“There are some markets that behave better than expected,” said the CEO of Renault responsible for trade and utilities, Jérôme Stoll, the press presentation of business results for the first half.

Stoll pointed out that there are uncertainties about what might happen in the coming months, particularly in Spain, the UK or Romania, which have not yet been clarified policies to support the car in a very difficult budgetary situation for the crisis.

Earlier this year, Renault had estimated that sales of cars in Europe would fall by about 10%, and now has been corrected in a slightly less unfavorable effect of these forecasts.

In the first half, the European market grew by 1.5% thanks in particular to the scrapping premiums, which are coming to an end in most of the countries where they were launched, or have been cut down to size.

Renault, meanwhile, increased its enrollment by 21.6%, which allowed it to increase its market share by 1.8 points in the region to 10.8%.

Outside the Old Continent, the French manufacturer predicts a progression of car sales of around 13% throughout 2010. Your goal in this exercise is to increase its market share for all its brands (Renault, Dacia and Samsung) and all the regions in which it operates.

Stoll was convinced that “Dacia is still a potential for market penetration in Europe” after the jump that gave last year, partly benefited from raw devices for scrapping.

In the first half of the year, the Renault group sold a total of 1,347,169 vehicles, up 21.6% over the same period of 2009.

EFE

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