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Currently the largest automobile alliance, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Group has recorded record sales in the first half of 2018. Compared to last year's figures, the alliance recorded a growth of 5 , 1% with 5,538,530 sales at June 30, 2018.
While there has been a general increase in the demand for crossovers, bakkies and environmentally friendly vehicles produced by Alliance, Renault has notably registered an increase sales of its Clio, Captur and Scenic offers. Nissan revealed higher demand for the Note, Serena, X-Trail and Qashqai, while Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross and Xpander MPV generated strong numbers.
Renault accounted for 21.9% of the European EV market with abundant sales of ZOE and Kangoo ZE, while the new Nissan Leaf (SA) achieved 47,000 sales in the first half of 2018, of which 18,000 were in the market European. This makes it the best-selling electric vehicle in this part of the world. Mitsubishi has been able to secure the market for PHEV (gasoline-hybrid-electric vehicle) SUVs with its Outlander hybrid.
The total business turnover per company for this period includes Renault and Dacia with 2.1 million units; Nissan, Infiniti and Datsun with 2.8 million units and Mitsubishi on 636,648 units. The alliance predicts that growth will increase over the next few years and expects annual combined sales of 14 million cases by the end of 2022.
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