The Renault Arkana breaks its ranking record in France.
The French new car market advances +14.8% year-on-year in May to 145,538 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 16.3% or almost 100,000 units to 698,931. Petrol sales rise 18.4% to 54,273 and are up 19% year-to-date to 269,714 and 38.6% share vs. 37.7% over the same period in 2022. Diesel registrations sink -31.8% to 15,198 for the month and -23.5%VYTD to 76,226 and 10.9% share vs. 16.6% a year ago. HEV are up 22% to 34,382 and up 24.2% YTD to 159,001 and 22.7% share vs. 21.3% in 2022. PHEV gain 12.1% to 12,632 and are up 18% YTD to 60,022 and 8.6% share vs. 8.5%. Finally BEV sales are up and up 46.6% YTD to 104,734 and 15% share vs. 11.9% over the first 5 months of 2022.
The MG 4 is up to #25.
Renault (+13.7%) takes a commanding lead in the brands charts with 18% share vs. 15.9% YTD and snaps the #1 YTD spot off Peugeot (+7.6%) in the process. Dacia (+27.8%) continues to evolve markedly above its year-ago level and consolidates its third place YTD. Volkswagen (+34.5%) also soars and edges past Citroen (+13.6%) to rank #4. It’s the second time this year (after January) that Volkswagen outsells Citroen. Meanwhile Toyota (+4.2%) ranks #6 as it does YTD ahead of BMW (+9.4%) and Ford (-1.8%) also underperforming. Tesla is up a surreal 2539.5% year-on-year now that it has stopped backloading its sales towards end-of-quarters. Kia (+8.9%) rounds out the Top 10. Below, MG (+410.1%), Alfa Romeo (+153.6%), Land Rover (+151%), Volvo (+103.6%) and Cupra (+82.7%) stand out while BYD climbs to #37.
Over in the models lane, the Renault Clio (+37.8%) repeats in pole position but is still dominated by the Peugeot 208 (+2.6%) in the YTD order. The Dacia Sandero (+20.2%) remains in third place above the Peugeot 2008 (+36.8%). The Citroen C3 (+41.4%) shows great health at #5 while the Renault Arkana (+19.6%) breaks its ranking record at #6, eclipsing its previous best of #7 hit in September 2021 and May 2022. It distances the Renault Captur (+8.2%) and Peugeot 308 (-9.6%) just as the Fiat 500 (+10.7%) returns inside the Top 10 at #9. It’s a second ever Top 10 finish for the new Renault Austral at #10. Notice also the Tesla Model Y up 6670% year-on-year to #13 and #10 year-to-date, the Dacia Jogger up 78.8% to #16 and the Nissan Qashqai up 97%. Finally the MG 4 breaks all its records to end the month at a splendid #25.
Previous month: France April 2023: Dacia breaks share record, Renault Austral in Top 10
One year ago: France May 2022: Dacia on the podium for the first time, Citroen hits lowest share in over 100 years
Full May 2023 Top 52 All brands and Top 70 models below.
