Although October’s registrations were down by 2.2% to 184,765, the total French market for the year to the end of October is fractionally up on last year – 1,806,085 sales compared with 1,778,357, an increase of just 1.6%. DaimlerChrysler was the big winner in October with sales up 33%, thanks no doubt to such in-demand new models as the Mercedes-Benz C-class and Chrysler’s wacky PT Cruiser mini-MPV.
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Other manufacturers mostly saw slight registration downturns compared with October 1999. Rover was the biggest loser with sales down 61.5% – from 2065 in October 1999 to just 794 a year later. This will surely worry the company’s new British owners because France has historically been a strong market for the Rover brand, especially the diesel models.
For the year to the end of October, Citroen has made the strongest gains, boosting registrations by 12.5% to 221,861 cars. DaimlerChrysler is up 10% but Peugeot managed just 1.7%.
As usual in France, locally-produced cars dominate the sales charts with a share of almost 61% of registrations for the year to date. Registrations of foreign brands are down 3.4% overall with the Japanese slice of that cake virtually unchanged at just 0.1% up on 1999.
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By GlobalDataNEW CAR REGISTRATIONS
| Maker | OCTOBER | Year to end October | ||||||
| …. | 1999 | 2000 (provisional) | Increase(%) | Marketshare (%) | 1999 | 2000 (provisional) | Increase (%) | Marketshare (%) |
| Citroën | 21 243 | 22 634 | 6,5 | 12,3 | 197 147 | 221 861 | 12,5 | 12,3 |
| Peugeot | 37 709 | 33 479 | -11,2 | 18,1 | 321 155 | 326 755 | 1,7 | 18,1 |
| Total PSA | 58 952 | 56 113 | -4,8 | 30,4 | 518 302 | 548 616 | 5,8 | 30,4 |
| Total Renault | 50 847 | 53 106 | 4,4 | 28,7 | 491 165 | 515 093 | 4,9 | 28,5 |
| Total French makers | 109 803 | 109 221 | -0,5 | 59,1 | 1 009 513 | 1 063 758 | 5,4 | 58,9 |
| Volkswagen Group | 20 316 | 20 106 | -1 | 10,9 | 204 202 | 201 113 | -1,5 | 11,1 |
| GM Europe | 13 803 | 13 552 | -1,8 | 7,3 | 120 425 | 120 148 | -0,2 | 6,6 |
| Ford Group | 11 974 | 10 325 | -13,8 | 5,6 | 137 148 | 109 148 | -20,4 | 6 |
| Fiat Group | 10 518 | 9 177 | -12,7 | 5 | 102 025 | 101 134 | -0,9 | 5,6 |
| BMW-Rover Group | 2 540 | 2 721 | 7,1 | 1,5 | 25 296 | 26 709 | 5,6 | 1,5 |
| DaimlerChrysler | 4 199 | 5 587 | 33,1 | 3 | 44 151 | 48 570 | 10 | 2,7 |
| Land Rover | 631 | 520 | -17,6 | 0,3 | 6 316 | 6 329 | 0,2 | 0,3 |
| Rover | 2 065 | 794 | -61,5 | 0,4 | 14 518 | 12 428 | -14,4 | 0,7 |
| Japanese makers | 10 433 | 9 926 | -4,9 | 5,4 | 91 217 | 91 311 | 0,1 | 5,1 |
| Other makers | 1 962 | 2 263 | 15,3 | 1,2 | 17 970 | 19 541 | 8,7 | 1,1 |
| Total foreign makers | 79 032 | 75 544 | -4,4 | 40,9 | 768 844 | 742 327 | -3,4 | 41,1 |
| Total | 188 835 | 184 765 | -2,2 | 100 | 1 778 357 | 1 806 085 | 1,6 | 100 |
NEW CARS AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL VEHICLES UNDER 5 TONNES
| Marques | OCTOBER | Year to end October | ||||||
| ,,, | 1999 | 2000 (provisional) | Increase (%) | Market share (% ) | 1999 | 2000 (provisional) | Increase. (%) | Market share (% ) |
| Citroën | 27 825 | 29 225 | 5 | 13,3 | 253 135 | 285 554 | 12,8 | 13,3 |
| Peugeot | 43 800 | 39 746 | -9,3 | 18,0 | 376 385 | 387 427 | 2,9 | 18,0 |
| Total PSA | 71 625 | 68 971 | -3,7 | 31,3 | 629 520 | 672 981 | 6,9 | 31,3 |
| Total Renault | 61 330 | 65 525 | 6,8 | 29,7 | 597 451 | 632 441 | 5,9 | 29,4 |
| Total foreign makers | 132 962 | 134 502 | 1,2 | 61 | 1 227 061 | 1 305 505 | 6,4 | 60,7 |
| Volkswagen Group | 21 465 | 21 458 | – | 9,7 | 215 631 | 214 221 | -0,7 | 10 |
| GM Europe | 14 397 | 14 385 | -0,1 | 6,5 | 125 865 | 126 616 | 0,6 | 5,9 |
| Ford Group | 13 515 | 11 819 | -12,5 | 5,4 | 153 683 | 124 801 | -18,8 | 5,8 |
| Fiat Group | 12 938 | 12 560 | -2,9 | 5,7 | 131 068 | 137 185 | 4,7 | 6,4 |
| BMW-Rover | 2 550 | 2 721 | 6,7 | 1,2 | 25 350 | 26 739 |
5,5 | 1,2 |
| DaimlerChrysler | 5 886 | 7 383 | 25,4 | 3,3 | 61 684 | 68 201 | 10,6 | 3,2 |
| Land Rover | 765 | 658 | -14 | 0,3 | 7 739 | 7 893 | 2 | 0,4 |
| Rover | 2 073 | 799 | -61,5 | 0,4 | 14 589 | 12 505 | -14,3 | 0,6 |
| Japanese makers | 11 473 | 10 987 | -4,2 | 5 | 100 097 | 101 043 | 0,9 | 4,7 |
| Other makers | 2 001 | 2 353 | 17,6 | 1,1 | 18 466 | 20 273 | 9,8 | 0,9 |
| Total foreign makers | 87 788 | 85 878 | -2,2 | 39 | 861 023 | 846 891 | -1,6 | 39,3 |
| Total | 220 750 | 220 380 | -0,2 | 100 | 2 088 084 | 2 152 396 | 3,1 | 100 |
