The Alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi became the leader of sales in 2017

31 January 2018

Volkswagen and Toyota are left behind

For many years, among the largest car companies in the world are fighting for the title of leader. Previously for many decades the first place in sales of passenger cars occupied by General Motors. Then it was overtaken by Toyota, which lost due to problems with the plants after the accident at the NPP Fukushima-1 in 2011. And then, and Volkswagen AG picked up, which has long been to increase the portfolio of brands and nurtured a model ruler. Surprisingly, even the diesel scandal has not had a tangible influence on sales of the German giant. Now, however, the pedestal ascended another concern.

In the past year amid falling stock Mitsubishi Motors because of the fiddling with the fuel economy indicators kei-cars (supposedly the Japanese underestimated real consumption) Renault-Nissan bought a large stake, so now the Alliance is named Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi. In this format he was able to beat all of its competitors.

According to the company, for the 2017 Nissan set of 5.82 million cars (a record for the Japanese brand). Dealers of Renault sold 3.76 million cars, while Mitsubishi sold 1.03 million. In sum, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has put on the market of 10.61 million cars.

At the same time, Volkswagen AG together with all its numerous "daughters" of 10.53 million sold cars. In third place came down to Toyota, implemented 10.2 million cars. Sale truck here in this case is not taken into account. 

The head of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, Carlos Ghosn (Carlos Ghosn) seeks to increase the sales volume to benefit from the wider use of standardized vehicle platforms. He intends to save up to $ 12 billion by 2022 if sales rise to 14 million vehicles.

This approach is nothing new, as Volkswagen, Toyota, General Motors and smaller players follow the same tactics. At the same time, GM intends to raise the profitability of the business and through sale of unprofitable units. After the crisis of 2007-2009, the American group has closed a lot of their brands, and last year transferred the rights to Opel, which was under the wing of GM with 30-ies of the last century, the French Groupe PSA.