France May 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | May-23 | % | /22 | Apr | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Renault | 26,137 | 18.0% | 13.7% | 1 | 111,373 | 15.9% | 22.9% | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Peugeot | 22,326 | 15.3% | 7.6% | 2 | 108,013 | 15.5% | 8.2% | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Dacia | 12,504 | 8.6% | 27.8% | 3 | 65,103 | 9.3% | 37.3% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Volkswagen | 9,889 | 6.8% | 34.5% | 5 | 47,949 | 6.9% | 26.3% | 5 | 6 |
| 5 | Citroen | 9,849 | 6.8% | 13.6% | 4 | 53,958 | 7.7% | -0.9% | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Toyota | 7,508 | 5.2% | 4.2% | 6 | 39,233 | 5.6% | 12.1% | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | BMW | 4,615 | 3.2% | 9.4% | 10 | 22,176 | 3.2% | 24.6% | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | Ford | 4,047 | 2.8% | -1.8% | 8 | 20,685 | 3.0% | 0.2% | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | Tesla | 4,012 | 2.8% | 2539.5% | 19 | 18,663 | 2.7% | 113.8% | 11 | 15 |
| 10 | Kia | 4,007 | 2.8% | 8.9% | 9 | 18,510 | 2.6% | -1.9% | 12 | 10 |
| 11 | Fiat | 3,887 | 2.7% | -7.7% | 16 | 15,308 | 2.2% | -1.0% | 16 | 13 |
| 12 | Audi | 3,796 | 2.6% | -8.5% | 11 | 19,235 | 2.8% | 14.4% | 10 | 12 |
| 13 | Hyundai | 3,558 | 2.4% | -24.5% | 7 | 19,412 | 2.8% | -0.6% | 9 | 8 |
| 14 | Mercedes | 3,540 | 2.4% | -16.6% | 12 | 16,963 | 2.4% | -5.9% | 13 | 7 |
| 15 | Opel | 3,286 | 2.3% | -15.4% | 14 | 16,846 | 2.4% | 11.1% | 14 | 14 |
| 16 | Nissan | 2,950 | 2.0% | 30.3% | 13 | 15,625 | 2.2% | 29.0% | 15 | 17 |
| 17 | Skoda | 2,837 | 1.9% | 20.7% | 15 | 13,967 | 2.0% | 17.9% | 17 | 16 |
| 18 | MG | 2,484 | 1.7% | 410.1% | 22 | 9,033 | 1.3% | 203.8% | 20 | 23 |
| 19 | DS | 2,251 | 1.5% | 25.8% | 17 | 10,914 | 1.6% | 17.5% | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | Mini | 2,066 | 1.4% | -6.5% | 20 | 10,673 | 1.5% | 5.7% | 19 | 18 |
| 21 | Suzuki | 1,785 | 1.2% | 48.8% | 18 | 7,830 | 1.1% | 3.6% | 22 | 20 |
| 22 | Seat | 1,424 | 1.0% | 14.6% | 21 | 8,006 | 1.1% | 17.0% | 21 | 21 |
| 23 | Cupra | 1,237 | 0.8% | 82.7% | 23 | 4,863 | 0.7% | 91.6% | 24 | 24 |
| 24 | Volvo | 1,181 | 0.8% | 103.6% | 24 | 5,654 | 0.8% | 23.3% | 23 | 22 |
| 25 | Jeep | 762 | 0.5% | 20.4% | 31 | 2,294 | 0.3% | -12.1% | 27 | 26 |
| 26 | Mazda | 690 | 0.5% | 23.0% | 26 | 3,716 | 0.5% | 29.7% | 25 | 25 |
| 27 | Lynk & Co | 568 | 0.4% | 10.5% | 33 | 1,609 | 0.2% | 60.7% | 28 | 31 |
| 28 | Land Rover | 522 | 0.4% | 151.0% | 25 | 2,667 | 0.4% | 102.5% | 26 | 28 |
| 29 | Lexus | 314 | 0.2% | 26.6% | 27 | 1,411 | 0.2% | -8.6% | 30 | 30 |
