The 50 cheapest cars on the French market - RANKING 2021

[Mis à jour le 13/07/2021 à 16h10] In 2021, it is possible to buy a new car from 8 890 euros. Currently, the models displayed in France at less than 15,000 euros are 13 in number. In this perspective, Auto-Moto has compiled the floor prices of all the new vehicles offered. below 22,000 euros to give you the list of 50 cheapest cars of the French market. Discover the ranking in pictures in the slideshow above.

At the end of the first half of this year, here are the models affected by a starting price change : the Mitsubishi Space Star (from 12,390 to 12,590 euros), the Dacia Duster (from 12,490 to 14,490 euros), a price increase which can be explained by the removal of its entry-level 1.0 TCe 90 hp, a status recovered by the 100 hp LPG block, the Ford Fiesta (from 14,600 to 16,750 euros), the Dacia Lodgy (from 14,700 to 15,000 euros), the Opel Corsa (from 15,250 to 15,500 euros) ), the Citroën C3 (from 15,300 to 15,600 euros), the Renault Clio (from 15,300 to 15,900 euros), the Fiat Tipo (from 15,990 to 16,490 euros), the Peugeot 208 (from 16,000 to 16 200 euros), the Seat Ibiza (from 16,190 to 16,215 euros), the Seat Arona (from 16,900 to 17,990 euros), the Toyota Yaris (from 17,750 to 18,250 euros), the Skoda Kamiq (from 19,500 at 20,300 euros) and the Renault Captur (from 21,750 to 21,950 euros). Otherwise, three 100% electric models appear in this Top 50 : the Dacia Spring Electric (16,990 euros excluding bonus, 12,402.70 euros after bonus limited to 27%), Renault Twingo Electric (21,350 euros excluding bonus, 15,585.50 euros after bonus limited to 27%) and the Seat Mii Electric (21,920 euros excluding bonus, 16,001.60 euros after bonus limited to 27%).

At the end of the first quarter of 2021, the status of cheapest new car of the French market is endorsed by the Dacia Sandero, currently displayed from 8,890 euros. As a reminder, since last year, the Dacia Logan is no longer in the manufacturer’s catalog in France. At the passage of the new generation, the Sandero logically adopts a higher price positioning than its predecessor, in line with the evolution of its services. Since then, its access price has increased (from 8,290 to 8,890 euros). A price increase also concerns the Dacia Lodgy (from 10,850 to 14,700), the Citroën C1 (from 11,350 to 12,150), the Renault Twingo (from 11,400 to 13,450), the Kia Picanto (from 11,690 to 11 790), the Fiat Panda (from 11 790 to 11 990), the Toyota Aygo (from 11 940 to 13 990), the Mitsubishi Space Star (from 11 990 to 12 390), the Peugeot 108 (from 12 300 to 12 600 ), Fiat 500 (from 12,990 to 15,290), Fiat Tipo (from 13,490 to 15,990), Renault Clio (from 14,100 to 15,300), Suzuki Ignis (from 14,490 to 14,890), the Ford Fiesta (from 14,500 to 14,600), the Volkswagen Up! (from 14,815 to 15,000), the Kia Rio (from 14,890 to 14,990), the Opel Corsa (from 15,150 to 15,250), the Citroën C3 (from 15,200 to 15,300), the Suzuki Swift ( from 15,340 to 15,790), the Skoda Fabia (from 15,410 to 15,690), the Ford Tourneo Courier (from 15,740 to 17,110), the Nissan Micra (from 16,190 to 16,990), the Volkswagen Polo (from 16,980 to 17,260), the Mazda 2 (from 17,650 to 18,350), the Renault Captur (from 18,600 to 21,750), the Citroën C3 Aircross (from 18,600 to 18,850), the Fiat 500X (from 19 290 to 21,990), the Opel Crossland X (from 19,750 to 20,150), the Nissan Juke (from 19,900 to 20,490), the Ford Ecosport (from 20,400 to 20,900), the Renault Kangoo (from 20 580 to 21,700), the Mini One (from 20,600 to 20,900), the Ford Focus (from 21,000 to 21,200), the Kia Ceed (from 21,090 to 21,690), the Audi A1 Sportback (from 21 180 to 21,500). Note a reduction in the base price for the Toyota Yaris (from 18,450 to 17,750), the Kia Stonic (from 20,290 to 19,690) and the Skoda Kamiq (from 21,050 to 19,500).

At the end of the third quarter of 2020, the Dacia Logan, the Logan MCV, the Suzuki Celerio, the Suzuki Baleno, the Seat Mii thermal and the Renault Clio IV have disappeared from the catalog. For the rest, here are the models whose base price has increased: Fiat Panda (from 9,990 to 11,790 euros, from Pop to Cool), Mitsubishi Space Star (from 10,490 to 11,990), Kia Picanto (from 11,290 to 11,690), Peugeot 108 (from 11,450 to 12,300) , Suzuki Ignis (13,890 to 14,490), Suzuki Swift (14,540 to 15,340), Dacia Dokker (14,100 to 14,350), Kia Rio (14,590 to 14,890), Peugeot 208 (15,900 to 16,000), Toyota Aygo (from 11,540 to 11,940), Toyota Yaris (from 14,750 to 18,450, from 70 hp to 120 hp), Hyundai i10 (from 11,990 to 12,090), Hyundai i20 (from 14 700 to 15,950, from 75 to 84 hp), Seat Ibiza (from 15,390 to 16,190 euros), Kia Stonic (from 17,990 to 20,290, in 1.0 petrol T-GDi 100 ch MHEV), Fiat 500L (from 18 490 to 18,890), Nissan Juke (from 19,900 to 19,990), Ford Ecosport (from 20,200 to 20,400), Hyundai Kona (from 20,250 to 20,450). Note theentered this Top 50 Renault Kangoo, Mini One, Citroën C4, Ford Focus, Skoda Kamiq, Kia Ceed and Audi A1. Not far from these models, at less than 22,000 euros, we can notably mention the Seat Leon, the Renault Mégane or the Peugeot 308.

At the end of the first half of 2020, marked in large part by the coronavirus crisis, several models had been credited with an increase in their base price. This primarily concerned the cheapest car in this ranking, the Dacia Logan (from 8,050 to 8,150 euros). Its runner-up Dacia Sandero (from 8,190 to 8,290) followed the same trend, an increase of 100 euros which also affected the Dacia Logan MCV (from 9,150 to 9,250). At the foot of the podium, the entry prices for Suzuki Celerio and Fiat Panda are unchanged, at 9,790 and 9,990 euros respectively. The cheapest Kia Picanto drops from 11,100 to 11,290 euros while the Dacia Lodgy drops to 10,850 euros in the LPG version. Note the end of the marketing in Europe of the Ford Ka +, the Opel Karl and Adam, as well as the thermal Smart, now much more expensive in 100% electric.

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Our prize list is an opportunity to highlight models with little exposure, but offered at very attractive prices. Competition that is good for consumers in the long term. In 1996, you had to save 6.36 months of minimum wage to buy a Seat Marbella (then billed at 36,590 francs), the cheapest vehicle on the market. Twenty years later the price of the cheapest car sold in France is equivalent to 5.3 months of minimum wage… Another good news for buyers: if most of the cars offered under 13,000 euros are city cars, there is also a station wagon, a compact MPV, an SUV or a minivan. Large families or drivers who prefer livability are therefore not forgotten. These advances come at a cost, however. That of a more distant production : a Seat Marbella was made in Spain, while the Dacias are now assembled in Romania or Morocco, where wages are further squeezed. As in many areas, globalization is on the move …

Cheapest cars: the methodology

The prices displayed in this classification are the prices displayed in the catalog of each brand, without promotion or bonus / penalty. We have voluntarily removed from this classification the Renault Twizy, offered from 7,540 euros, as well as the recent Citroën Ami, displayed from 6,900 euros. For us, these electric vehicles, with their homologation quadricycle synonymous with a bonus of 900 euros, are too confined to urban use – and do not always require obtaining a B license – to appear in our list reserved for multi-use cars.

Texte : Andy David et Richard Burgan