Sales by Market

Skoda, Toyota and Mercedes were big winners as French new-car sales rose by 5.5 percent for September. For the year, registrations are still down 12 percent.

Brands with strong gains included Porsche, Peugeot, Mercedes and Dacia. Among losers were Jeep, Lexus and Renault.

Lada maker AvtoVAZ and some Chinese companies have profited after almost all foreign automakers in Russia stopped production in the country after President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Registrations for the month were 199,183, data from the German motor transport authority showed, with sales of full-electric vehicles rising 11 percent.