Renault Group, in photo finish, nudged aside Peugeot-Citroën in June’s W-European car market

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Renault Group, in photo finish, nudged aside Peugeot-Citroën in June’s W-European car market
AID’s provisional figures reveal a 20 per cent surge from the Renault brand, accompanied for good measure by yet another blistering advance from its no-frills Romanian Dacia brand

Published :Wed, 09 July 2014 08:51:14 GMT
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Renault, thanks in part to an all out car sales blitz in domestic France, has nudged aside compatriot PSA Peugeot-Citroën as West Europe’s second-biggest car group in June, according to provisional car sales estimates from AID.

In June, if not for the first half, Renault Group dethroned compatriot Peugeot-Citroën as the region’s second biggest car maker, relegating its domestic rival into the unfamiliar third slot in West Europe’s June’s car sales slot, albeit by the narrowest of margins.

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Renault Group increase in West European June car sales

Renault Group, thanks in no small measure to a blistering June car sales rally on home turf, upped its West European June car sales by a hot 22 per cent to just over 130,000 units.

AID’s provisional figures reveal a 20 per cent surge from the Renault brand, accompanied for good measure by yet another blistering advance from its no-frills Romanian Dacia brand.

Figures show Dacia’s June car sales in France jumped by almost a half, thus boosting its June car sales in West Europe’s heavily fought-over car sales arena by a bullish 27 per cent...more

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+22% Renault Group increase in West European June car sales

+22%
Renault Group increase in West European June car sales