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(FILES) - A file picture taken on March 1, 2009, in Calais, northern France shows PSA Peugeot Citroen cars in a parking lot. French new car sales plunged by 19.2 percent in November 2012 on a monthly basis and by 13.8 percent in the first 11 months of the year, data from the French automobile manufacturers association CCFA showed on December 3, 2012. French car makers were among those that suffered the biggest drops, with sales by PSA Peugeot Citroen, the second-biggest European auto manufacturer, down by 22.9 percent, and those by the Renault group posting a plunge of 33.5 percent. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE HUGUEN