by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 01/16/2017 at 18:27
by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 01/16/2017 at 18:27
Tags: Statistics
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Let’s turn our attention to France, home of Delahaye, De Gaulle and Delacroix. Not home of the croissant, which is from Vienna. Not home either of what the Americans call French fries, which are Belgian.
So what’s chaud and what’s froid? Allons-y.
Here’s the Top Ten for 2016.
1. Renault Clio
2. Peugeot 208
3. Peugeot 308
4. Renault Captur
5. Peugeot 2008
6. Dacia Sendero (yaay!)
7. Citroen C3
8. Renault Mégane
9. Citroen C4 Picasso
10 Renault Twingo
Now, what do that lot have in common?
Yes, they’re all French, or at least from French owned companies. The first foreigner is the Polo at no. 11.
None are American, to the displeasure of The Orange One.
In further statistical news, 52% of sales in France were of diesels, down from 57% in 2016. Hybrids made up 2.9% (down from 3.2%) while electrics were 1%, up from 0.9%.
Have a Swedish registered Clio in Norway. Pic by yours truly.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
01/16/2017 at 18:33, STARS: 0
Your comment about The Orange One reminds me that there is probably now a 0% chance of PSA coming back to America with him running around Tweeting about massive border taxes (though there wasn’t a huge chance to begin with).
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
01/16/2017 at 18:36, STARS: 1
He’s not going to be president forever.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
01/16/2017 at 18:36, STARS: 0
Freedom
Fries.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
01/16/2017 at 18:37, STARS: 0
I call him our “Cheeto in Chief”.
Also, I’m surprised that only Dacia broke the all-domestic list of makes.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/16/2017 at 18:38, STARS: 0
Not what he thinks!
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/16/2017 at 18:39, STARS: 1
Not even them! Owned by Renault and seen by the French as kind of domestic.
"Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
01/16/2017 at 18:44, STARS: 0
Interesting. Considering the plethora of interesting vehicles well-suited to their environment from other countries in the EU, I’m shocked that not even VW makes it to one of those spots.
It’d be like the top-10 vehicles in the US being GM and Ford vehicles (although they are up there with trucks, they don’t own cars like this).
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
01/16/2017 at 19:22, STARS: 0
But it will sour foreign interest in selling to the US.
"The Lurktastic Opponaught" (oppolurker)
01/16/2017 at 19:46, STARS: 0
One of the highlights from my trip to Iceland last year was seeing a brown Citroen cactus in person. I wish they sold in the us market.
"duurtlang" (duurtlang)
01/16/2017 at 20:06, STARS: 0
United states:
1. Ford F
2. Chevy Silverado
3. Ram trucks
4. Toyota Camry
5. Honda Civic
6. Toyota Corolla
7. Honda CRV
8. Toyota RAV4
9. Honda Accord
10. Nissan Rogue.
You could argue those compact, midsize and compact crossover vehicles by Toyota/Honda are mainly designed in, designed for and built in NA. Especially a car like the Camry, a car like that would never sell in Europe or (I imagine) Japan. Same thing for the top 3 trucks by the way. A Camry in the US is like an Opel Adam in Europe. An owner from outside the continent, but the car is very much a domestic.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
01/17/2017 at 02:14, STARS: 0
interesting to see.
volume of each model?
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
01/17/2017 at 05:08, STARS: 0
Go here to page 21 of the pdf.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
01/17/2017 at 07:59, STARS: 0
great read!