Last year, the French carmaker Renault dropped sales by 4.5 percent to less than 2.7 million passenger cars and light commercial vehicles.
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The main culprit is the problems with the supply of chips, the company said today. Last year was the third in a row when Renault’s sales fell.
Last year, Renault car sales fell 5.3 percent, but Dacia car sales rose 3.1 percent. Sales of Lada cars also increased, but growth is only 0.3 percent. Alpine sports car sales rose 74 percent.
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Renault, which is increasingly betting on electromobility along with global rivals, is now pursuing a sales policy from the third quarter of 2020. It expects the carmaker to increase its share of sales through the most lucrative sales channels.
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The French company also announced that it had increased its share of retail sales to 58 percent in five major markets in Europe. This is an increase of six percentage points compared to 2019, ie before the covid-19 pandemic. Renault considers France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom to be the five main markets in Europe.
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