French passenger car output increased 6.7% on-year to 98,217 units in August, French carmakers’ association CCFA confirms to Kallanish. This came after an on-year decrease in July.

Production of light vehicles below 5.1 tonnes in weight also increased in August, by 8.3% on-year to 118,418 units. Industrial (heavy) vehicles output confirmed its momentum in August, recording over 20.9% growth to 2,087 units. Production and sales of heavy transport units has followed a constant upward trend since January this year.

Over the January-August period passenger car production grew by 6.1% y-o-y to 1.33 million vehicles, while light vehicles output also increased by 7% to 1.6m units. Heavy transport output registered a 16.9% increase to 30,563 units, CCFA data show.