France September 2024: Sales down a concerning -11.1%
3,626 sales of the ë-C3 couldn’t help Citroen, down -29.9%
5th straight month of year-on-year losses for the French new car market at a steep -11.1% year-on-year in September to 139,004, keeping in mind September 2023 benefited of a sales resurgence due to the newfound availability of semi conductors. This is however -20.3% below the 174,459 units registered in pre-pandemic September 2019. The year-to-date volume is now off -1.8% to 1,265,905. Private sales drop -9%, long term leases are off -14% and company sales sink -17%. Hybrids account for 45.5% of the market this month vs. 34.7% a year ago, with sales up 16.8% to 63,238. Among them full hybrids are up 25.2% to 28,765 and mild hybrids up 57.5% to 24,398 but PHEVs are off -35.8% to 10,075. BEVs slow down -6.2% to 28,301 and 20.4% share vs. 19.3% a year ago. Petrol sales crash -32% to 36,000 and 25.9% share vs. 33.9% a year ago and diesel is at -39.1% to 5.8% share vs. 8.5% in September 2023.
In the brands ranking, Renault edges down -4.4% to 17.2% share, one percentage point above its YTD level of 16.1%. Peugeot for its part is off -1.8% to 13.9% share, in line with the 14% it holds so far this year. Volkswagen (+13%) shows fantastic growth and climbs two spots on August to #3 with 7.9 of the market. This is the brand’s second incursion onto the French podium in the past four months. Dacia (-31.5%) is in great difficulty and falls to #4 with 7.1% share. Toyota (+18.8%) is also down one rank on last month to #5 but shines year-on-year. Citroen (-29.9%) is in hell again at #6 with 6.4% share. BMW (+4.9%) defies the market slump at #8 while Skoda (+9.5%) repeats at #10 for what is its second ever Top 10 finish in France. Notice also Tesla (-2.2%) limiting its fall and surging back up four spots to #7 and 3.9% share vs. #15 and 2.3% year-to-date. Seat (+50.8%), Porsche (+37.9%), Mini (+26.3%), Lexus (+26.2%) and Volvo (+11.3%) also impress below just as BYD (+331%) continues to gear up.
The Renault Clio (-8.4%) is the best-selling vehicle at home and for the fourth time in the past 5 months. This is not enough however to snap the YTD pole position, still held by the Peugeot 208 (-26.1%). The Dacia Sandero (-27.5%) endures a rare harsh score but manages to stay in third place overall. The Tesla Model Y (-8.8%) falls slower than the market and climbs up four spots on August to #4 which is simply a ranking record, also hit in March 2023. The Renault Captur (-9.1%) outsells its archenemy the Peugeot 2008 (+13.9%) at #5 vs. #7. We have a new arrival inside the Top 10: the Citroen ë-C3 lands at #6 with 2.6% share. These however corresponds to vehicles sold as social leases at the start of the year and that had to be registered by September 30. The Peugeot 3008 III is up to a record 8th place while the VW Polo (+100.7%) posts another fantastic month at #9. The Dacia Duster III is down six spots on August to #10 just as the VW Tiguan III advances seven to #17.
Previous month: France August 2024: Market off -24.3% to weakest in 10 years, Skoda, Dacia Duster break records
One year ago: France September 2023: Peugeot 208 keeps Renault Clio at bay in market slowing down its growth
Full September 2024 Top 58 All brands and Top 50 models below.