| 30 | Alpine | 286 | 0.2% | 48.2% | 34 | 645 | 0.1% | -12.5% | 34 | 34 |
| 31 | Alfa Romeo | 246 | 0.2% | 153.6% | 29 | 1,470 | 0.2% | 154.3% | 29 | 32 |
| 32 | Honda | 241 | 0.2% | -53.9% | 32 | 1,372 | 0.2% | -46.5% | 31 | 27 |
| 33 | Porsche | 221 | 0.2% | 29.2% | 30 | 1,269 | 0.2% | 27.4% | 32 | 29 |
| 34 | Mitsubishi | 147 | 0.1% | -47.9% | 28 | 1,032 | 0.1% | 3.1% | 33 | 33 |
| 35 | Smart | 90 | 0.1% | -23.1% | 35 | 437 | 0.1% | -24.3% | 35 | 35 |
| 36 | Jaguar | 66 | 0.0% | -34.0% | 36 | 349 | 0.0% | -14.7% | 36 | 36 |
| 37 | BYD | 62 | 0.0% | new | 43 | 69 | 0.0% | new | 40 | – |
| 38 | Leapmotor | 53 | 0.0% | new | 37 | 126 | 0.0% | new | 37 | 57 |
| 39 | Caterham | 28 | 0.0% | 833.3% | 41 | 44 | 0.0% | 15.8% | 43 | 43 |
| 40 | Ferrari | 18 | 0.0% | -30.8% | 38 | 113 | 0.0% | 14.1% | 38 | 38 |
| 41 | Seres | 10 | 0.0% | -83.0% | 39 | 83 | 0.0% | -1.2% | 39 | 61 |
| 42 | Maserati | 10 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 40 | 52 | 0.0% | 108.0% | 42 | 39 |
| 43 | Lamborghini | 7 | 0.0% | -22.2% | 47 | 28 | 0.0% | -17.6% | 44 | 41 |
| 44 | Secma | 4 | 0.0% | -50.0% | 42 | 17 | 0.0% | -37.0% | 47 | 44 |
| 45 | Aston Martin | 3 | 0.0% | 200.0% | 44 | 20 | 0.0% | 66.7% | 45 | 46 |
| 46 | Bentley | 3 | 0.0% | -57.1% | 45 | 19 | 0.0% | -42.4% | 46 | 42 |
| 47 | Subaru | 3 | 0.0% | 200.0% | 50 | 8 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 49 | 48 |
| 48 | Aiways | 2 | 0.0% | -90.0% | – | 62 | 0.0% | 19.2% | 41 | 40 |
| 49 | Morgan | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 46 | 9 | 0.0% | -59.1% | 48 | 47 |
| 50 | McLaren | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 48 | 4 | 0.0% | 300.0% | 52 | 53 |
| 51 | Lotus | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 49 | 6 | 0.0% | -33.3% | 50 | 52 |
| 52 | Rolls-Royce | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 53 | 54 |
France May 2023 – models:
| Pos | Model | May-23 | % | /22 | Apr | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Renault Clio | 8,413 | 5.8% | 37.8% | 1 | 35,234 | 5.0% | 44.7% | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Peugeot 208 | 7,437 | 5.1% | 2.6% | 2 | 38,456 | 5.5% | 9.9% | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Dacia Sandero | 5,548 | 3.8% | 20.2% | 3 | 28,828 | 4.1% | 29.3% | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Peugeot 2008 | 5,237 | 3.6% | 36.8% | 4 | 22,766 | 3.3% | 17.3% | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Citroen C3 | 4,826 | 3.3% | 41.4% | 6 | 23,380 | 3.3% | -4.4% | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Renault Arkana | 4,219 | 2.9% | 19.6% | 16 | 12,788 | 1.8% | -1.3% | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | Renault Captur | 4,090 | 2.8% | 8.2% | 5 | 19,748 | 2.8% | 3.7% | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Peugeot 308 III | 3,765 | 2.6% | -9.6% | 7 | 18,978 | 2.7% | 9.5% | 7 | 7 |
