Posted by admin | Under Uncategorized, facts, marketing, occupation, profitable Thursday Dec 1, 2011
The French car market resumed its decline in November after a slight rebound in the previous month, the disappearance of the delayed effects of scrappage scheme imposed in particular on sales of small cars.
The new car registrations fell 7.6% last month to 179,160 units, show statistics released Thursday by the Committee of French Automobile Manufacturers (CCFA).
They were up 2.8% in October, thanks to commercial offers to individuals.
The figures quoted in November as raw data to comparable number of working days, in November 2011 that counted as 20 business days in November 2010.The decrease primarily relates to small cars. "
Of the first eleven months of the year, the French car market was down 0.3% from the same period in 2010.
And this decline 4.7% only for French manufacturers, whose share of the passenger car market stood at 56.9% over January to November, down 2.6 points compared to last year.
EARLY 2012 will be difficult
Details of sales by manufacturer confirms the continuing difficulties of PSA Peugeot Citroen, whose new car sales to individuals dropped by 15.4%, a decline twice as large as that of the market.