Citroen C3 sales increased by 60.9% compared to the same period last year. The photo shows the next generation. Copyright William Crozes @ Continental Productions
Update 3/18: The list now includes the top 313 models across all models.
New car sales in France rose 13% year-on-year in February to 142,597 units, but this was still -15% below the pre-pandemic February 2020 figure of 167,785. Year-to-date volumes were up 11.2% to 264,881. Gasoline sales were up 2% year-on-year to 48,075 and 33.7% versus 37.3% a year earlier; diesel fell -30.5% to 10 221 and 7.2% versus 11.7% in February 2023, HEVs grew 41.5% to PHEV share rose 18.6% to 11,738 and 8.2% versus 8.3% and BEV share rose by 32% to 25,872 and 18.1% versus 15.5% a year ago.
Peugeot (+10.8%) repeats first place with a share of 15.6%, leaving Renault (+9.9%) on the sidelines. In fact, Stellantis was the big winner of the month, with total sales up 21% on last year thanks to strong results from Citroen (+29.7%) taking third place overall for the first time since March 2023, Fiat (+69.8% ). ), Opel (+24.2%), Jeep (+116.9%) and Alfa Romeo (+48.9%). After a record January, Dacia (-1.5%) dropped to 4th place with a share of 8.2% versus 9.7% since the beginning of the year. Toyota (+21.7%) is also very firmly in fifth place with a 7.1% share, remaining above Volkswagen (-0.6%). BMW (+45.2%) and Kia (+22.5%) also shine in the rest of the top 10. Note that Tesla is down -3.9%.
In the model rankings, the top four outperformed the market: the Peugeot 208 (+37.8%) extended its year-end lead with a strong 7% share, followed by the Renault Clio (+31.1%), Citroen C3 (+31.1%) . +60.9%) and Dacia Sandero (+23.1%). In contrast, the Peugeot 308 (-7.5%), Renault Captur (-3.6%) and Peugeot 2008 (-4.8%) underperform. The Toyota Yaris (+31.7%) is the best-selling foreign, ahead of the locally produced Toyota Yaris Cross (+21.5%) and the Fiat 500 (+33%). Renault Austral (+15.1%) returned eight places from last month to 12th place, while Citroen C4 (+33.8%) moved up 7th place to 15th place. In 16th place, Tesla Model Y fell by -20.2%.
Previous month: France January 2024: Dacia hits record share, ends month 914 sales behind Renault
One year ago: France, February 2023: Dacia, Audi, Toyota, Renault Austral #13 shine, market growth 9.4%.
Full February 2024 Top 60 of all brands and Top 313 of all models below.
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