Vehicle sales are down 25% compared to 2019, a level of substantially identical to 2020. Hybrid engines exceed the diesels.
Le Monde with AFP
Struck by the sanitary crisis, slowed down by the shortage of electronic chips, the French automotive market remained in 2021 at its level, historically low, of 2020, with 1.66 million units sold (+ 0.5% Compared with 2020), according to provisional registration data from the NGC-Data Cabinet, Friday, December 31, by Argus
The ARGUS highlights a 25% decrease in sales compared to 2019, or 554,000 cars. The builders are not equal in the face of the crisis: Peugeot occupies for the first time the sales head in front of Renault, with a market share of 17.2%, and despite a decline in sales of 6.1%. The brand of the Stellantis Group is driven by the success of its compact 208, which combines the largest number of sales in 2021, and its 2008 and 3008 SUVs.
Hybrids represent more than 17% of sales.
Renault sees its sales up 14.7% over one year and its market share fall to 16.2%, or nearly 140,000 vehicles less than in 2019. Excluding sales to professionals, it is however The economic brand of Renault, Dacia, which ranks heads with Sandero.
Ford, Nissan and Opel have also lost market share this year. Hyundai-Kia, Toyota and Tesla realize an excellent year thanks to their electric and hybrid offer. On the French market, electrical markets reach an unpublished market share of 9.8% with nearly 162,000 sold vehicles (+ 45.6% per year). Model 3, from Tesla, becomes for the first time one of the electric sales, in front of the Renault Zoe.
Hybrids now account for more than 17% of sales, and rechargeable hybrids over 8%. Together, these hybrid engines have exceeded diesel (21.1%, – 31% by volume over a year). Gasoline cars account for 40.2% of sales, with a volume down 14.2%.