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The Renault group has set a new record with sales of 2.6 million vehicles, an increase of 14% on 2009

- The three brands Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung Motors have all increased volumes.
- All the Group’s Regions boosted volumes and market share.

In the global auto industry, cooperation on specific projects among automakers is becoming increasingly common.

It is, in fact, a signal of how our industry is evolving to sustain success over the long term – by leveraging size, scale and investments more effectively to create more value.

The Nissan LEAF is the 2011 European Car of the Year, the first all-electric vehicle to win the award in the 47-year history of the annual competition, and we believe a vindication of the Alliance’s decision to pursue all-electric power as our vision for sustainable mobility.

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Nov. 29, 2010) – In a historic moment for Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and zero emission vehicles, the 100% electric Nissan LEAF was awarded 2011 European Car of the Year.

Cost has always been one of the major stumbling blocks to bringing electric vehicles to market. The cars are expensive to develop and the battery packs are a complex new technology (at this scale and performance) and currently more expensive to build than traditional internal combustion engines. As a consequence, electric vehicles have either been high-priced niche products or limited production concept vehicles. Our objective has always been for the price of our zero-emission vehicles to be at the same purchase price as a comparable gasoline or diesel engined vehicle.

Great news! The Alliance has two cars, the Nissan Leaf and Dacia Duster, on the shortlist for the 2011 European Car of the Year award.

The shortlist of seven cars has been narrowed down from an initial field of 41 cars and the winner will be announced on November 29.

Nissan's performance in the first half of fiscal year 2010 has produced better-than-expected results. We have kept our focus on executing our recovery plan, and we have been quick to take advantage of opportunities for profitable growth. Due to these actions and to higher sales in all regions, Nissan's performance is solidly on track.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is considered as a one of the rare examples of a successful relationship between two global automotive companies.