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 Kaicene F70 is already making a splash in New Caledonia. New car sales in New Caledonia, an overseas French archipelago located north-east of Australia, continue on their positive post-pandemic run, celebrating five straight months of year-on-year gains in September at +28.2% to 801 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.9%…
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 Dacia Duster accounts for 7.7% of New Caledonian sales in July. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French Overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, continue to race ahead: after surging 35.2% in June, they gain another 43.8% year-on-year in July to 971 units, spectacularly tilting the year-to-date tally into positive…
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…
The Toyota C-HR is only outsold by the Hilux in New Caledonia this month. New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, is long done with COVID-19 and reopened businesses as early as April 20. As a result the new car market is actually up 8.2% year-on-year in May to…
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…
Toyota soars to 36% share in New Caledonia in April. New Caledonia is a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia. Unlike metropolitan France where the COVID-19 lockdown lasted until May 11, here businesses reopened as early as April 20. After March sales down a moderate -25.9%, April deliveries drop -47.2%…
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…
The French must provide a movement certificate to be allowed out. French sales data published today on local weekly Auto Plus shows April volumes down -96% year-on-year halfway through the month as the country remains under strict lockdown. Daily sales rates have plummeted to 268 vs. 312 at the start of the…
The Nissan Micra ranks #7 in New Caledonia in March. New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north-east of Australia, was in lockdown between March 24 and April 19 (vs. March 17 to at least May 11 for the French mainland), and seems to have wrestled COVID-19 to the ground with…