French sales up 9% in February, but orders fall

Dacia Spring nose pointing left — Electric cars accounted for 16% of French sales in February, helped by demand for models such as the Dacia Spring, which was the country's No. 10-seller with a volume of 4,783 units.

March 01, 2023 04:11 PM

French new-car sales rose by 9.4 percent in February, the seventh-consecutive monthly increase, with Skoda, Nissan and Dacia each recording gains of more than 30 percent.

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