Renault Supercinq * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the third consecutive year the French car market beats records and totals 2,274,307 units in 1989, up 3% year-on-year. Fourth and last year of reign for the Renault Supercinq, still very strong at 236,929…
Renault Supercinq * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to STAC * The French car market reaches a new volume record this year, up 5% on 1987 at 2,217,149 units. Both the Renault Supercinq and the Peugeot 205, in that order again, deliver…
Renault Supercinq * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to STAC & Vavon * New record for the French car market: up 10% year-on-year it reaches 2,106,529 registrations, its highest annual volume ever. 1987 is the year the fight for the first place between…
Renault Supercinq * See the Top 100 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to STAC * New car sales in France are back in shape, up 9% this year to 1,909,304 registrations. Both the Renault Supercinq and Peugeot 205 have reached their cruising speed and both models deliver…
Peugeot 205 * See the Top 172 best-selling models by clicking on the title * Stable market in France in 1985 at 1,766,328 registrations. The Peugeot 205 has what will remain its best year, peaking at a record 15.4% share in February and hitting 12.9% of the market at year-end…
Peugeot 205 * See the Top 168 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New car sales in France are down 13% in 1984 to 1,750,800 registrations. After 10 years of reign of the Renault 5, the Peugeot 205 makes up for a shy start in 1983 and helped…
Renault 5 * See the Top 22 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * For the second consecutive year the French new car market is above 2 million units at 2.02 this year, down 2%. The Renault 5 celebrates its 10th year in a row…
Renault 9 * See the Top 25 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * For the first time French consumers have bought over 2 million new cars this year, at 2,060,000 units. The Renault 5 is the best-selling car in the country for the 9th…
Renault 5 * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The French car market is down 2% in 1981 at 1,834,322 registrations and the Renault 5 delivers its second best year, down only 6% on an exceptional figure in 1980 at 282,486 sales and 15.4%…
Renault 5 (I couldn't find a proper picture of the 4-door version!) * See the Top 20 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * French consumers bought 1,873,202 new cars in 1980. Helped by the launch of the 4 door version in July 1979, the…
Renault 5 * See sales of all French models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The Renault 5 is the best-selling car in France for the 6th consecutive year and it holds a 10.8% market share in 1979. Renault 18 Launched in 1978, the Renault 18…
Renault 5 No change atop the French models ranking: the Renault 5 confirms its domination: it holds 10.1% of the market in 1977 and 10% in 1978. I don't have any detailed sales ranking for these years in France so if you do please make sure to get in touch…
Renault 5 Launched in 1972, the Renault 5 takes command of the French models ranking in 1974 with 154,000 sales and 11% market share. This is the start of a decade of domination for the small Renault and 5,580,000 units of the models would be produced up until 1984 when…
Renault 12 The Renault 12 is the best-selling car in France in 1973 but I don't have any sales data so if you do, please get in touch by commenting on this post! Citroen GS Production figures show the Renault 12 in the lead too by a large margin with…
Simca 1100 1972 is a particular year for the French car market: the Simca 1100 takes the lead of the models sales ranking for just one year, and it would be the last Simca model to do so with the pole position being split between Renault and Peugeot models for…