Despite a drop of sales, French-Japanese carmaker Renault-Nissan was able to increase its share of the world car market in 2008, the company announced on Wednesday.
Renault and Nissan sold nearly 6.1 million cars last year, a drop of 1.1 per cent over 2007 but good enough to increase their combined share of the global car market to 9.4 per cent, up from 9.1 per cent, reported dpa.
The reason for the improvement is that global car sales fell by 5 per cent in 2008, Renault said.
Renault sold a little more than 2.38 million vehicles last year, a drop of 4.1 per cent compared to 2007. Its share of the world market rose to 3.6 per cent.
Nissan's sales totalled 3.7 million cars in 2008, down only 0.9 per cent over the preceding year.