Renault group sales rose 14% year on year in 2010 to 2.6m vehicles and, in Europe, moved up one place to second for passenger car while remaining top light commercial maker with 15.9% market share.
In the car and LCV market, the group had market share of 3.7%. In a global market that expanded by 11.8%, the Group increased sales volumes by 14% to more than 2,625,000 vehicles.
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In the car market, the Renault had market share of 4.4%. In a global market that expanded by 10.6%, the group increased volumes by 12.8% to more than 2,293,000 vehicles.
In Europe, the group increased market share by 1.1 points and raised sales volumes by 7.4 with 1,642,000 units sold in a market that contracted by 3.6%.
Outside Europe sales rose 26% to almost 983,000 units, accounting for 37% of volume, compared with 34% in 2009.
All the brands contributed to the increase: Renault grew by 14%, Dacia by 12% and Renault Samsung Motors by 19%.
All regions contributed to growth: Europe grew by 7.4%, Euromed by 13.1%, Eurasia by 32.5%, Asia-Africa by 24.5% and the Americas by 38.9%. The group increased its market share in 14 of its main 15 markets.
With the global market in 2011 expected to grow by more than 4% on 2010, the group will pursue growth in buoyant markets outside Europe where it expects nil to -2% contraction.
“In 2011 we will be pursuing two main thrusts: to step up our international expansion through all the brands and to launch our range of electric vehicles in the second half of the year,” said sales supremo Jérôme Stoll.
