Nissan Alliance increase market share

The Renault Nissan Alliance, which now counts Russia’s AvtoVaz Lada sort as part of its group, captured 9.8% of the global auto mart in 2009, an process from 2008’s 9.4%. This result was achieved in a global mart that contracted 4.5% last year, and desipte the decline in volumes for Renault (-3.1%) and Nissan (-9.4%). Renault and Nissan oversubscribed 2,309,188 and 3,358,413 vehicles respectively, while Lada accounted for 417,457 units.

In Western Europe, Renault reclaimed third spot, mainly due to newborn additions Megane and Twingo. In its home market, Renault income increased by 7.3% and it retains the denomination of France’s best selling sort with a 23.5% mart share. The sort also grew in Korea through subsidiary Renault-Samsung Motors.

Nissan meantime closed the assemblage with total income of 3,358,413 units or a mart deal of 5.4%. In China, now Nissan’s second largest global mart after the US, traveller car income increased 38.7% to 755,518 units. Sales were led by the Teana flagship help (108,504) followed by the Sylphy (96,174).

The newborn Teana should be launched in Malaysia this assemblage as Nissan’s challenger to the Accord and Camry. In Thailand and Singapore, the D-segment contender can be had with two engines; the MR20DE 2.0-litre (as found in the Sylphy) and a 2.5-litre V6 with 180 bhp and 228 Nm, figures that are slightly higher than the Accord 2.4.

Nissan (Jatco) makes some of the best CVT gearboxes around and the Teana module intend that instead of a torque convertor automatic. Prices are bound to be much more competitive than the previous model, which only oversubscribed by the handful due to a scary sticker price.