The Renault Clio V is the best-selling vehicle in France in April. 13/05 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands and Top 286 All-models. New car sales in France are up 568.8% year-on-year in April to 140.426 units, reflecting the strict national lockdown in place in April 2020 and lifting the…
The Peugeot 208 II secures an 8th win in the past 9 months at home. 16/04 update: Now with final figures for the Top 280 All-models. 7/04 update: Now with Top 10 EVs. The French new car market is up 191.7% year-on-year in March to 182.775 sales as year-ago volumes…
The new Sandero helps propel Dacia sales up 25.8%. Picture largus.fr 31/03 update: Now with Top 280 All-models ranking. New car sales in France record a 7th consecutive month of decline, accelerating their fall to -20.9% year-on-year in February at 132.637 units. This brings the year-to-date tally down -14.2% to…
The Dacia Sandero III is an instant blockbuster in France. Picture largus.fr 11/02 update: Now with Top 270 All-models ranking. The Full Year 2020 article has also been updated with Top 400 All-models data. The French new car market manages a measured -5.8% to 126.381 units despite two less selling…
The Peugeot 208 II is the best-selling vehicle at home in 2020. Picture largus.fr 03/02 update: Now with Top 62 All-brands ranking. 11/02 update: Now with Top 400 All-models ranking. The French new car market is hit -25.5% by the coronavirus crisis in 2020 to just 1.650.188 units. This is…
The 2008 is back on the podium, helping Peugeot edge past 20% share. 18/12 update: Now with Top 295 All-models. France was in lockdown again in November, albeit less strict than in Spring. As a result new car sales plunge -27% year-on-year, or -30.7% if looking at daily sales rate…
The Peugeot 208 is easily swooshing to its first win at home. New car sales in France endure their 8th year-on-year drop of 2020 in October at -9.5% to 171.049 units, jus as the last registrations under the post-Covid regime are rushed to the end of the month. Another handicapping…
The Peugeot 2008 II 3peats at #2, an all-time record ranking at home for the nameplate. At -3% year-on-year in September to 168.291 registrations, the French new car market puts a dreadful August (-19.8%) in the rearview mirror, but can't quite match the positive scores of June (+1.2%), and July (+3.9%).…
The Peugeot 2008 II repeats at #2 with 5.5% share, both all-time records. 16/09 update: Now with Top 55 All-brands and Top 340 All-models. 9/09 update: Now with Top 10 EV models. After showing the entire European continent the way to recovery in June (+1.2%) - and confirming in July (+3.9%) -…
The Peugeot 2008 is up to a record #2 and ranks #1 with private buyers for the first time. 07/08 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands, Top 330 All-models and private sales best-sellers. French new car sales manage a second consecutive month in positive in July at +3.9% year-on-year and 178.982…
The Renault Zoe and Peugeot e-208 are the stars of the EV segment in France. Picture autoplus.fr 11/08 update: Now with Top 20 PC and LCV fleet models. 17/07 update: Now with Top 375 All-models. 2/07 update: Now with the Top 54 All-brands, Top 58 All LCV brands and Top 100…
Suzuki sales shoot up 55.1% year-on-year and the Swift is up 136.1%. 17/07 update: Now wit final complete Top 290 All-models. After -89% in April to the weakest monthly volume in 63 years and -50.3% in May to the lowest May score in 52 years, the French new car market…
French new car sales are slowly recovering after the lockdown was lifted on May 11. 20/06 update: Now with Top 270 All-models and Top 30 All-EV models. 2/06 update: Now with the Top 55 All-brands. The much anticipated May volumes in Europe are starting to trickle down, giving us a…
France ended its national lockdown on May 11, with inhabitants now able to get out without having to fill a movement certificate. Business and school reopening are less strict in "Green" departments, whereas "Red" departments remain relatively constrained (see map below). So how have new car sales performed over the…
French new car sales fall to their lowest April tally since 1950. 8/05 update: Now with Top 220 All-models. 5/05 update: Now with Top 50 All-brands. As we anticipated a week ago, French new car sales stall -88.8% year-on-year in April to just 20.997 registrations as the country was under…