France September 2025: BEVs at 22.3% share, Renault 4 (finally) inside Top 50
The Renault 4 finally is finally in the French Top 50, but we can’t call it a success just yet.
It’s a second consecutive month of year-on-year gains in France at +1% to 140,354 units. But there’s a couple of buts. As it was the case for August, the year-ago comparison base was low at -11.1% on the year prior. There is also one opening day more than September 2024 which means the market is actually down on a daily ratio (-3.6%). In any case, the year-to-date tally remains in frank negative at -6.2% to 1,186,785. Encouragingly and the sign of a healthy market, private sales are up 7% to 50% share whereas fleet sales drop -7% despite BEVs up 44% in that channel. 64% of private sales happen through leasing vs. 62% in August.
Petrol sales freefall -25.3% to 26,934 and 19.2% share vs. 25.9% in September 2024, diesel falls -21.7% to 6,311 and 4.5% share vs. 5.8% a year ago, HEVs soar 16.7% to 62,039 and 44.2% share vs. 38.2% last year and PHEVs drop -9.5% to 9,118 and 6.5% share vs. 7.3% a year ago. Finally BEVs surge 10.9% to 31,349 and 22.3% share vs. 20.3%. According to AAA Data, this is the highest BEV share ever in France. Over the first 8 months of the year, petrol is down -32.8% to 265,023 and 22.3% share vs. 31.1% over the same period in 2024, diesel is off -38.5% to 58,906 and 5% share vs. 7.6% last year, HEV is up 28.7% to 531,166 and 44.8% share vs. 32.6% and PHEV is down -26.8% to 72,537 and 6.1% share vs. 7.8%. BEV sales are now stable at -0.3% to 216,622 and 18.3% share vs. 17.2% in 2024.
MG goes from strength to strength and ranks #12 in September.
Both Renault (-1.6%) and Peugeot (-2.5%) can’t capitalise on the positive market and find themselves slightly below their YTD levels at 16.8% share vs. 17.3% and 13.4% vs. 14.3% respectively. Dacia (+23.7%) in contrast is on an absolute roll YoY but keep in mind its year-ago sales were off -31.4% on the year prior, so this is mainly a catching up on lost time. Citroen (+10.6%) is back up to #4 ahead of Volkswagen (-18%) and Toyota (-11.2%) both in great difficulty. At #7, Tesla (+2.7%) edges up on a traditionally strong end-of-quarter month but is still down -31.7% year-to-date at #16. Skoda (+9.9%) is solid and ranks at a highest ever #8, a position it holds for the 6th time, all in the past 12 months. Audi (+21.5%) for once is the #1 German premium brand above Mercedes (-0.8%) and BMW (-18%). MG gains 83.7% to #12, Cupra (+41.9%), Mini (+21%) and Nissan (+17.6%) also shine below while BYD is up 239.9%.
Looking at the models ranking, the Renault Clio V (+0.9%) edges up YoY but has to settle with 6.1% share vs. 6.4% year-to-date. Meanwhile the Peugeot 208 (-6.5%) continues to crater but is back up to #2 above the Dacia Sandero (+8.1%). The Citroen C3 IV (+35.1%) is up to #4 both for the month and year-to-date. The Elon Musk negative impact on Tesla sales is wearing off, as evidenced by the 5th place of the Tesla Model Y (+5.5%) this month, the nameplate’s highest ranking in France this year. The Peugeot 2008 (-0.6%), 3008 III (-1.8%) and Renault Captur (-14.7%) follow but all suffer. The Dacia Duster III (+2.1%) and Peugeot 308 (+10.3%) round out the Top 10. Both the Renault 5 (+130.4%) and Symbioz (+136.6%) improve their ranking on last month to #12 and #13 respectively. The Dacia Bigster (#16) and Citroen C3 Aircross II (#17) are the most popular recent launches while two other newcomers break into the Top 50: the Renault 4 (#42) and Opel Frontera (#49). This does not mean they are successful as we expect much higher scores for both models.
Full models data will be uploaded to this article when made available to us.
