Sales results - April 2012

In a PC+LCV market that contracted 1.3%, the Renault group lost 5.8% for a market share of 24.6%. The Renault brand fell 3.5% and took a 21.1% share of the market. The Dacia brand lost 17.8% for market share of 3.4%.
 

• In LCVs, the Renault brand alone is ahead of all the other Groups and reported a 3.5-point increase in market share up to 34.0%. In a practically stable market, Renault sales rose more than 10%.
  
   
• In PCs , in a market that shrank 1.6%, the Renault brand reported an 18.5% share, down 1.3 point. An increase was reported in all sales channels, consumers and fleets included, but drift was observed in the short-term leaser channel.
  
   
• The Dacia brand continued to suffer from comparisons with a very strong performance in 2011 with Duster registrations. Nevertheless it is the sixth-ranked brand in France and Dacia Lodgy has made an excellent start, with over 4,500 orders in under two weeks.
  
   
• In electric vehicles , Twizy has gotten off to a good start with more than 1,400 orders in less than three weeks.

Commenting, Bernard Cambier, Senior Vice President , Market Area France, said: “ Our order portfolio has trended positively: over one month and a half for the Renault brand and nearly two months for Dacia. We confirm our objective to achieve the Renault group PC+LCV market share at the end of the first half-year at the same level as at end-June 2011 .”

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