Thursday, October 13, 2016

France September 2016 (Updated)

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A future Best Seller?

 Kia Optima PHEV Lands with a Bang

The French EV market had 3.026 registrations last month, a 9% improvement YoY, a positive result, with the EV Share slightly up to 1.68%, a significant departure from the 1.41% of 2015.

Looking at the monthly models ranking, the big surprise was the thunderous arrival of the Kia Optima PHEV, with 152 units, shooting immediately to Third in September, scoring a new record for a landing month, while also being the second best performance for a plug-in hybrid this year.

Elsewhere, besides the usual Zoe, Leaf and Kangoo ZE, the Tesla Model S also joined the Top 5, scoring its best performance (132 deliveries) since last March. 

PlModelSales  
1Renault Zoe867
2
Nissan Leaf
283
3Kia Optima PHEV152
4Renault Kangoo ZE146
5Tesla Model S132


France is known for being a stable market, with little changes in the ranking, and September confirms this, one has to go down to #9, with the Tesla Model S rising two positions and surpassing the Volvo XC90 T8 to Ninth Place. 

The Citröen C-Zero also climbed two positions, to #11, thanks to 109 registrations, its best result in four years(!), while the VW Passat GTE jumped five places to #21, thanks to a record 128 units.

Looking at the brands ranking, Renault (Leader since 2011) continues to be the Master In Command, with 42% share (Down 1%), followed at a distance by Nissan (14%) and BMW (9%).



Pl
France
Sep.
2016
%
'15Pl
1
Renault Zoe
867
8.348
33
1
2
Nissan Leaf
283
3.108
12
3
3
Renault Kangoo ZE 
146
1.809
7
2
4
BMW i3 
111
981
4
8
5
Peugeot iOn
127
956
4
9
6
Volkswagen Golf GTE
97
843
3
4
7
Bolloré Blue Car
78
753
3
5
8
Kia Soul EV
96
725
3
13
9
10
11
12
Tesla Model S
Volvo XC90 T8
Citröen C-Zero
Audi A3 e-Tron
132
45
109
37
617
614
558
531
2
2
2
2
10
N/A
15
6
13
BMW X5 40e
41
493
2
20
14
Citröen e-Mehari
18
458
2
N/A
15
BMW 225xe Active Tourer
62
386
2
N/A
16
Volkswagen Passat GTE
128
359
1
19
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35

Renault Twizy e)
Nissan e-NV200/Evalia **
Goupil
Porsche Cayenne PHEV
Peugeot Partner EV 
BMW 330e
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Mercedes C350e
Bolloré Blue Summer
Citröen Berlingo EV
Kia Optima PHEV 
Audi Q7 e-Tron 
Volkswagen e-Up!
Volkswagen e-Golf
Mitsubishi I-Miev
Mercedes GLE500e
Volvo V60 Plug-In
BMW i8
Mercedes B250e
Others
20
37
33
33
47
33
31
23
6
67
152
34
2
6
9
9
2
1
8
55
345
338
335
332
328
243
226
194
189
174
152
130
126
79
78
71
63
60
55
106
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
16
14
12
21
N/A
7
27
N/A
23
N/A
N/A
18
22
30
31
26
25
24

TOTAL
3.026
25.263

** - 14 Pass + 23 LCV

Sources: Avere France


New Zoe ZE 40 Demand 

On the aftermath of the Paris Auto Show, where the 40 kWh Renault Zoe became the first Long-Range(ish) to hit the market (Take that, Bolt and Model 3!), with orders being taken since Day One of the Mondial, one wondered how well it was received by consumers, and how much was the demand.

Without Tesla-like announcements, someone contacted the French car maker and got this response: "The Zoe is the model in demand at the Renault Stand".

Meaning that it was the best selling model in the Renault line up at the Auto Show, ahead of the Clio, Captur or the recent Megane best sellers, and let's not forget that the electric model is a few years old...

Now, it's still too early to say the Zoe production will supplant that of the Clio at the Flins factory, but if Renault is bullish and pushes the Zoe sales properly, it can already prepare the Europe's 2017 Best Selling EV Award, together with the 2016 Title...

1 comment:

  1. Even with all the drums & balloons I don't believe in Renault's EV policy and I am very doubtful it yields profit.
    I can see too many cars available as "occasions" and frankly never saw any benefits on leasing batteries...

    Why can't we lease engines? I for one would much prefer to lease an engine on a conventional car, imagine that!

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