Renault-Nissan alliance has reported the global sales of 8,101,310 vehicles sold in 2012, a 1% rise compared to the sales in 2011.
The sale includes the 2,550,286 units sold worldwide by the Renault group in 2012 down by 6.3% , 4,940,133 units sold by Nissan up by 5.8% and a 5.5% decrease in sales by AVTOVAZ to 610,891units sold in 2012 compared to sales of 2011.
Renault-Nissan CEO and chairman Carlos Ghosn said that 2012 was a challenging year due to the continued decline in Renault's historic core market of western Europe and due to political tension in China, Nissan's top market worldwide.
"Thanks to the American rebound and strong demand in emerging markets, we maintained our market share and are very well positioned in global growth markets," Ghosn added.
Renault group sold 1,279,598 units outside of Europe in 2012, a 9.1% increase against the previous year, which accounted to 50.2% of the total in the year up by 7.1% points from 43.1% in the previous year.
Nissan reported sale of 659,756 units in Japan up by 11.6% year over year, while the overseas sales rose 4.9% to 4,280,377 units, whereas the company recorded sales of 1,141,656 units in the US up 9.5% against 2011.
In 2012, AVTOVAZ sales decrease by 7.3% to 544,309 units compared to the previous year.