France September 2024 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Sep-24 | % | /23 | Aug | 2024 | % | /23 | Pos | FY23 |
| 1 | Renault | 23,951 | 17.2% | – 4.4% | 1 | 203,530 | 16.1% | – 1.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Peugeot | 19,363 | 13.9% | – 1.8% | 2 | 177,394 | 14.0% | – 4.1% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Volkswagen | 10,944 | 7.9% | + 13.0% | 5 | 85,648 | 6.8% | – 0.8% | 6 | 5 |
| 4 | Dacia | 9,828 | 7.1% | – 31.5% | 3 | 106,798 | 8.4% | – 8.9% | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Toyota | 9,640 | 6.9% | + 18.8% | 4 | 92,566 | 7.3% | + 23.4% | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Citroen | 8,868 | 6.4% | – 29.9% | 6 | 87,989 | 7.0% | – 8.8% | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Tesla | 5,435 | 3.9% | – 2.2% | 11 | 29,476 | 2.3% | – 27.8% | 15 | 7 |
| 8 | BMW | 5,155 | 3.7% | + 4.9% | 7 | 47,347 | 3.7% | + 18.4% | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Mercedes | 4,381 | 3.2% | – 10.6% | 13 | 35,932 | 2.8% | + 7.4% | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Skoda | 4,209 | 3.0% | + 9.5% | 10 | 30,785 | 2.4% | + 16.6% | 14 | 16 |
| 11 | Audi | 3,655 | 2.6% | – 25.0% | 8 | 35,236 | 2.8% | – 1.0% | 9 | 11 |
| 12 | Hyundai | 3,424 | 2.5% | – 21.3% | 9 | 33,068 | 2.6% | – 9.6% | 13 | 12 |
| 13 | Kia | 3,397 | 2.4% | – 22.2% | 14 | 33,301 | 2.6% | – 7.6% | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | Ford | 3,314 | 2.4% | – 31.4% | 15 | 34,133 | 2.7% | – 9.9% | 10 | 10 |
| 15 | Opel | 2,963 | 2.1% | – 27.5% | 12 | 33,986 | 2.7% | + 3.8% | 11 | 14 |
| 16 | Mini | 2,414 | 1.7% | + 26.3% | 21 | 14,291 | 1.1% | – 25.9% | 20 | 19 |
| 17 | Fiat | 2,073 | 1.5% | – 44.4% | 17 | 26,879 | 2.1% | – 8.6% | 16 | 15 |
| 18 | MG | 2,020 | 1.5% | – 39.4% | 18 | 13,514 | 1.1% | – 33.1% | 23 | 18 |
| 19 | Nissan | 1,695 | 1.2% | – 31.0% | 24 | 21,779 | 1.7% | – 16.7% | 17 | 17 |
| 20 | Seat | 1,683 | 1.2% | + 50.8% | 16 | 17,480 | 1.4% | + 35.5% | 19 | 22 |
| 21 | Suzuki | 1,562 | 1.1% | – 27.1% | 19 | 18,393 | 1.5% | + 18.6% | 18 | 21 |
| 22 | DS | 1,483 | 1.1% | – 28.7% | 20 | 14,196 | 1.1% | – 25.4% | 21 | 20 |
| 23 | Volvo | 1,424 | 1.0% | + 11.3% | 25 | 13,784 | 1.1% | + 33.7% | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | Cupra | 1,323 | 1.0% | – 10.5% | 22 | 12,078 | 1.0% | + 19.4% | 24 | 24 |
| 25 | Mazda | 883 | 0.6% | – 21.6% | 28 | 5,693 | 0.4% | – 21.5% | 26 | 25 |
| 26 | Jeep | 845 | 0.6% | – 5.6% | 23 | 8,676 | 0.7% | + 59.7% | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | Lexus | 640 | 0.5% | + 26.2% | 27 | 4,752 | 0.4% | + 31.9% | 28 | 28 |
| 28 | Land Rover | 482 | 0.3% | – 10.6% | 26 | 5,287 | 0.4% | + 5.6% | 27 | 27 |