| 9 | Fiat 500 | 3,504 | 2.4% | 10.7% | 14 | 13,060 | 1.9% | 15.6% | 12 | 12 |
| 10 | Renault Austral | 3,131 | 2.2% | new | 9 | 13,156 | 1.9% | new | 11 | 95 |
| 11 | Dacia Duster | 2,854 | 2.0% | 18.9% | 8 | 13,520 | 1.9% | 12.0% | 9 | 9 |
| 12 | Peugeot 3008 | 2,827 | 1.9% | -16.3% | 15 | 14,588 | 2.1% | -15.8% | 8 | 8 |
| 13 | Tesla Model Y | 2,708 | 1.9% | 6670.0% | 26 | 13,405 | 1.9% | 579.8% | 10 | 38 |
| 14 | Toyota Yaris | 2,655 | 1.8% | 67.4% | 18 | 10,677 | 1.5% | 34.9% | 17 | 11 |
| 15 | VW Polo | 2,291 | 1.6% | 56.0% | 13 | 11,511 | 1.6% | 46.5% | 16 | 19 |
| 16 | Dacia Jogger | 2,205 | 1.5% | 78.8% | 12 | 10,153 | 1.5% | 148.1% | 18 | 27 |
| 17 | VW T-Roc | 2,051 | 1.4% | 42.6% | 21 | 8,492 | 1.2% | 10.4% | 22 | 23 |
| 18 | Toyota Yaris Cross | 1,978 | 1.4% | -7.7% | 17 | 11,824 | 1.7% | 28.2% | 15 | 13 |
| 19 | Dacia Spring | 1,897 | 1.3% | 39.8% | 11 | 12,593 | 1.8% | 59.9% | 14 | 18 |
| 20 | Peugeot 5008 | 1,847 | 1.3% | 42.0% | 27 | 7,475 | 1.1% | 17.1% | 26 | 25 |
| 21 | Ford Puma | 1,797 | 1.2% | -10.6% | 20 | 8,500 | 1.2% | -17.1% | 21 | 16 |
| 22 | Nissan Qashqai | 1,722 | 1.2% | 97.0% | 19 | 8,214 | 1.2% | 68.3% | 23 | 40 |
| 23 | Renault Megane IV | 1,619 | 1.1% | 12.2% | 30 | 6,380 | 0.9% | -2.7% | 31 | 20 |
| 24 | Opel Corsa | 1,597 | 1.1% | -17.3% | 23 | 8,065 | 1.2% | 24.0% | 24 | 28 |
| 25 | MG4 | 1,593 | 1.1% | new | 43 | 5,062 | 0.7% | new | 35 | 141 |
| 26 | Mini Hatch | 1,484 | 1.0% | 12.9% | 33 | 6,645 | 1.0% | 19.6% | 29 | 29 |
| 27 | Renault Megane E-Tech | 1,467 | 1.0% | 93.5% | 31 | 7,111 | 1.0% | 652.5% | 27 | 26 |
| 28 | Hyundai Tucson | 1,446 | 1.0% | -29.1% | 22 | 7,741 | 1.1% | 10.1% | 25 | 21 |
| 29 | VW Tiguan | 1,369 | 0.9% | 93.4% | 28 | 5,690 | 0.8% | -9.7% | 32 | 35 |
| 30 | Citroen C5 Aircross | 1,365 | 0.9% | -30.7% | 24 | 9,451 | 1.4% | 43.0% | 19 | 15 |
| 31 | Citroen C4 III | 1,358 | 0.9% | 9.6% | 25 | 6,893 | 1.0% | -15.8% | 28 | 22 |
| 32 | Citroen C3 Aircross | 1,269 | 0.9% | 53.4% | 10 | 9,176 | 1.3% | -4.3% | 20 | 17 |
| 33 | Ford Kuga | 1,179 | 0.8% | 14.7% | 29 | 5,544 | 0.8% | 19.9% | 33 | 41 |
| 34 | Tesla Model 3 | 1,111 | 0.8% | 900.9% | 82 | 4,658 | 0.7% | -31.1% | 40 | 24 |
| 35 | Renault Twingo | 998 | 0.7% | -55.1% | 32 | 6,432 | 0.9% | -27.2% | 30 | 14 |
| 36 | VW Golf | 987 | 0.7% | 1.5% | 41 | 4,899 | 0.7% | -3.8% | 37 | 33 |
| 37 | BMW X1 | 961 | 0.7% | 24.6% | 36 | 4,136 | 0.6% | 14.8% | 46 | 61 |
