Very good month of October for new car sales in France. According to figures released Monday by the Committee of French Automobile Manufacturers (CCFA), new registrations have increased by 20.1% in October. In all, 210,140 new registrations were recorded during this month, an increase of the market by 25.6% on a working day adjusted. October were 22 working days, against 23 in October 2008. In September the market had already been marked by a significant jump (+14.1%).
In October, the French brands achieve very good performance with an increase of 21.8% for PSA Peugeot Citro?n (+7.2% in ten months) and 34.5% for Renault (+6.3%% on ten months). On Nissan Motor, which Renault has a share of 44%, sales rose 39.9% last month. Since January, Nissan's registrations are up 7.1%.Foreign brands generally have their registrations rise by 14.1%.
According to Fran?ois Roudier, spokesman for the CCFA, the market has again benefited from the triple effect of scrapping bonus, bonus and ecological attractiveness of the new models that appeal to customers and were heavily controlled . The result is disappointing in contrast to the light commercial vehicles (-22.4%) and trucks (-54.5%), road transport and construction through a difficult economic phase.
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