| 29 | Porsche | 371 | 0.3% | + 37.9% | 30 | 3,899 | 0.3% | + 80.7% | 29 | 31 |
| 30 | Alfa Romeo | 332 | 0.2% | – 18.0% | 31 | 3,055 | 0.2% | + 7.2% | 31 | 30 |
| 31 | BYD | 306 | 0.2% | + 331.0% | 32 | 2,444 | 0.2% | + 1242.9% | 32 | 38 |
| 32 | Honda | 232 | 0.2% | – 61.3% | 29 | 3,100 | 0.2% | + 5.4% | 30 | 29 |
| 33 | Smart | 178 | 0.1% | + 5.3% | 33 | 1,458 | 0.1% | + 15.8% | 35 | 35 |
| 34 | Alpine | 130 | 0.1% | – 16.7% | 34 | 1,984 | 0.2% | + 21.5% | 34 | 33 |
| 35 | Abarth | 116 | 0.1% | – 22.1% | 35 | 1,194 | 0.1% | + 247.1% | 36 | 37 |
| 36 | Mitsubishi | 57 | 0.0% | – 71.9% | 36 | 2,341 | 0.2% | + 19.8% | 33 | 34 |
| 37 | Jaguar | 41 | 0.0% | – 65.5% | 37 | 324 | 0.0% | – 56.9% | 38 | 36 |
| 38 | Subaru | 33 | 0.0% | n/a | 47 | 54 | 0.0% | + 350.0% | 51 | 52 |
| 39 | Ferrari | 28 | 0.0% | + 27.3% | 39 | 237 | 0.0% | + 11.8% | 39 | 40 |
| 40 | Lotus | 24 | 0.0% | – 4.0% | 40 | 156 | 0.0% | + 173.7% | 41 | 43 |
| 41 | Xpeng | 22 | 0.0% | new | 44 | 93 | 0.0% | new | 45 | – |
| 42 | Lamborghini | 14 | 0.0% | + 27.3% | 43 | 90 | 0.0% | + 21.6% | 46 | 44 |
| 43 | VinFast | 10 | 0.0% | new | – | 76 | 0.0% | new | 47 | 54 |
| 44 | McLaren | 10 | 0.0% | n/a | 48 | 22 | 0.0% | + 15.8% | 57 | 53 |
| 45 | Caterham | 9 | 0.0% | + 80.0% | 41 | 112 | 0.0% | + 64.7% | 43 | 48 |
| 46 | Aston Martin | 8 | 0.0% | – 11.1% | 53 | 38 | 0.0% | – 26.9% | 53 | 46 |
| 47 | Lynk & Co | 6 | 0.0% | – 95.3% | 42 | 493 | 0.0% | – 82.3% | 37 | 32 |
| 48 | Maserati | 6 | 0.0% | – 40.0% | 45 | 64 | 0.0% | – 34.0% | 49 | 42 |
| 49 | Lancia | 4 | 0.0% | new | – | 93 | 0.0% | new | 44 | – |
| 50 | Morgan | 4 | 0.0% | – 20.0% | 46 | 25 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 56 | 51 |
| 51 | Leapmotor | 2 | 0.0% | – 91.7% | 51 | 181 | 0.0% | – 18.1% | 40 | 39 |
| 52 | Seres (ex DFSK) | 1 | 0.0% | – 90.9% | – | 29 | 0.0% | – 76.2% | 54 | 41 |
| 53 | Bentley | 1 | 0.0% | – 80.0% | 49 | 27 | 0.0% | – 35.7% | 55 | 49 |
| 54 | Secma | 1 | 0.0% | – 75.0% | 54 | 22 | 0.0% | – 40.5% | 58 | 50 |
| 55 | De Fremont | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 5 | 0.0% | n/a | 61 | 55 |
| 56 | Cadillac | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 50 | 3 | 0.0% | + 200.0% | 63 | 65 |
| 57 | Polestar | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 2 | 0.0% | new | 66 | – |
| 58 | DR Motor | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | 68 | 71 |
France September 2024 – models:
| Pos | Model | Sep-24 | % | /23 | Aug | 2024 | % | /23 | Pos | FY23 |
