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| 100k C4 Picassos were sold in 2013. |
Citroën managed a slight increase in 2013, after an 11.4% drop in 2012. By combining both Citroën and Peugeot car sales, you find Citroën's share has increased from 40% in 2011, 42.5% in '12 and now 45%.
I think years ago when Peugeot acquired Citroën, one of the brands should have been a mass market brand and the other gone more upmarket. That didn't happen although the DS models in the Citroën range have been a move to take the brand up a notch in both image and profitability. Much more needs to be done in that area.
When it comes to the DS models, they are based on other Citroëns and I wondered whether to class them with the donor vehicle, but decided to keep them separate. The Xsara Picasso I assume was replaced by the C3 Picasso, but it may also have been superceded by the C4 Picasso too. I guess it doesn't matter too much.
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| 11 | 12 | 13 | Sales | Share | +/- | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | C4/ZX | 339,244 | 26.0% | 6% | |
| C4 | 283,322 | 7% | |||||
| ZX | 55,922 | 1% | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | C3 | 177,077 | 13.5% | -18% | |
| 3 | 4 | 3 | C4 Picasso | 99,887 | 7.6% | 20% | |
| 4 | 3 | 4 | C3/Xs Picasso | 90,056 | 6.9% | 2% | |
| C3 Picasso | 90,015 | 6% | |||||
| Xsara Picasso | 41 | -99% | |||||
| 7 | 6 | 5 | DS3 | 69,014 | 5.3% | 1% | |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | C5 | 65,549 | 5.0% | -14% | |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | C1 | 59,418 | 4.5% | -11% | |
| - | 12 | 8 | C-Elysse | 56,241 | 4.3% | 899% | |
| 8 | 8 | 9 | DS4 | 29,802 | 2.3% | -10% | |
| 12 | 9 | 10 | DS5 | 23,878 | 1.8% | -14% | |
| 10 | 10 | 11 | C4 Air-X/C Cr | 13,757 | 1.1% | -32% | |
| C4 Aircross | 13,633 | -20% | |||||
| C Crosser | 124 | -96% | |||||
| 9 | 11 | 12 | C2 | 9,997 | 0.8% | -32% | |
| 11 | 13 | 13 | C8 | 2,760 | 0.2% | -32% | |
| 13 | 14 | 14 | C-Zero | 338 | 0.0% | -90% | |
| 14 | 15 | 15 | C6 | 31 | 0.0% | -98% | |
| Total | 1,037,049 | 0.8% |
Data source: Thanks to PSA.
Summary: I wonder what direction Citroën will take from here. Going more upmarket would be an option, leaving Peugeot to take the volume route. I guess the classier DS range has been reasonably successful but the sales for them are still quite low. It would be a long process to get Citroën to a higher level because with premium cars, perception is everything and Citroën is still very much viewed as a mass market brand.
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