Previous month: France August 2025: Hyundai (+31%), Citroen (+30.8%) highlight first positive market of the year
One year ago: France September 2024: Sales down a concerning -11.1%
Full September 2025 Top 55 All brands and Top 50 models below.
France September 2025 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Sep-25 | % | /24 | Aug | 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Renault | 23,559 | 16.8% | – 1.6% | 1 | 205,760 | 17.3% | + 1.1% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Peugeot | 18,873 | 13.4% | – 2.5% | 2 | 170,142 | 14.3% | – 4.1% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Dacia | 12,154 | 8.7% | + 23.7% | 3 | 108,121 | 9.1% | + 1.2% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Citroen | 9,812 | 7.0% | + 10.6% | 5 | 85,795 | 7.2% | – 2.5% | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Volkswagen | 8,975 | 6.4% | – 18.0% | 6 | 78,815 | 6.6% | – 8.0% | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Toyota | 8,564 | 6.1% | – 11.2% | 4 | 80,883 | 6.8% | – 12.6% | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Tesla | 5,584 | 4.0% | + 2.7% | 18 | 20,145 | 1.7% | – 31.7% | 16 | 14 |
| 8 | Skoda | 4,627 | 3.3% | + 9.9% | 9 | 36,010 | 3.0% | + 17.0% | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | Audi | 4,439 | 3.2% | + 21.5% | 10 | 33,471 | 2.8% | – 5.0% | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Mercedes | 4,345 | 3.1% | – 0.8% | 12 | 30,330 | 2.6% | – 15.6% | 11 | 8 |
| 11 | BMW | 4,226 | 3.0% | – 18.0% | 7 | 42,761 | 3.6% | – 9.7% | 7 | 7 |
| 12 | MG | 3,711 | 2.6% | + 83.7% | 15 | 20,823 | 1.8% | + 54.1% | 15 | 18 |
| 13 | Hyundai | 3,238 | 2.3% | – 5.4% | 8 | 31,498 | 2.7% | – 4.7% | 10 | 10 |
| 14 | Ford | 3,066 | 2.2% | – 7.5% | 14 | 28,289 | 2.4% | – 17.1% | 12 | 13 |
| 15 | Mini | 2,920 | 2.1% | + 21.0% | 16 | 18,524 | 1.6% | + 29.6% | 18 | 22 |
| 16 | Opel | 2,849 | 2.0% | – 3.8% | 13 | 25,316 | 2.1% | – 25.5% | 13 | 15 |
| 17 | Kia | 2,204 | 1.6% | – 35.1% | 11 | 24,285 | 2.0% | – 27.1% | 14 | 12 |
| 18 | Nissan | 1,994 | 1.4% | + 17.6% | 20 | 19,465 | 1.6% | – 10.6% | 17 | 17 |
| 19 | Cupra | 1,877 | 1.3% | + 41.9% | 19 | 16,083 | 1.4% | + 33.2% | 19 | 24 |
| 20 | Fiat | 1,819 | 1.3% | – 12.3% | 21 | 14,376 | 1.2% | – 46.5% | 21 | 16 |
| 21 | Suzuki | 1,787 | 1.3% | + 14.4% | 22 | 14,558 | 1.2% | – 20.9% | 20 | 19 |
| 22 | Seat | 1,376 | 1.0% | – 18.2% | 23 | 11,720 | 1.0% | – 33.0% | 22 | 20 |
