French sales fall by 21% in September on chips crunch

Peugeot 208 web — The Peugeot 208 was the best-selling model in France through September, with 65,329 sales, just ahead of the Renault Clio, at 62,821 sales.

October 02, 2021 07:23 AM

PARIS -- French new car registrations fell by 21 percent in September compared with the same month of 2020, with only a handful of brands recording gains as the chip shortage continued to weigh on sales.

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