Still in the game!

Nissan may not be the world’s largest auto maker, not by a long shot, but teamed up with Renault, it’s still a force to be reckoned with. The question is, is Renault now dead weight, given that they’re dragging down Nissan’s otherwise improving record?

日産・ルノー連合、 世界販売４位 １２ 年、８１０万台

日産自動車・仏ルノー連合は４日、２０ １２年の世界販売が８１０万１３１０台 だったと発表した。前年に比べ０・９％増 えた。世界の自動車メーカーのグループで は４位となる。 内訳は、日産が前年比５・８％増の４９ ４万１３３台。反日デモの影響で中国で低 迷したが、米国やブラジルなど新興国で販 売を増やした。一方、ルノーは、欧州の 景気低迷が響き６・３％減の２５５万２８ ６台。ルノーが出資するロシア自動車大手 のアフトバズも５・５％減の６１万８９１ 台にとどまった。

１２年の世界販売では、トヨタ自動車 （ダイハツ工業、日野自動車を含む）が前 年比約２３％増の約９７４万台で、２年ぶ りにトップに返り咲いた。２位の米ゼネラ ル・モーターズ、３位の独フォルクスワー ゲンも９００万台超の販売台数を記録。５ 位は韓国の現代自動車だった。

http://www.asahi.com/business/update/0204/TKY201302040393.html

Nissan/Renault alliance 4 th highest sales globally in 2012 with 8,100,000 vehicles

The Nissan Automotive and French Renault Alliance announced 2012 global sales of 8,101,310 vehicles on the 4 th . This is a year-on-year increase of 0.9%. It ranks 4 th among global car makers.

In the breakdown, Nissan increased year-on-year 5.8% to 4,940,133 vehicles. Sales were sluggish in China due to anti-Japan demonstrations but increased in the USA, Brazil, and other developing countries. On the other hand, Renault’s sales decreaed year-on-year 6.3% to 2,550,286 vehicles, due to sluggish economic conditions in Europe. Large Russian car maker Avtovaz which has a large Renault investment, also declined 5.5% to 610,891 vehicles.

In 2012 global sales, Toyota Automotive (including Daihatsu and Hino Automotive) increased 23% year-on-year to 9,740,000 vehicles and returned to the top after 2 years. Second place American General Motors and third place German Volkswagen both sold more than 9 million vehicles. Fifth place was Korea’s Hyundai.