Now that the first six months of the year are over, we finally can to study the situation on the French car market in the first half of the year ! A few days ago, we informed you about the registration in the country from the beginning of January. Result: 1,080,498 cars and light commercial vehicles are registered in France. 12.5% growth compared to the first half of 2022! Most of the sales were made professionals who sold 402,463 cars in the first semester. An increase of 11.9% compared to 2022. Sales of passenger cars are higher than those of commercial vehicles. Here, according to Arval Mobility Observatory and AAA Dataas both in the first six months of the year.
The best sales in the fleet of passenger cars for 1Er semester 2023
A first note about this classification: diesel in reverse a lot. We can’t find any more only one diesel model in the TOP-10: Peugeot 308what at 7d position. Gasoline leads in 5 out of 10 cars, followed by 2 hybrid models (without recharging) and 2 electric models. Renault puts its Clio at the top of the ratingand then Citroën with its C3 and Peugeot with its 208, which is also present at 10d position below its e-208 electric variant. This classification is almost entirely French except Tesla places its Model Y in the 8d position.
- 1. Renault Clio (petrol) – 11,791 units
- 2. Citroën C3 (gasoline) – 8356 units
- 3. Peugeot 208 (Gasoline) – 8165 pcs
- 4. Renault Arkana (Hybrid) – 7590 pcs
- 5. Peugeot 308 (Gasoline) – 6045 pcs
- 6. Peugeot 2008 (Gasoline) – 5474 units
- 7. Peugeot 308 (Diesel) – 5322 pcs
- 8. Tesla Model Y (Electric) – 4,958 units
- 9. Renault Austral (Hybrid) – 4,664 units
- 10. Peugeot e-208 (Electric) – 3960 pcs.
Best sales to fleets of light commercial vehicles in 1Er semester 2023
As for utilities, there are fewer surprises for energy: the 10 best-selling models are diesel. Except for Iveco, which puts the Daily in 7d position, all others are too French brands. Renault is the leader, placing his Master and Traffic in pole and second position. As a result, in this rating there are four Renault models and 5 Stellantis brand models. Although associated with Fiat, IVECO is not an affiliate of Stellantisbut to the holding company Fiat Exor.
- 1. Renault Master – 11,468 copies
- 2. Renault Trafic – 8,991 units
- 3. Peugeot Partner – 8375 units
- 4. Citroën Berlingo – 7,692 units
- 5. Peugeot Expert – 5211 units
- 6. Citroën Jumpy – 5092 units
- 7. Iveco Daily – 4926 units
- 8. Renault Express – 3,694 units
- 9. Peugeot Boxer – 3677 pcs
- 10. Renault Kangoo – 3571 units
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Source: Auto Plus
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