| 1 | Renault Clio | 8,549 | 6.2% | – 8.4% | 1 | 67,156 | 5.3% | – 7.1% | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Peugeot 208 | 7,254 | 5.2% | – 26.1% | 2 | 68,168 | 5.4% | – 1.5% | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Dacia Sandero | 4,719 | 3.4% | – 27.5% | 3 | 56,965 | 4.5% | + 10.3% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Tesla Model Y | 4,591 | 3.3% | – 8.8% | 8 | 19,410 | 1.5% | – 29.3% | 11 | 8 |
| 5 | Renault Captur | 3,803 | 2.7% | – 9.1% | 9 | 36,069 | 2.8% | – 1.3% | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Citroen ë-C3 | 3,626 | 2.6% | new | n/a | 4,119 | 0.3% | new | 82 | – |
| 7 | Peugeot 2008 | 3,478 | 2.5% | + 13.9% | 7 | 38,257 | 3.0% | + 1.8% | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Peugeot 3008 III | 3,477 | 2.5% | new | 11 | 13,268 | 1.0% | new | 23 | 226 |
| 9 | VW Polo | 3,299 | 2.4% | + 100.7% | 5 | 17,805 | 1.4% | – 6.9% | 13 | 17 |
| 10 | Dacia Duster III | 3,104 | 2.2% | new | 4 | 11,190 | 0.9% | new | 29 | – |
| 11 | Toyota Yaris Cross | 2,903 | 2.1% | + 26.5% | 6 | 24,068 | 1.9% | + 8.3% | 9 | 11 |
| 12 | Peugeot 308 | 2,796 | 2.0% | + 4.6% | 10 | 28,582 | 2.3% | – 12.0% | 7 | 7 |
| 13 | Toyota Yaris | 2,589 | 1.9% | + 54.6% | 12 | 24,770 | 2.0% | + 27.4% | 8 | 16 |
| 14 | Renault Arkana | 2,168 | 1.6% | – 7.6% | 43 | 15,895 | 1.3% | – 27.5% | 18 | 15 |
| 15 | Renault Austral | 2,038 | 1.5% | – 23.7% | 17 | 19,977 | 1.6% | – 12.0% | 10 | 13 |
| 16 | Opel Corsa | 1,548 | 1.1% | – 4.6% | 14 | 17,772 | 1.4% | + 19.0% | 14 | 25 |
| 17 | VW Tiguan III | 1,511 | 1.1% | new | 24 | 6,604 | 0.5% | new | 52 | – |
| 18 | Ford Puma | 1,493 | 1.1% | – 38.6% | 25 | 15,722 | 1.2% | – 8.5% | 19 | 20 |
| 19 | Dacia Jogger | 1,444 | 1.0% | – 44.0% | 16 | 17,161 | 1.4% | – 10.1% | 15 | 18 |
| 20 | Citroen C3 III | 1,408 | 1.0% | – 76.3% | 15 | 37,572 | 3.0% | – 16.6% | 5 | 4 |
| 21 | Citroen C4 III | 1,371 | 1.0% | – 11.9% | 19 | 14,305 | 1.1% | + 11.1% | 21 | 30 |
| 22 | VW T-Roc | 1,323 | 1.0% | – 29.0% | 31 | 13,186 | 1.0% | – 16.3% | 24 | 21 |
| 23 | BMW X1 | 1,317 | 0.9% | + 3.9% | 22 | 11,708 | 0.9% | + 40.0% | 25 | 39 |
| 24 | Mini Hatch IV (est) | 1,300 | 0.9% | new | n/a | 4,024 | 0.3% | new | 84 | – |
| 25 | Renault Scenic V | 1,264 | 0.9% | new | 32 | 5,018 | 0.4% | new | 69 | – |
| 26 | Hyundai Tucson | 1,219 | 0.9% | – 17.2% | 18 | 11,574 | 0.9% | – 17.5% | 27 | 26 |
| 27 | Toyota C-HR II | 1,148 | 0.8% | new | 27 | 11,082 | 0.9% | new | 30 | n/a |
| 28 | Toyota Aygo X | 1,117 | 0.8% | + 106.1% | 20 | 10,772 | 0.9% | + 30.0% | 33 | 38 |
| 29 | Renault Espace | 1,042 | 0.7% | + 18.9% | 48 | 8,454 | 0.7% | + 251.4% | 40 | 74 |
| 30 | Ford Kuga | 1,023 | 0.7% | – 11.7% | 49 | 8,141 | 0.6% | – 15.2% | 43 | 37 |
| 31 | Suzuki Swift | 994 | 0.7% | – 3.8% | 50 | 7,955 | 0.6% | + 12.8% | 44 | 48 |
| 32 | Kia Sportage | 981 | 0.7% | – 20.8% | 23 | 11,397 | 0.9% | + 20.6% | 28 | 36 |
