Renault AHR During World War II, the new car market in France came to a standstill, and in any case sales were not reported so there is no trace of it now. The only available data is an estimation of vehicle production in the country during the period. France capitulated…
Peugeot 202 New data was made available by L'Argus covering the Model Year 1939, meaning the October 1938 - September 1939 period or just before the start of World War II. 169.726 new passenger cars and light commercials were registered over the period, with Citroen the best-selling brand with almost…
The Peugeot 202 launches in 1938. After spending much of the thirties in muddied waters, the French new car market displays a very healthy 11% growth in 1938, passing the 200,000 sales milestone for the first time since 1930 at 205,677 units. This includes 181,637 new private cars (+11%), 22,551…
The Renault Juvaquatre is launched in 1937 After surging by 17% in 1936, the French new vehicle market returns into negative 1937, mainly due to a wave of labour disputes, strikes, and worker unrest that spread throughout the French automobile industry and affected sales. The market as a whole is down…
Citroen Traction Avant After a few wobbly years affected by the Great Depression (no frank growth since 1930), the French new car market is in great shape in 1936 at +17% to 190,167 registrations, also the highest annual volume since 1930. This includes 168,429 private cars (+19%) and 21,738 trucks…
1933 Citroen Rosalie * See the 1930-1934 annual sales volume by clicking on the title! * 1930 is the date of the oldest official annual new car sales figures for France made available by L'Argus. At the time a total of 285,461 new vehicles found a buyer, including 239,530 private…
The Peugeot Type 5 launched in 1894 and was one of only 200 cars in circulation in France then. For the first time in the history of BSCB and thanks to the CCFA in Paris I am able to share with you official stats for the 19th century! At that…
1930 Ford Model A * See the Top 6 best-selling manufacturers by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Bill * Yesterday Bill offered me a little present for BSCB's 2nd Anniversary: the best-selling manufacturers in Greece in... 1932! This makes Greece the only country with the USA to feature…