If the car market was doing well until 2019, the sudden Covid epidemic in 2020 led to a crash. And for good reason, factories in China, as in the rest of the world, were almost all closed to reduce the risk of infection. In addition, dealerships were forced to keep their doors closed even during three prison terms which followed each other, particularly in France. And inevitably, this greatly affected the sales of new cars, which then collapsed. Until the return to the level of the 1950s, which was completely unprecedented.

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But although the epidemic is far behind, the situation is clearly starting to improve. So, registration of new cars started to grow again for both individuals and professionals. Indeed, in 2023, the corporate fleet market was successful, even approaching the record of 2019. In fact, no less than 542,720 new cars were sold to companies in the last twelve months. And that’s partly thanks to the good performance of the month of December, with 55,013 sales.

Renault dominates

Looking at it in more detail, you can see what it basically is electrified cars which have been successful, especially hybrid models. And it is not for nothing that the latter make up at least 36% of sales, and electric ones – 12.2%. Renault leads the brand ranking with 102,324 sales, followed by Peugeot, which registered 101,671 vehicles during the same period. Finally, Citroën occupies the third step of the podium with only 39,039 sales in the same period.

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