New cars records in France fell 6.23% at an annual rate in January, according to data communicated on Saturday by the automotive platform (PFA). He registered 114,665 private vehicles in France last month, the PFA reported. January counted 22 business days in 2025, as the previous year. This decrease in new car records is remarkably linked to the decrease in individual channels, whose market share increased from 46% to 38%, but also that of long -term rental companies.
“In fact, we find approximately the volumes of January 2023. At that time, the market arose from a period of tensions in supplies and logistics, recalls Marie-Laure Nivot, anaa data analyst. Today C ‘is the level of orders that He worries and suggests a persistent weakness of records for the coming months. “
The new car records in the Stellantis group, which significantly brings together the Peugeot, Citroën, DS and Opel brands, decreased last month by 12.13% compared to the previous year. The Renault Group (Brands Renault, Dacia and Alpine) saw that its records in France fell 2.96% at an annual rate in January.
Hybrids have new gasoline engines that support the used market
In detail, the market is supported by simple hybrid cars that are the only motorization category to progress and now represent almost one in two records (45% by combining light hybrids and hybrids). On the other hand, the records for electric vehicles remain stable with a market share of 17% that remains in the average observed in the last two years. On the other hand, sales of new cars that surround in diesel represent only 4% of the records after a 48% drop, while those of gasoline cars fall by 28% to reach a market share of 26 %.
On the other hand, gasoline engines particularly feed the used vehicle market that earned 8% in January with more than 450,000 transactions. It also takes into account the increase of 35% of electric vehicles in this segment of used cars, although their participation remains residual (less than 3%).
Source: BFM TV
