France: 2021 market and production forecasts
- The French light vehicles market - Passenger Cars (PC) + Light Utility Vehicles (LUV) - reached 2,052,501 units in 2020, down 23.8% compared to 2019, a performance in line with the European average, which is situated at around 23.5%.
- For passenger cars, with 1,650,000 units in 2020, the French market returns to the 1975 level, the year following the first oil shock. At this time, the volume of registrations had not exceeded 1,500,000 units.
- Again, in the passenger car market in 2020, the PSA group remains the leader with 530,634 units (32.2% market share) ahead of the Renault-Nissan group (450,534 units; 27.3%). Next are the Volkswagen groups (204,813 units; 12.4%), Toyota (95,640 units; 5.8%), Hyundai-Kia (73,640 units; 4.5%), BMW (67,399 units; 4.1 %), Ford (55,222 units; 3.4%), and Daimler (54,265 units; 3.3%).
- 2021 should be a year of transition in Europe, with a slow and gradual exit from the situation known in 2020. This will a priori induce a moderate recovery in sales. Thus the French market for light vehicles could represent 2,211,085 units, an increase of 8% compared to 2020.
- For production forecasts in 2021, France would increase from 1.32 million light vehicles in 2020 to 1.75 million in 2021, which represents an increase of 32.6% in one year but after a fall of more than 40 % in 2020, partly due to relocations (Peugeot 2008, Peugeot 208, Renault Clio, Opel Grandland). In 2021, new models will arrive on French production lines, such as the Opel Mokka or the new generations of the Peugeot 308, Renault Kangoo or Mercedes T Class (ex-Citan).
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