Renault India for the first time sells 6790 units

Renault India Pvt. Ltd, which is the fully owned subsidiary of Renault s.a.s, strengthened its position in the Indian auto market with an overall sale of 6790 units in October, 2012. The company has witnessed this number of sales for the first time since it started operation in May 2011 with the launch of the Fluence sedan.

Renault India Pvt. Ltd, in the last 17 months has come up with five models and has developed a network of 75 dealerships. This has made Renault India the company with the fastest ramp of facilities and products in the Indian car market. This dealership network is expected to grow further and touch the 100 mark by the end of 2012.

Talking about the highest sales in October 2012, Marc Nassif, MD Renault India Pvt. Ltd said, “We are highly pleased with our sales figures and we are glad to see that the Indian customer has accepted Renault products very well, especially the Renault Duster. We at Renault are very positive towards our entire product range and our growing dealer network has also added to our growth in sales and reaching the customers on a pan-India level”.

“Although the market sentiments are not as buoyant as in the previous year during the festive season, we still believe that we will be able to achieve our targets and continue on our growth trajectory in the coming months”.

Renault India managed to reach the overall sales figure of 6790 units with the recently launched Duster accounting for 5406 units, the Scala 737 units, Pulse 483 units, Fluence 107 units and the Koleos 57 units. In October 2011, Renault had just two products in the market and had managed to sell 173 units, with Fluence selling 114 units while the Koleos attracting 59 buyers.