- The French market fell in December (-6.8%) down to 163,379 units. However, on the 12-month total, the French market rose + 0.3%up to 1,795,913 units. This result marks a slight increase, the first since 2009, but remains below the level of 1.8 million units and thus remains one of the three worst figures recorded by this market for the last twenty years. The first market bottom dated from 1997, which had been negatively impacted by the whiplash of 1996 scrapping bonus. The second bottom dated back to 2013 with the whiplash of 2009-2010-2011 scrapping bonuses. The year 2014 is just slightly better than 2013.

- New Renault mini-SUV Captur , Peugeot 2008 and Citroën C4 Cactus contribute to boost sales of French brands (+ 3.9%) at the expense of foreign brands (-3.8%). French carmakers have thereby increased their market share, while the overall market has remained stable. The new French models have gained sales at the expense of less recent SUV models of foreign brands.

- For future  years 2015-2016-2017, Inovev expects a rebounce of French market. However the market  should not reach the 2 million PC (Passenger Cars) before 2018. The increase will be slow because the increase foreseen in household purchasing power will be offset by the confirmation of the new behaviours in terms of mobility. Inovev expects an increase of 3% of the French market in 2015.

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