At the end of the first ten months, Dacia had a market share of 5.18% in France, from 5.8% in January-October 2014.
In October alone, Dacia sales in France fell 5.4% to 7,331 units, while Dacia had a market share of 4.55% in France, from 4.84% a year before.
In October, the French auto market rose 0.6%, to 161,030 units sold.
Among carmakers with large sales volumes, the biggest declines were registered by Dacia, DS of PSA Peugeot Citroen (-10.1%) and Alfa Romeo (19.8%), in January-October.
Registrations of Renault, which owns Dacia, grew 2.6% in the first ten months, to 393,773 cars. Thus, Renault reported a market share of 24.88% in January-October, from 25.64% in the same period a year earlier.
France is Dacia’s biggest market, with a 12.9% annual growth in new registrations in 2014, to 105,896 units.