European LUV sales by country in 2013
- European LUV sales by country in 2013 ranked France as the market leader with 365 000 units sold, ahead of Great Britain (271 000 units), Germany (213 000 units) and Italy (101 000 units). Together these four countries account for two thirds of all LUV registrations inside the European Union.
- France is generally in the first place in Europe due to the success of passenger cars converted into light utility vehicles (like the Renault Clio, Peugeot 208 and Citroën C3 ), this segment is called segment N and is not found in other countries or very rarely (Spain, Italy). Segment N are created from PC vehicles with back seats removed in order to create a larger trunk space.
- In 2013, N segment vehicles represented 72 000 sales in France, including 34 000 Renault vehicles , 22 000 Peugeot and 16 000 Citroën. Renault and PSA are also the leaders of the LUV market in Europe and have a local market very receptive to Kangoo, Berlingo and Partner vehicles . This is one main feature of the French LUV market.
- The European LUV market which fell by 28% in 2009 rebooted in 2010 (+8.9%) and 2011 (+6.7%). But fell again in 2012 (-12.9%). In 2013, this market remained stable (-0.4%). As a result, the volume of sales in 2013 is almost the same as in 2009. Since the beginning of 2014, the market has recovered substantially which suggests an increase of nearly 10% over the year (+9.3% in the first four months).
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