The Toyota Yaris Cross is up to a record 5th place in France in July.

It’s a third straight month of negative year-on-year evolution for the French new car market at -2.3% to 126,037 in July. This is despite 3 more opening days this year. On a daily basis the market is off a worrying -15% year-on-year. The year-to-date tally passes the million at 1,040,923, still up a shy +2.2% over the same period in 2023. Private sales are up 3% whereas company sales sink -12%. HEVs soar 25% to account for 46% share, with MHEVs up 52% to 16% share, full HEVs up 44% to 22% share and PHEVs down -31% to 7% share. Petrol sales freefall -23% to 30% share and diesel is off -24% to 8% share. Finally BEVs edge up 1% to 14% share vs. 16% last month. SUVs are up 6% year-on-year to account for 51% of the market. Interestingly, long term leases drop to 58% of private sales vs. 64% in June.

The Dacia Sandero is the most popular vehicle in France in July.

In the brands ranking, Renault (-15%) sinks to 13.8% share its lowest since last January (12.1%), and vs. 16.1% so far this year. It however remains the favourite manufacturer of French customers, distancing Peugeot (+5.4%) at 13.4%. Dacia (+6.1%) cements its third place overall, signing its strongest market share since January (record 11.4%). Toyota (+30.3%) surges ahead to #4 and a record 8.6% share, well ahead of Volkswagen (-10%). Citroen (+4%) is relegated to 6th place and drops to #5 year-to-date, overtaken by Toyota. BMW (+20.6%) and Audi (+1.5%) are the only two additional Top 10 members in positive. Although in negative, Kia (-4.1%) scores its best month in a year at #8.

The Dacia Duster III breaks into the Top 10 for the first time.

The models charts is very eventful this month. The Dacia Sandero (+33.2%) flies off to pole position for the first time since January 2023 with a dominant 5.2% share, overtaking the Peugeot 208 (-2.7%) and Renault Clio (-36.9%) in freefall. This follows equally impressive results for the Sandero in Spain (#1) and Italy (#2). The Citroen C3 III (-6.5%) limits its fall as the 4th generation is delayed. The locally produced Toyota Yaris Cross (+52.4%) shoots up 12 spots on June to a record-breaking 5th place with 3,525 sales and 2.8% share, ranking #1 small SUV for the first time above the Renault Captur (-19.3%) and Peugeot 2008 (-2.6%). Its previous best were #7 and 2.3% in August 23 and 3,332 sales in December 2023. Meanwhile the new generation Dacia Duster soars 19 ranks to break into the Top 10 for the first time at #8 and the Peugeot 3008 III does the same thing at #10. The VW Tiguan III is up to #17, the Renault Scenic V up to #37 and the Fiat 600 up to #39.

Note: This post will be updated with complete data when made available to us.

Previous month: France June 2024: Renault Group outsells Stellantis, Megane E-Tech #1 EV, hits record ranking

One year ago: France July 2023: Renault, Volkswagen stand out, Toyota threatens Citroen for #5

Full July 2024 Top 25 brands and Top 60 models below.

France July 2024 – brands:

PosBrandJul-24%/23Jun2024%/23PosFY231Renault   17,40013.8%– 15.0%1167,38616.1%+ 1.3%112Peugeot  16,85713.4%+ 5.4%2146,15614.0%– 2.2%223Dacia  12,4069.8%+ 6.1%488,1438.5%– 4.5%334Toyota10,8978.6%+ 30.3%676,1537.3%+ 28.8%465Volkswagen9,0317.2%– 10.0%368,4326.6%– 2.1%656Citroen  8,7426.9%+ 4.0%574,2677.1%– 1.0%547BMW  4,9373.9%+ 20.6%838,9523.7%+ 23.6%788Kia  4,3113.4%– 4.1%1227,6422.7%– 2.9%12139Audi  3,8653.1%+ 1.5%928,5252.7%+ 1.9%111110Hyundai3,8133.0%– 1.1%1326,9322.6%– 7.2%131211Mercedes  3,6312.9%– 7.3%1029,2262.8%+ 14.1%8912Opel  3,1382.5%– 3.5%1428,5282.7%+ 11.8%101413Skoda  3,1172.5%+ 2.6%1123,9772.3%+ 19.0%141614Nissan  2,9372.3%+ 20.2%1619,4291.9%– 11.5%171715Fiat  2,8332.2%– 12.1%1823,3482.2%+ 1.4%151516Ford  2,2631.8%– 39.4%728,8682.8%– 3.2%91017Seat  2,2361.8%+ 67.9%2014,1641.4%+ 28.3%192218Tesla1,7801.4%– 34.5%1521,5182.1%– 28.0%16719Mini1,3231.0%– 40.9%2410,9551.1%– 29.6%221920DS1,3181.0%– 22.9%2211,7471.1%– 22.8%202021Suzuki1,2231.0%– 31.3%1715,8201.5%+ 33.5%182122MG (est)1,2001.0%– 15.9%1910,4581.0%– 28.1%231823Volvo1,0630.8%+ 10.7%2311,7131.1%+ 38.3%212324Cupra1,0290.8%– 32.6%219,9901.0%+ 26.6%242425Jeep1,0220.8%+ 79.6%257,0760.7%+ 77.0%2526

France July 2024 – models: