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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 hit their lowest level since 1997 with a plunge of 13.9% in 2012, data from the French automobile manufacturers association CCFA showed on January 2, 2013. French car makers were among those that suffered the biggest drops in new car sales, with sales by PSA Peugeot Citroen, the second-biggest European auto manufacturer, down by 17,5% percent, and those by the Renault group posting a plunge of 22,1% percent. AFP PHOTO PHILIPPE HUGUEN