full year of sales for the Renault Megane II (and will end up being its only year above 100k sales at 103,010 and 5.1%) and the Citroen C3 in 6th with 83,509 registrations.

The VW Golf leads the foreign models again (#10), ahead of an impressive Opel Zafira #12 with 35,027 sales and 1.7%, the Opel Corsa at #13 and the VW Polo at #14.

Full Year 2003 Top 50 and June/July 2003 Top 30 Ranking Tables below.