France August 2023: Toyota Yaris Cross, MG 4 reach milestones

The Toyota Yaris Cross breaks its ranking and share records in August…

11/09 update: Now with Top 315 All models ranking.

New car sales in France soar 24.3% year-on-year in August to 113,599, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.6% to 1,132,321. For reference, August 2023 remains -12.1% below the pre-pandemic levels of August 2019. Petrol sales are up 21.5% year-on-year to 42,745 and 37.6% share vs. 38.5% in August 2022. Diesel sinks -28.6% to 10,217 and 9% share vs. 15.7% a year ago, HEVs soar 38.7% to 27,161 and 23.9% vs. 21.4% last year, PHEVs surge 40.6% to 9,530 and 8.4% share vs. 7.4% in August 2022. Finally BEVs skyrocket 67.6% year-on-year to 20,657 and 18.2% share vs. 13.5% a year ago. Year-to-date, petrol is up 17.1% to 429,098 and 37.9% share vs. 37.7% over the same period in 2022, diesel is down -28% to 116,607 and 10.3% share vs. 16.7% last year, HEVs gain 27.2% to 265,144 and 23.4% share vs. 21.5% last year, PHEVs advance 10.4% to 100,753 and 8.9% share vs. 7.9% and BEVs surge 47.4% to 174,630 and 15.4% share vs. 12.2% in 2022.

… as does the MG 4.

Renault (+51.8%) ends the month in pole position again, compensating for a low year-ago basis, but Peugeot (+11.4%) is only 600 units below. Both carmakers have lower shares than YTD. Dacia (+19.7%) can’t quite match the market growth but remains solid in third place with 9.3% share. Citroen (-7.6%) returns to #4 despite a woeful year-on-year evolution. Toyota (+7.1%) reclaims the title of best-selling foreign marque over Volkswagen (+21.2%). Tesla (+460.6%) posts a phenomenal uptick and reaches #7 with 4.7% share vs. 3.1% year-to-date where it also ranks 7th. BMW (+30.6%) is the only additional Top 10 member beating the market with Kia (+17.2%) and Hyundai (+14.6%) almost at exactly the same volume. MG (+242.4%) equals its highest market share ever at 2.1%, also reached in June.

Model-wise, the Peugeot 208 (+31.8%) is back above the Renault Clio (+139.3%) but remains #2 year-to-date. The Citroen C3 (-7.1%) drives past the Dacia Sandero (+2.1%) with a stumbling Peugeot 2008 (-13%) in 5th place. Just two units below, the Tesla Model Y (+334.6%) is up spectacularly to end the month in 6th place and now ranks #9 year-to-date. The locally-made Toyota Yaris Cross (+56%) surges ahead to break its ranking record at #7 and its market share record at 2.3%. It distances the Dacia Duster (+15.7%), Renault Captur (+56%) and Peugeot 308 (+15.3%) all beating the market. The Tesla Model 3 (+785.5%) is up 21 spots on July to just miss out on a Top 10 finish at #11. The Dacia Jogger (+79.8%) is up to its 2nd best monthly ranking at #13, while the MG 4 breaks its ranking (#17) and share (1.4%) records this month. The Renault Austral is down 4 spots on July to #18 but remains above its main competitor the Peugeot 3008 (#22).

Previous month: France July 2023: Renault (+35.1%), Toyota (+52.6%) stand out, Toyota threatens Citroen for #5

One year ago: France August 2022: Market up 3.8%, Toyota breaks share record, Citroen C3 teases Peugeot 208 for #1

Full August 2023 Top 65 All brands and Top 315 All models below.