The keys to the 3.5 millionth car, a Sandero Stepway, were handed to a British client, said Denis Le Vot, Groupe Renault SVP Sales & Marketing for Europe G9.
Dacia’s global sales reached 377,000 units in January-September 2015, from 352,782 units in the year-earlier period. On the light commercial vehicle segment, Dacia sold 28,817 cars in the first nine months, from 26,910 units in the same interval in 2014.
In France, Dacia’s biggest market, new registrations of Dacia cars fell 5.7% in the first nine months of 2015, to 74,647 units, while the French auto market rose 6.3% to 1.42 million units in the mentioned period.
At the of the first nine months, Dacia’s market share stood at 5.25%, from 5.92% in the same interval in 2014.
In September, Dacia car registrations grew 11.5%, to 7,549 units, which secured Dacia a market share of 4.58%, from 4.48% a year ago. The French auto market rose 9.1% in September, to 164,774 new car registrations.
Dacia’s new car registrations in the United Kingdom rose 9.7% in January-September, to 20,386 units, at a faster rate than the auto market, which grew 7.08%, to 2,096,886 vehicles. In September, new Dacia car sales in the UK surged 26.5%, to 4,455 units.