| 38 | Kia Sportage | 940 | 0.6% | -26.4% | 35 | 5,318 | 0.8% | 12.0% | 34 | 30 |
| 39 | BMW Série 1 | 928 | 0.6% | 26.3% | 56 | 4,377 | 0.6% | 49.3% | 44 | 47 |
| 40 | Mercedes Classe A | 923 | 0.6% | -14.7% | 38 | 3,229 | 0.5% | -33.0% | 57 | 39 |
| 41 | Toyota Aygo X | 906 | 0.6% | 17.2% | 39 | 4,438 | 0.6% | 420.9% | 42 | 42 |
| 42 | Toyota Corolla | 882 | 0.6% | 28.6% | 47 | 4,412 | 0.6% | -16.9% | 43 | 36 |
| 43 | Hyundai Kona | 859 | 0.6% | -15.8% | 34 | 4,796 | 0.7% | -6.3% | 38 | 32 |
| 44 | Peugeot 408 | 857 | 0.6% | new | 50 | 3,309 | 0.5% | new | 55 | 176 |
| 45 | Kia Niro | 857 | 0.6% | 121.4% | 62 | 2,715 | 0.4% | -12.9% | 64 | 52 |
| 46 | DS 4 | 855 | 0.6% | 66.3% | 40 | 4,567 | 0.7% | 32.0% | 41 | 60 |
| 47 | DS 7 Crossback | 852 | 0.6% | 22.9% | 51 | 3,915 | 0.6% | 21.1% | 48 | 57 |
| 48 | Cupra Formentor | 787 | 0.5% | 24.9% | 46 | 3,176 | 0.5% | 40.5% | 59 | 68 |
| 49 | VW Taigo | 760 | 0.5% | 6.4% | 48 | 4,277 | 0.6% | 62.7% | 45 | 54 |
| 50 | Audi Q3 | 748 | 0.5% | -26.5% | 45 | 3,883 | 0.6% | 6.5% | 49 | 43 |
| 51 | Suzuki Swift | 740 | 0.5% | 38.8% | 42 | 3,631 | 0.5% | 6.0% | 52 | 63 |
| 52 | Mercedes GLA | 714 | 0.5% | 38.6% | 44 | 3,862 | 0.6% | 25.5% | 50 | 44 |
| 53 | Audi A1 | 681 | 0.5% | 4.0% | 58 | 3,118 | 0.4% | 16.0% | 60 | 59 |
| 54 | Volvo XC40 | 678 | 0.5% | 242.4% | 67 | 2,934 | 0.4% | 41.2% | 62 | 58 |
| 55 | Kia Picanto | 675 | 0.5% | 76.7% | 69 | 2,313 | 0.3% | 15.9% | 73 | 74 |
| 56 | Skoda Fabia | 638 | 0.4% | -17.4% | 55 | 3,042 | 0.4% | -11.8% | 61 | 53 |
| 57 | Nissan Juke | 636 | 0.4% | -5.4% | 37 | 3,822 | 0.5% | 9.5% | 51 | 48 |
| 58 | Audi A3 | 632 | 0.4% | 5.9% | 52 | 3,276 | 0.5% | 1.5% | 56 | 46 |
| 59 | VW T-Cross | 614 | 0.4% | -28.9% | 63 | 4,972 | 0.7% | -8.2% | 36 | 31 |
| 60 | MG ZS | 599 | 0.4% | 183.9% | 101 | 1,435 | 0.2% | 29.5% | 95 | 66 |
| 61 | Renault Trafic | 594 | 0.4% | 90.4% | 76 | 1,741 | 0.2% | 216.5% | 86 | 94 |
| 62 | Renault Kangoo | 591 | 0.4% | 39.4% | 60 | 2,368 | 0.3% | 34.9% | 70 | 65 |
| 63 | Opel Mokka | 590 | 0.4% | 9.9% | 49 | 4,075 | 0.6% | 19.6% | 47 | 45 |
| 64 | Lynk & Co 01 | 568 | 0.4% | 10.5% | 114 | 1,609 | 0.2% | 59.9% | 90 | 97 |
| 65 | DS 3 Crossback | 525 | 0.4% | 5.6% | 71 | 2,301 | 0.3% | -0.1% | 74 | 62 |
| 66 | Skoda Octavia | 497 | 0.3% | 115.2% | 74 | 2,121 | 0.3% | 36.3% | 76 | 78 |
| 67 | Renault Zoe | 491 | 0.3% | -66.1% | 64 | 3,422 | 0.5% | -43.7% | 53 | 34 |
| 68 | Mini Countryman | 487 | 0.3% | 5.0% | 81 | 3,391 | 0.5% | 20.5% | 54 | 50 |
| 69 | Hyundai i20 | 487 | 0.3% | -26.3% | 59 | 2,551 | 0.4% | 2.7% | 66 | 67 |
| 70 | Seat Ateca | 480 | 0.3% | 83.2% | 68 | 1,779 | 0.3% | 12.5% | 85 | 100 |
Source: PFA, AAA
