France 1-17 September 2012: Peugeot 208 & Citroen C4 in shape

Peugeot 208. Picture by L’Argus, all rights reserved.

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The French new car market is down by ‘just’ 7% over the period, thanks to good performances of Peugeot (+26%), Citroen (+11%), Toyota (+5%), #2 foreign brand behind Volkswagen ahead of Audi (+11%). Renault suffers at -28% and Dacia is down to #9 at -6%. The Peugeot 208 is head and shoulders above the competition and grabs 5.7% of the market (vs. 6.4% in August) with an almost 1,000 units advantage over the Renault Clio 3 living its last instants at #2 with 2,017 sales and 3.8% (-50%). The Renault Scenic rounds up the podium with 1,767 units and 3.3%.

Citroen C4. Picture by L’Argus, all rights reserved.

It is followed by the Renault Megane (3.2%), Citroen C3 (both at 3.2%) and Peugeot 3008 while the Citroen C4 is up to a shiny 7th place which, if held until month-end, would be the highest ranking delivered by the 2nd generation of the model. The VW Polo and Golf, both in decline, round up the Top 10 which doesn’t contain any Dacias this month…

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Full 1-17 September 2012 Top 10 Ranking Table below.