| 23 | DS | 1,310 | 0.9% | – 11.7% | 24 | 11,127 | 0.9% | – 21.6% | 23 | 23 |
| 24 | Volvo | 1,160 | 0.8% | – 18.5% | 26 | 7,688 | 0.6% | – 44.2% | 25 | 21 |
| 25 | BYD | 1,040 | 0.7% | + 239.9% | 17 | 8,820 | 0.7% | + 260.9% | 24 | 30 |
| 26 | Mazda | 888 | 0.6% | + 0.6% | 27 | 5,441 | 0.5% | – 4.4% | 27 | 27 |
| 27 | Jeep | 815 | 0.6% | – 3.6% | 25 | 7,464 | 0.6% | – 14.0% | 26 | 25 |
| 28 | Alfa Romeo | 490 | 0.3% | + 47.6% | 28 | 4,705 | 0.4% | + 54.0% | 28 | 31 |
| 29 | Honda | 450 | 0.3% | + 94.0% | 30 | 3,499 | 0.3% | + 12.9% | 31 | 32 |
| 30 | Lexus | 439 | 0.3% | – 31.4% | 29 | 4,407 | 0.4% | – 7.3% | 29 | 28 |
| 31 | Leapmotor | 431 | 0.3% | ####### | 32 | 2,257 | 0.2% | + 1147.0% | 33 | 41 |
| 32 | Alpine | 384 | 0.3% | + 195.4% | 31 | 3,837 | 0.3% | + 93.4% | 30 | 34 |
| 33 | Porsche | 272 | 0.2% | – 26.7% | 34 | 2,611 | 0.2% | – 33.0% | 32 | 29 |
| 34 | Xpeng | 183 | 0.1% | + 731.8% | 33 | 2,119 | 0.2% | + 2178.5% | 34 | 39 |
| 35 | Skyworth | 110 | 0.1% | new | – | 112 | 0.0% | new | 43 | 66 |
| 36 | Lancia | 61 | 0.0% | + 1425.0% | 38 | 571 | 0.0% | + 514.0% | 38 | 45 |
| 37 | Polestar | 55 | 0.0% | + 5400.0% | 51 | 83 | 0.0% | + 4050.0% | 46 | 68 |
| 38 | Smart | 52 | 0.0% | – 70.8% | 35 | 650 | 0.1% | – 55.4% | 37 | 35 |
| 39 | Mitsubishi | 47 | 0.0% | – 17.5% | 36 | 1,566 | 0.1% | – 33.1% | 35 | 33 |
| 40 | Land Rover | 41 | 0.0% | – 91.5% | 37 | 182 | 0.0% | – 96.6% | 42 | 26 |
| 41 | Abarth | 35 | 0.0% | – 69.8% | 41 | 456 | 0.0% | – 61.8% | 39 | 36 |
| 42 | Ferrari | 30 | 0.0% | + 7.1% | 42 | 239 | 0.0% | + 0.8% | 40 | 40 |
| 43 | Lynk & Co | 21 | 0.0% | + 250.0% | 39 | 661 | 0.1% | + 34.1% | 36 | 37 |
| 44 | Lamborghini | 12 | 0.0% | – 14.3% | 43 | 99 | 0.0% | + 10.0% | 44 | 46 |
| 45 | Lotus | 10 | 0.0% | – 58.3% | 50 | 65 | 0.0% | – 58.3% | 49 | 42 |
| 46 | Bentley | 9 | 0.0% | + 800.0% | 53 | 37 | 0.0% | + 37.0% | 51 | 54 |
| 47 | Maserati | 7 | 0.0% | + 16.7% | 44 | 80 | 0.0% | + 25.0% | 47 | 48 |
| 48 | Aston Martin | 7 | 0.0% | – 12.5% | 40 | 71 | 0.0% | + 86.8% | 48 | 51 |
| 49 | VinFast | 5 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | – | 11 | 0.0% | – 85.5% | 57 | 49 |
| 50 | Caterham | 4 | 0.0% | – 55.6% | 48 | 57 | 0.0% | – 49.1% | 50 | 43 |
| 51 | Secma | 3 | 0.0% | + 200.0% | – | 19 | 0.0% | – 13.6% | 55 | 56 |
| 52 | Minimoke | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 49 | 25 | 0.0% | – 41.9% | 52 | 55 |
| 53 | McLaren | 1 | 0.0% | – 90.0% | 46 | 18 | 0.0% | – 18.2% | 56 | 57 |
