For the first three months of 2013, a total of 6,280 Citroën LCVs were registered; up 23.33% on the same period last year, in a market that was up by 11.66%. As a result Citroën moved to fourth place in the up to 3.5 tonne gvw sector.
Citroën LCV registrations in March totalled 3,856; up by 31.7% over those of March 2012, in a market that was up by 11.53%.
All four Citroën LCV models performed strongly during the period, but the Nemo was particularly notable, with registrations up 62.0% in March and 57.8% for Q1.
Scott Michael, Citroën’s head of commercial vehicles & business centre Programme, commented: ‘The award-winning Citroën LCV range continues to go from strength to strength as more businesses gain experience of the proven financial and operational benefits provided by our Nemo, Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay models.
‘Citroën’s current LCV success is due to an increase in sales to both large national fleets and also small and medium enterprise fleets. The latter is in no small part aided by our unique Business Centre network, which is steadily increasing the company’s sales to SME fleets, contributing over 75% of our LCV sales to this market segment.’