| 33 | Citroen C5 Aircross | 961 | 0.7% | – 28.0% | 35 | 11,050 | 0.9% | – 28.3% | 31 | 24 |
| 34 | VW T-Cross | 956 | 0.7% | + 21.3% | 66 | 10,020 | 0.8% | + 30.7% | 35 | 44 |
| 35 | Skoda Fabia | 952 | 0.7% | + 9.6% | 28 | 7,218 | 0.6% | + 23.0% | 47 | 58 |
| 36 | Nissan Qashqai | 941 | 0.7% | – 5.0% | 58 | 10,514 | 0.8% | – 16.7% | 34 | 29 |
| 37 | Fiat 500 | 940 | 0.7% | – 70.5% | 29 | 16,369 | 1.3% | – 33.5% | 17 | 9 |
| 38 | Renault Megane E-Tech | 929 | 0.7% | – 32.3% | 40 | 14,259 | 1.1% | + 12.7% | 22 | 27 |
| 39 | Mercedes GLA | 924 | 0.7% | – 17.8% | 47 | 7,576 | 0.6% | + 2.6% | 45 | 40 |
| 40 | Fiat 600 | 908 | 0.7% | + 453.7% | 30 | 6,178 | 0.5% | + 3667.1% | 56 | 171 |
| 41 | Mini Countryman | 907 | 0.7% | + 82.5% | 41 | 4,435 | 0.4% | – 21.9% | 77 | 61 |
| 42 | VW Golf | 896 | 0.6% | – 45.3% | 33 | 11,668 | 0.9% | + 14.5% | 26 | 34 |
| 43 | MG3 | 872 | 0.6% | new | 37 | 3,163 | 0.2% | new | 94 | – |
| 44 | Skoda Octavia | 865 | 0.6% | + 44.2% | 57 | 5,561 | 0.4% | + 25.4% | 63 | 68 |
| 45 | Hyundai Kona | 847 | 0.6% | – 28.5% | 34 | 8,535 | 0.7% | – 5.7% | 39 | 41 |
| 46 | Toyota Corolla | 837 | 0.6% | – 18.2% | 36 | 9,665 | 0.8% | + 12.5% | 36 | 42 |
| 47 | Mercedes GLC | 830 | 0.6% | – 34.9% | 46 | 6,003 | 0.5% | – 6.8% | 58 | 49 |
| 48 | Skoda Kamiq | 809 | 0.6% | – 6.7% | 61 | 5,704 | 0.5% | + 16.2% | 61 | 64 |
| 49 | Renault Twingo | 775 | 0.6% | – 58.2% | 38 | 16,581 | 1.3% | + 36.4% | 16 | 28 |
| 50 | BMW iX1 | 774 | 0.6% | + 91.1% | 53 | 6,664 | 0.5% | + 282.8% | 51 | 100 |
Source: AAA, PFA
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These state interventions in the market are devastating. People have to pay for these socialist experiments from their taxes.
FYI
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/03/evs-take-27-6-share-in-france-citroen-e-c3-arrives-in-a-rush/
You sell no less than 3.600 EV’s in one month, but …. get penalized for €30 mio:
“There’s a mixed blessing in the impressive looking Citroen e-C3 numbers for September. It seems that this surprisingly large volume of 3,626 units was the result of a rush job by Citroen to try to meet the end-of-September deadline for delivering cars contracted under the the Social Leasing Programme, signed in early 2024.
In the event that Citroen did not meet the delivery deadline for the government programme (and enable consumers to claim the incentive), it would have to honour the discount pricing itself … and in the end, that unfortunate outcome happened. Although 3,626 units did meet the deadline, a further 2,000 to 2,500 contracted units did not, so Citroen had to honour the discount out of its own pocket. This apparently amounted to around €13,000 per vehicle, costing Citroen a tidy ~€30 million”