





Renault Group business figure dropped 11% last quarter. Dacia registrations went up by 88%
Renault Group's financial report shows that the business figure in the previous quarter amounted to 8.1 billion euros, against 9.1 billion euros for the same 2008 quarter. Overall, in the first nine months the business figure indicated 24.1 billion euros, dropping 20% against the same period last year.
Renault reps say that they see signs of recovery in the industry and they are not changing their financial objectives for the current year. During the previous quarter, Dacia registrations rose by 88%, while Renault branded cars went up by 2%. This is their first recorded increase since the beginning of the crisis. The sales have been helped by the launch of the new Megane generation and by the European Scrappage scheme.