Extra selling day become the good luck charm. Sales of French automobiles rise drastically in March.
It seems that French automobiles were having a hard time coping up with some of the world’s leading manufacturers. The sales figures of French cars may be good, but not anywhere close to beguile the elites, or even a newbie. However, what the automobile industry achieved cannot be undermined or understated. Its unit sales rose to a staggering 211,254 last month in March—an increase of 7%.
This was all thanks to an extra selling day. CCFA revealed that if you take into account this extra selling day, the growth was a decent 2.4%. If you take a look at figures reported by Toyota or Fiat Chrysler, you get a picture of where the French car industry has received its figures from. Both the Toyota and the Chrysler saw a 34% and an 18% increase in sales respectively.
This was assisted by several other manufacturers including Opel with an 8.1% increase, Volkswagen with 3%, and Renault with a 5.3% increase in sales. As for the PSA Group, Peugeot rose by 8.5% in unit sales while Citroen touched a massive 8.9% mark. It’s no wonder why the extra selling day was a blessing for the French automobile industry.