France LCV February 2012: Peugeot Expert in Top 10

Peugeot Expert

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Light Commercial Vehicle sales resist much better than Passenger Cars in France at -4% year-on-year in February to 33,895 registrations vs. -20%. The year-to-date total stands at 66,595 units, down 3% on 2011. The Renault Kangoo ranks first for the 10th time in the last 12 months and with 3,680 sales it breaks the 10% market share milestone at 10.9%, only the second time it does so in the last 12 months with October 2011 and its best share over the period.

The Renault Clio is #2 at 7.4% share followed by the Renault Master at 6%, Fiat Ducato at 5.5%, Renault Trafic at 5.4% and Peugeot Partner at 5.1%. The Peugeot Expert, with its facelift out this month, breaks into the Top 10 for the first time in at least one year at #10 with 910 sales and 2.7%. Other good performers this month include the Fiat Scudo up to #22, Nissan NV400 up to #57 and Citroen DS4 breaking into the Top 100 for the first time at #81.

Previous month: France LCV January 2012: Range Rover Evoque and Nissan NV400 land

Full February 2012 Top 85 Ranking Table below.