France October 2014: Now with the Top 300 models and All-brands

The VW Golf Sporstvan is now separated from the Golf and lands at #38.

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Thanks to my correspondents in the place Patricia and Christian and L’Argus I can now share with you detailed actuals for the French models and brands sales charts. Once again a fascinating insight into the depths of French new car sales. First a few adjustments, with the VW Golf Sportsman now very satisfyingly separated from Golf sales, resulting in no foreigner in the Top 10, the VW Polo being the best-selling foreign model at #11, the Golf retrograded to #14 and the Golf Sportsman making its appearance at a beautiful #38 with 1,001 sales. It also means the Fiat 500 at #15 is now less than 300 units off the #2 foreign spot. The Nissan Qashqai II without the first generation loses a hundred sales and drops one spot to #17, it ranks #21 YTD. The Audi A3 is now #26 (+1), the Citroen C1 II #30 (-1), the Audi A1 #35 (+11), the Ford Kuga #41 (-2), Mercedes C-Class #45 (-2) and the Hyundai ix35 #47 (-2).

The Nissan X-Trail replaces the Qashqai+2 in French consumers’ hearts: up to #59.

Only 67 sales off what would have been its very first French Top 50 ranking, the Toyota Aygo II is up 21 spots on September to #54, the Nissan X-Trail is up a further 8 ranks to #59 with 689 units (678 of which are the all-new 2nd generation), the Mercedes GLA is back down 30 spots to #68, the Ford Ecosport breaks into the French Top 100 for the first time at #86, up 29 ranks on September, the BMW X4 is up 10 to #118 but the Nissan Pulsar is already down 19 to #137. Two all-new nameplates break into the French Top 150 for the first time and for their 2nd month in market: the Lexus NX 300h is up 24 spots on last month to #146 and the Jeep Renegade is up 9 to #149.

The Smart Forfour nameplate is back inside the French Top 300 at #260.

Finally, the BMW i8 is up 10 ranks to #249 with 13 units sold – same as the Porsche Cayman, we welcome back the Smart Forfour in the French Top 300 eight years after the first generation was discontinued: it re-enters at #260 with 8 demo units sold in October and a total of 12 so far in 2014, the Land Rover Discovery Sport pops up at #268 with 7 sales and the Suzuki Celerio at #304 with two units sold.

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Full October Top 300 models and Top 50 brands Ranking Tables below.