Renault group sales world-wide grew year on year last month, despite a fall in sales of the Renault brand itself.

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The French automaker said it sold 194,404 vehicles in January under its three brands, Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung Motors. This was 2.5% up on January 2007.


Renault sales decreased 1.8 %, Dacia sales increased 69.8% and Renault Samsung Motors sales were off 3.4%.


In Europe, in an overall market down 1.2%, sales totalled 126,197 units, down 3.9% year-on-year. Renault’s market share was 8.5%.


However the company said that its German subsidiary put in an “excellent performance” with sales up 34.2% in a market that grew 9.8%. Sales in Spain, on the other hand, were down 21% as the market shrank a considerable 14.8%.

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January saw a great deal of new model launch activity by the Group. The Laguna  and Clio Estates (wagons), Grand Modus (a mini-MPV) and the redesigned Kangoo (a popular small passenger and commercial van line) were all launched at the end of the month in France, Italy, Belgium, Germany and Austria.


The group continued to grow sales outside Europe, with a 16.9% increase in January.


In the Americas region, sales were down 6.3%. Volume fell 17.8% in Argentina due mainly to an exceptionally high result in Janaury 2007. In the increasingly dynamic Brazilian market (up 41%), the group grew its own sales by 55.8%, selling more than 7,600 vehicles.


In the Euromed region, sales rose 35.2% in a market that grew 27%. Volume was up more than 43.3% in Romania, with more than 8,000 units sold. Sales continued to grow strongly in Russia, up 50%. Sales also increased in Algeria (by 52.1%), in Morocco, (24.7%), and in Turkey (20.4%).


In Asia-Africa, group sales rose 35.6% in January, despite a 4.2% drop in Renault Samsung sales in the South Korea home market. More than 2,300 Logans were sold in India while 3,600 (locally-made) units were delivered in Iran.


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