The Toyota Yaris Cross was in 2022 the most produced car in France. We announced this to you a few days ago when the 2022 production figures for the French market finally dropped. French car production was again decreased by 7.5% ! A trend that is definitely confirmed from year to year. Of the 1.75 million cars collected on our territory in 2017 In 2022, 1.3 million came out of the chains. The record in France was 2005, when 3.11 million cars were produced in France! However, 2022 was marked by several novelties that stimulated production. Peugeot 308, Renault Megane E-Tech and Opel Mokka in particular, all three are assembled on site! Toyota comes out the big winner and ups the ante, with two models in the Top 5!

Toyota, Peugeot and Opel are leading

A Japanese manufacturer that has been engaged in assembling since 2001 Yaris in Onnaing in the North (59), completed it in 2021 with his SUV: the Yaris Cross. In 2022, 161,508 units rolled off the assembly lines, in addition to 85,149 Yaris. We should not consider the overall performance of a small city car under this. Toyota moved part of the production to Kolin (Czech Republic) to make room for the Yaris Cross. The second manufacturer is Peugeotwith the 3008 SUV (159,166 units) and the compact 308 (107,405) rounding out the rankings. Renault with its utilities is only in the top 10 (Kangoo, Traffic, master). Until Citroën and its C5 Aircross gathered in Rennes take ninth place. What is even more surprising, the fourth model in this rating is not French, but German. This is Opel Mokka carwhose sole production center is in Poissy in Yvelines: 100,937 units in 2022!

13 French and 7 foreign

According to the classification provided by the “Inonev” company, on Art 20 first models made in France in 2022, 13 were a French brand. In addition to Toyota and Opel, Nissan (Micro), Mercedes Benz (citizen), Clever (Fortwo EQ) and fiat (Scudo) participated in the national effort. Here are the twenty most produced models in France in 2022 in detail:

• Toyota Yaris Cross (Onnaing, 59): 161,508 units
• Peugeot 3008 (Sosho, 25): 159,166 units
• Peugeot 308 (Mulhouse, 68): 107,405 units
• Vauxhall Mokka (Poissy, 78): 100,937 units
• Toyota Yaris (Onnaing, 59): 85,149 units

• Renault Kangoo (Maubeuge, 59): 58,028 units
• Renault Traffic (Sanduville, 76): 55,244 units
• Renault Master (Batilli, 54): 52,197 units
• Citroen C5 Aircross (Rennes, 35): 47,365 units
• Peugeot Expert (Gordain, 59): 43,820 units

• Peugeot 5008 (Rennes, 35): 40,425 units
• Renault Zoe (Flins, 78): 35,812 units
• Dispatch Citroen (Gordain, 59): 35,400 units
• Nissan Micra (Flins, 78): 34,967 units
• Renault Megane E-Tech (Duet, 59): 25,680 units

• Toyota Proace (Gordain, 59): 25,360 units
• DS7 (Mulhouse, 68): 23,821 units
• Smart Fortwo (Hambach, 57): 21,432 units
• fiat scudo (Gordein, 59): 18,674 units
• Mercedes-Benz Citan (Maubeuge, 59): 16,004 units