For the 10th consecutive month, new car registrations in France are in the green (+15%). Despite everything, the increase remains well below pre-Covid levels.
AAA Data, supplier of official figures for the Automotive & Mobilities sector (PFA), announces a prolific month of May 2023 with 145,538 registrations of new passenger cars, an increase of 14.8% compared to April 2022. Despite this euphoria , the organization specifies that it is not necessary “forget that the basis of comparison remains weak and that the level of orders is falling (-16% cumulatively from January to April), but that sooner or later the trend will be reversed”.
On the engine side, if gasoline still occupies first place with an increase of 18%, diesel continues its long descent into hell with -32%. The segment of rechargeable hybrid vehicles (or PHEV) shows the slowest increase in terms of electrification with 12,658 vehicles registered, or 12%.
SALES OF NEW PASSENGER PLUG-IN HYBRID (PHEV) CARS IN MAY 2023
| RANK | MANUFACTURER / MODEL | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN | 797 |
| 2 | PEUGEOT 3008 | 773 |
| 3 | LYNK & CO 1 | 568 |
| 4 | PEUGEOT 308 | 545 |
| 5 | CITROEN C5 AIRCROSS | 487 |
| 6 | DS DS7 CROSSBACK | 485 |
| 7 | MERCEDES-BENZ GLC | 440 |
| 8 | DS DS4 | 440 |
| 9 | BMW X1 | 401 |
| 10 | CUPRA FORMENTOR | 377 |
| 11 | FORD KUGA | 376 |
| 12 | BMW X3 | 351 |
| 13 | PEUGEOT 408 | 350 |
| 14 | BMW X5 | 317 |
| 15 | KIA SPORTAGE | 288 |
| 16 | CITROEN C5X | 282 |
| 17 | AUDI Q5 | 277 |
| 18 | HYUNDAI TUCSON | 260 |
| 19 | MERCEDES BENZ GLA | 256 |
| 20 | MINI COUNTRY MAN | 250 |
The top 20 plug-in hybrid cars (PHEV) are the surprise of this month of May. Regularly monopolized by Peugeot or Citroën, the podium sees the first place occupied by the Volkswagen Tiguan with 797 copies (+872%, market share of 6%). Last month’s number one, the Citroën C5 Aircross slipped to 5th place with 487 copies (-33%, market share of 4%). The second step goes to the Peugeot 3008 with 773 copies (-27%, market share of 6%).
Questioned by the editorial staff of Digital, Volkswagen France declares that the first place of the Tiguan PHEV is the consequence of a regular resumption of deliveries of vehicles of the brand to concessions, which now have stock. The manufacturer adds that it wants to put all its efforts into promotions “never seen at this level” during open house operations by the summer.
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The other surprise comes from the Lynk & Co 01 (568 copies, +11%, market share of 4%), which jumped from 21st to 3rd place in the space of a month. A fully-fledged brand of Geely, which owns Volvo Cars and Polestar, among others, Lynk & Co markets a single model, the 01, on a monthly subscription without commitment. Nevertheless, it is possible to buy it, knowing that there is no distribution channel.
In this top 20, the Peugeot 308 made a good comeback from 11th to 4th place (545 units, -22%, market share of 4%).
Among the big falls are the Hyundai Tucson (260 copies, -32%, market share of 2%) and Mercedes GLA (256 copies, +184%, market share of 2%) which lose 14 and 12 places respectively.