| 54 | Devalliet | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 52 | 9 | 0.0% | + 12.5% | 59 | 61 |
| 55 | DFSK/Seres | 1 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 54 | 8 | 0.0% | – 72.4% | 60 | 58 |
France September 2025 – models:
| Pos | Model | Sep-25 | % | /24 | Aug | 2025 | % | /24 | Pos | FY24 |
| 1 | Renault Clio V | 8,627 | 6.1% | + 0.9% | 1 | 75,537 | 6.4% | + 12.5% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Peugeot 208 | 6,785 | 4.8% | – 6.5% | 3 | 54,505 | 4.6% | – 20.0% | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Dacia Sandero | 5,100 | 3.6% | + 8.1% | 2 | 49,269 | 4.2% | – 13.5% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Citroen C3 IV | 4,900 | 3.5% | + 35.1% | 5 | 41,943 | 3.5% | + 735.2% | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Tesla Model Y | 4,844 | 3.5% | + 5.5% | 20 | 15,666 | 1.3% | – 19.3% | 15 | 10 |
| 6 | Peugeot 2008 | 3,457 | 2.5% | – 0.6% | 4 | 41,029 | 3.5% | + 7.2% | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Peugeot 3008 III | 3,414 | 2.4% | – 1.8% | 6 | 31,028 | 2.6% | + 133.9% | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | Renault Captur | 3,245 | 2.3% | – 14.7% | 10 | 28,594 | 2.4% | – 20.7% | 8 | 5 |
| 9 | Dacia Duster III | 3,168 | 2.3% | + 2.1% | 8 | 30,076 | 2.5% | + 168.8% | 7 | 13 |
| 10 | Peugeot 308 | 3,085 | 2.2% | + 10.3% | 11 | 23,176 | 2.0% | – 18.9% | 12 | 7 |
| 11 | Toyota Yaris | 2,720 | 1.9% | + 5.1% | 7 | 23,361 | 2.0% | – 5.7% | 11 | 8 |
| 12 | Renault 5 | 2,537 | 1.8% | + 130.4% | 13 | 21,734 | 1.8% | + 1720.3% | 13 | 51 |
| 13 | Renault Symbioz | 2,430 | 1.7% | + 136.6% | 17 | 23,671 | 2.0% | + 1235.8% | 10 | 68 |
| 14 | Toyota Yaris Cross | 2,199 | 1.6% | – 24.3% | 9 | 24,349 | 2.1% | + 1.2% | 9 | 9 |
| 15 | VW Polo | 2,033 | 1.4% | – 38.4% | 16 | 16,190 | 1.4% | – 9.1% | 14 | 12 |
| 16 | Dacia Bigster | 2,019 | 1.4% | new | 15 | 11,202 | 0.9% | new | 25 | – |
| 17 | Citroen C3 Aircross II (est) | 1,921 | 1.4% | new | 18 | 10,380 | 0.9% | new | 29 | 322 |
| 18 | Mini Hatch | 1,514 | 1.1% | + 16.5% | 25 | 10,919 | 0.9% | + 171.3% | 26 | 72 |
| 19 | MG ZS | 1,475 | 1.1% | + 205.4% | 43 | 8,561 | 0.7% | + 470.7% | 40 | 98 |
| 20 | Renault Austral | 1,466 | 1.0% | – 28.1% | 30 | 14,584 | 1.2% | – 27.0% | 16 | 11 |
| 21 | Ford Puma | 1,427 | 1.0% | – 4.4% | 23 | 12,312 | 1.0% | – 21.7% | 20 | 18 |
| 22 | Renault Scenic V | 1,422 | 1.0% | + 12.5% | 41 | 10,850 | 0.9% | + 116.2% | 27 | 54 |
