France February 2024: Stellantis (+21%) shines in market up 13%

Citroen C3 sales are up 60.9% year-on-year. Next generation pictured. Copyright William Crozes @ Continental Productions

18/03 update: Now with Top 313 All models.

French new car sales gain 13% year-on-year in February to 142,597 units, however this is still -15% below the pre-pandemic figure of February 2020 (167,785). The year-to-date volume is up 11.2% to 264,881. Petrol sales edge up 2% year-on-year to 48,075 and 33.7% share vs. 37.3% a year ago, diesel sinks -30.5% to 10,221 and 7.2% share vs. 11.7% in February 2023, HEVs are up 41.5% to 41,244 and 28.9% share vs. 23.1% last year, PHEVs are up 18.6% to 11,738 and 8.2% share vs. 8.3% and BEVs surge 32% to 25,872 and 18.1% share vs. 15.5% a year ago.

Peugeot (+10.8%) repeats at #1 with 15.6% share, keeping Renault (+9.9%) at bay. In fact Stellantis is the  big winner of the month with overall sales up 21% year-on-year thanks to great performances by Citroen (+29.7%) up to #3 overall for the first time since March 2023, Fiat (+69.8%), Opel (+24.2%), Jeep (+116.9%) and Alfa Romeo (+48.9%). After a record-breaking month in January, Dacia (-1.5%) is bumped down to #4 with 8.2% share vs. 9.7% year-to-date. Toyota (+21.7%) is also very solid at #5 and 7.1% share, staying above Volkswagen (-0.6%). BMW (+45.2%) and Kia (+22.5%) also shine in the remainder of the Top 10. Note Tesla is down -3.9%.

Over in the models ranking, the Top 4 all beat the market, with the Peugeot 208 (+37.8%) cementing its lead for the year with a strong 7% share, followed by the Renault Clio (+31.1%), Citroen C3 (+60.9%) and Dacia Sandero (+23.1%). In contrast the Peugeot 308 (-7.5%), Renault Captur (-3.6%) and Peugeot 2008 (-4.8%) underperform below. The Toyota Yaris (+31.7%) is the best-selling foreigner ahead of the locally built Toyota Yaris Cross (+21.5%) and Fiat 500 (+33%). The Renault Austral (+15.1%) is back up eight spots on last month to #12 and the Citroen C4 (+33.8%) up 7 to #15. At #16, the Tesla Model Y is down -20.2%.

Previous month: France January 2024: Dacia smashes share record, ends the month 914 sales behind Renault 

One year ago: France February 2023: Dacia, Audi, Toyota shine, Renault Austral #13, market up 9.4%

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