If the new market has stagnated in 2021, the second-hand market is reaching new heights. Encouraged in particular by the ZFEs, second-hand petrol vehicles are progressing with nearly 2.32 million transactions. Here are the 30 best-selling models in France according to data from NGC-Data.
While gasoline reigns in new vehicles, diesel remains dominant on the second-hand market. Diesel fuel models were the subject of more than 3.3 million transactions in 2021, compared to 2.34 million for unleaded. A trend that should be reversed in the future, in particular with the establishment of low-emission zones (ZFE) in metropolitan areas. Since 2019, sales of second-hand diesels have decreased by 6.57% while those of gasoline passenger cars rose by 9.35%. The inertia is however necessarily much greater than in nine because the offer does not always match the demand. A phenomenon that also influences the discounts, which are now more favorable to owners of models powered by lead-free in the majority of categories. But, among the latter, there are still some who are more successful than others. Find out which ones with data provided by NGC-Data for the whole of 2021.
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The Renault Clio wins the day
The podium is occupied by three French women. At the top of the pyramid, in 2021, we find the Renault Clio with 172,620 vehicles sold. Anything but a surprise for the one who hasn’t changed her name for more than thirty years. Note however that it is its fourth version which has represented the most transactions here, narrowly ahead of the second of the name, the third having emerged at a time when diesel was largely the preference of buyers. The times are changing. The Clio is closely followed by the Twingo and its 135,710 sales. The two models of the diamond brand are the only ones to cross the symbolic bar of 100 000 transactions. The Citroën C3 totals 90,798 units and completes the podium. It should be noted that the Peugeot 208, number 1 in sales on the new car market, missed the third step by almost 1,000 handshakes and therefore finished in fourth position.
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Models up to 30 years old
This relative poor performance, the 208 owes above all to its young age, Peugeot city cars only bearing this name since 2012. Naturally, such a classification gives pride of place to models that have been in the catalog for decades. This is the case of the Volkswagen Polo and Golf, Ford Fiesta or even Renault Mégane. Even after disappearing from the new market for a long time, however, a few cars are among the best-selling gasoline used cars this year. We can mention in particular the Peugeot 206, sixth in the ranking with more than 63,000 transactions recorded in 2021. It thus far exceeds the Peugeot 207 (18and), although much more recent. A situation which cannot be explained solely by the phenomenal success of the 206, the best-selling French car of all time. Like its great rival Clio 3, the 207 was above all born at a time when diesel, then encouraged by favorable taxation, reigned supreme even among city cars. Unleaded copies are therefore not so common in advertisements.
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