After a 5.46% increase in September 2022, sales of new passenger cars continued to rebound in October 2022, posting +5.45% compared to the same month of 2021. In absolute value, this represents 124,981 new passenger vehicles registered, compared to 118,519 a year ago. However, there is a decline of 33.9% compared to 2019, the pre-Covid reference year. Another bad figure: since the start of 2022, 600,000 cars are “missing” compared to 2021, over the same first 10 months.
Despite this third consecutive month in the green, this is not enough for the market to get out of the red zone where it is bogged down this year: the fall amounts to 10.3% since January 2022.
Although “the long fall of the market […] finally get over“, this does not conceal the fact that “however, volumes remain at historically low levels“, said Julien Billon, managing director of AAA Data, provider of vehicle sales data on the French market. Unfortunately, “inflation and shortages are still there, customers are still waiting for the transition to electric and they are probably not ready to follow the increase in car prices“, adds the interested party.
The ever-popular hybrid
In the segment of electrified vehicles, there are hybrid vehicles, or full hybrid in English, of which 28,915 copies were sold in October 2022, an increase of 32% compared to October 2021.
Over the first ten months of 2022, hybrid cars represent 12.1%, to which must be added 9.5% of micro-hybrid or mild-hybrid.
Toyota takes control
On the side of the classification, it is a Japan-France match, with the return to first place on the podium of the Toyota Yaris (3444 VP; 12%). Renault had to settle for 2nd and 3rd place with the Arkana (3,375 VP; 12%) and Captur E-Tech (2,180 VP; 8%).
At the level of the top 10, it’s a draw between the two manufacturers who each place three models. Besides the Toyota Yaris, the Yaris Cross is in 4th place (1,996 VP; 7%) while the CH-R is 10th (873 VP; 3%); at Renault, the Clio occupies 5th place (1,423 PV; 5%).
The last places in this top 10 go to Ford and Hyundai-Kia. Thus, the American manufacturer takes 8th and 9th places with the Puma (964 VP; 3%) and Kuga (953 VP; 3%) models. As for Hyundai, it places its Tucson in 6th place (966 VP; 3%) while its cousin Kia takes 10th with the Sportage (901 VP; 3%).
Note the entries of the Nissan Juke in 17th place (381 VP; 1%) and the Alfa-Romeo Tonale in 19th place (323 VP; 1%).