| 23 | Citroen C5 Aircross | 1,410 | 1.0% | + 46.7% | 12 | 14,533 | 1.2% | + 31.5% | 17 | 32 |
| 24 | Peugeot 5008 III | 1,358 | 1.0% | + 62.6% | 22 | 13,499 | 1.1% | + 756.0% | 18 | 99 |
| 25 | Toyota C-HR II | 1,252 | 0.9% | + 9.1% | 26 | 10,631 | 0.9% | – 4.1% | 28 | 28 |
| 26 | VW Tiguan III | 1,246 | 0.9% | – 17.5% | 28 | 11,242 | 0.9% | + 70.2% | 24 | 38 |
| 27 | Mercedes GLA | 1,184 | 0.8% | + 28.1% | 42 | 7,722 | 0.7% | + 1.9% | 42 | 48 |
| 28 | MG 3 | 1,102 | 0.8% | + 26.4% | 47 | 6,699 | 0.6% | + 111.8% | 45 | 56 |
| 29 | Nissan Qashqai | 1,088 | 0.8% | + 15.6% | 51 | 9,030 | 0.8% | – 14.1% | 35 | 34 |
| 30 | VW T-Roc | 1,062 | 0.8% | – 19.7% | 24 | 11,553 | 1.0% | – 12.4% | 23 | 24 |
| 31 | Suzuki Swift | 1,046 | 0.7% | + 5.2% | 44 | 9,504 | 0.8% | + 19.5% | 32 | 43 |
| 32 | Dacia Jogger | 1,043 | 0.7% | – 27.8% | 27 | 11,713 | 1.0% | – 31.7% | 21 | 15 |
| 33 | Opel Corsa | 1,033 | 0.7% | – 33.3% | 19 | 12,505 | 1.1% | – 29.6% | 19 | 16 |
| 34 | VW T-Cross | 1,015 | 0.7% | + 6.2% | 36 | 9,830 | 0.8% | – 1.9% | 31 | 35 |
| 35 | Ford Kuga | 1,008 | 0.7% | – 1.5% | 37 | 9,082 | 0.8% | + 11.6% | 33 | 41 |
| 36 | BMW Série 1 | 1,006 | 0.7% | + 43.9% | 33 | 8,994 | 0.8% | + 25.7% | 36 | 47 |
| 37 | Skoda Fabia | 1,005 | 0.7% | + 5.6% | 34 | 8,733 | 0.7% | + 21.0% | 39 | 49 |
| 38 | Hyundai Tucson | 984 | 0.7% | – 19.3% | 14 | 10,304 | 0.9% | – 11.0% | 30 | 26 |
| 39 | VW Golf | 979 | 0.7% | + 9.3% | 49 | 8,809 | 0.7% | – 24.5% | 38 | 29 |
| 40 | Toyota Aygo X | 975 | 0.7% | – 12.7% | 29 | 8,901 | 0.8% | – 17.4% | 37 | 33 |
| 41 | Skoda Elroq | 954 | 0.7% | new | 46 | 4,813 | 0.4% | new | 67 | – |
| 42 | Renault 4 | 927 | 0.7% | new | 57 | 2,781 | 0.2% | new | 91 | – |
| 43 | Mini Countryman | 844 | 0.6% | – 7.3% | 61 | 5,275 | 0.4% | + 10.8% | 62 | 76 |
| 44 | Mercedes Classe A | 835 | 0.6% | + 38.5% | 50 | 6,250 | 0.5% | + 18.1% | 51 | 70 |
| 45 | Dacia Spring | 824 | 0.6% | + 144.5% | 39 | 5,842 | 0.5% | + 73.5% | 57 | 87 |
| 46 | Skoda Octavia | 823 | 0.6% | – 5.8% | 54 | 6,355 | 0.5% | + 12.0% | 48 | 58 |
| 47 | Hyundai Kona | 821 | 0.6% | – 4.1% | 21 | 9,068 | 0.8% | + 3.2% | 34 | 37 |
| 48 | VW ID.3 | 794 | 0.6% | + 31.9% | 71 | 6,000 | 0.5% | + 16.4% | 54 | 71 |
| 49 | Opel Frontera | 790 | 0.6% | new | 67 | 3,342 | 0.3% | new | 79 | – |
| 50 | Citroen C4 | 765 | 0.5% | – 44.2% | 32 | 11,587 | 1.0% | – 19.0% | 22 | 23 |
Source: AAA Data, PFA
