France Car Sales By Brand : 2015

The Citroën C3 found over 56,000 homes in France and came in 6th

Sales were up a solid 6.8%, the best since 2011. Renault and Peugeot did well, but Citroën and Reggie's Dacia didn't. A case of swings and roundabouts for the full year. In December French brands did much better as did the whole market, up 12.5%.

VW managed a modest increase although a it had a poor December of -15%. Further down, Jeep had a stellar year, as it has across Europe. One success for Sergio at least. Jaguar also roared thanks to the arrival of the XE late in 2015. In December Jag was up over 200% and the new XE deserves to do well.

11	12	13	14	15	Brand	2015	%	+/-
1	1	1	1	1	Renault	382,504	20.0%	8.1%
2	2	2	2	2	Peugeot	327,393	17.1%	7.3%
3	3	3	3	3	Citroën	201,065	10.5%	0.8%
4	4	4	4	4	VW	144,103	7.5%	3.3%
7	6	5	5	5	Dacia	97,441	5.1%	-5.0%
5	5	6	6	6	Ford	80,729	4.2%	7.5%
8	8	8	7	7	Nissan	74,102	3.9%	8.9%
9	9	7	8	8	Toyota	71,755	3.7%	7.5%
6	7	9	9	9	Opel	64,170	3.3%	4.8%
10	10	10	10	10	Audi	58,734	3.1%	4.1%
13	12	12	11	11	Mercedes	55,376	2.9%	12.7%
11	13	11	13	12	Fiat	54,443	2.8%	19.0%
12	11	13	12	13	BMW	53,558	2.8%	12.3%
-	-	-	14	14	DS	30,257	1.6%	-4.7%
15	14	14	15	15	Kia	29,146	1.5%	3.4%
19	15	15	19	16	Hyundai	23,968	1.3%	39.6%
17	19	19	18	17	MINI	22,512	1.2%	23.2%
14	17	16	16	18	Seat	22,009	1.1%	4.4%
18	18	18	17	19	Škoda	21,759	1.1%	6.6%
20	20	20	20	20	Suzuki	18,506	1.0%	23.4%
22	21	21	21	21	Volvo	13,876	0.7%	11.4%
27	24	24	24	22	Land Rover	8,846	0.5%	30.2%
29	30	31	32	23	Jeep	8,585	0.4%	208.5%
25	27	25	26	24	Mazda	8,418	0.4%	38.9%
24	25	26	28	25	smart	8,107	0.4%	95.4%
23	23	22	23	26	Honda	7,325	0.4%	3.3%
21	22	23	22	27	Alfa Romeo	6,353	0.3%	-16.5%
31	29	30	31	28	Porsche	4,943	0.3%	43.3%
30	31	29	30	29	Lexus	4,457	0.2%	27.9%
26	28	28	29	30	Mitsubishi	3,936	0.2%	12.6%
32	34	33	35	31	Jaguar	1,530	0.1%	114.0%
28	26	27	25	32	Lancia	1,469	0.1%	-75.9%
37	32	34	33	33	Bollore	1,191	0.1%	1.8%
35	35	38	36	34	Infiniti	1,139	0.1%	70.3%
33	33	32	34	35	Subaru	841		15.0%
57	55	47	39	36	Tesla	708		115.9%
34	39	36	38	37	Ssangyong	636		84.9%
47	44	39	37	38	Maserati	508		18.4%
			?	39	Goupil	441		n/a
39	38	35	40	40	Ferrari	200		13.6%
16	16	17	27	41	Chevrolet	121		-97.1%
					Others	66
					Total	1,917,226		6.8%

Data source: CCFA.

The Renault Kadjar did better with 72,000 sales and 4th best selling model