PARIS – French passenger registrations fell by 19 % in January in contrast with the identical month in 2021, because the chip scarcity continued to constrain manufacturing. There have been 102,901 new vehicles offered within the month, the lobbying group PFA mentioned Tuesday, far under the pre-pandemic 2019 stage of about 160,000 gross sales.
The one quantity manufacturers to document features had been Mini (34 %), Hyundai (13 %) and Kia (6 %. By group, Stellantis misplaced 18.5 %, Renault misplaced 23 %, Volkswagen misplaced 20 % and Toyota misplaced 19 %. Hyundai was the only real winner amongst teams, with a achieve of 9.6 %.
Full-electric car market share was 9.9 %, double the extent in January 2021.