French car sales rise 8.9% in May, up 3.3% in first five months of 2017

On June 1, the French Automobile Manufacturers Committee (CCFA) announced that May new car sales in France of 191,419 units had increased 8.9% from the same month one year ago.
New car sales for the first five months of 2017 increased 3.3% from the same period in 2016 to 904,344 units.
May domestic brand sales of 103,345 units had increased 8.0% compared to the same month a year ago, capturing a market share of 54.0%.
PSA Group sales of 54,149 units increased 4.3% (28.3% share) while Renault Group sales of 49,189 units increased 12.5% (25.7% share).
Foreign brand sales in May of 88,074 units increased 9.9% (46.0% share).
Volkswagen Group sales of 25,372 units increased 11.4% (13.3% share), while Ford Group sales of 8,229 units increased 19.8% (4.3% share).
FCA Group sales of 7,883 units increased 18.5% (4.1% share).
Toyota Group sales of 7,359 units increased 10.6% (3.8% share), while BMW Group sales of 7,244 units increased 2.2% (3.8% share).
Sales of light commercial vehicles (LCV) increased by 7.5% in May to 36,844 units.
Heavy commercial vehicle (5 tons or more) sales in May of 4,298 units increased 16.3% from the same month a year ago.

(CCFA release from June 1, 2017)