Reassuring performance. The French automobile market is continuing its growth recovery, with 11.55% of new passenger cars recorded in June compared to June 2022, manufacturers announced on Saturday. Over the first six months of 2023, with 889,777 registrations of new passenger cars, the market grew by 15.26% in raw data, a performance to be put into perspective because 2022 had been weak.
A total of 190,848 new passenger cars were registered in June, said the Automotive Platform (PFA, representing manufacturers and equipment manufacturers). By way of comparison, car registrations indeed approached the figure of 240,000 in June 2020.
If we include light commercial vehicles weighing less than 5.1 tons, that makes 233,547 new light vehicles registered, an increase of 12.49% over one year. As for trucks and industrial vehicles over 5.1 tons, they experienced a marked increase of 29.1% over one year in June. In the first half, that’s 11.7%.
As for manufacturers, the Franco-Italian-American Stellantis remained the leading group in volume in June, with 27.4% of passenger cars, but suffered a decline of 2.8% over one year. Peugeot in particular fell by 10.5%. As of June 2022, Stellantis had over 31.4% market share. Renault for its part represented 25.8% of the total in June, down 8.7%. Third, the German group Volkswagen represents 12.3% of the volume of registrations in June, increasing by 23.9% compared to June 2022. The Toyota group jumped by 37.9%, but still remains at 6.4% of the total.
The report also shows the progress of electric cars and plug-in hybrids, 12 years before the planned end of sales of thermal cars in Europe: in total, these cars reached the unprecedented figure of 27% market share in June (compared to 24% in May). Electric alone represents 17%. However, gasoline-powered cars still take the lion’s share, with 38% of deliveries. Diesel, the star yesterday, continues to plummet, equipping only one new car in ten (10.6% over the past six months, against another 16.8% in the first half of 2022).