Belgium/Luxembourg: Renault's MD interviewed

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New products (the Avantime coupe in January 2002, to be followed by top of the range saloon, Vel Satis, and the new Espace monobox in the end of the year) should help Renault become a major player in the top of the range market sector in Belgium and Luxembourg. Before this, the French carmaker targets the leadership in Belgium according to Serge Caustur, Renault's MD in charge of Belgium and Luxembourg. Renault, which took 12.8% of the Belgian market as at 31 July 2001, became the leading player in private cars in Belgium and Luxembourg. The second largest player for years, it sold almost 80,000 vehicles (private cars and commercial vehicles) in 2000.

Belgium, Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing, Trucks, Vans, Vans

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SLOVENIA: REVOZ (RENAULT) REVIEWED

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Renault leads the Slovenian car market (70,000 vehicles in total) with more than 20%. Clio, the only model produced there, controls 10% of the total sales of personal cars in Slovenia. The French carmaker controls 54% of Revoz, the Slovenian firm which manufactures Renault's Clio model in its plant in Novo Mesto. The unit produces 120,000 vehicles a year of which more than 90% are exported. The largest company in turnover terms (SIT 187bn in 1999) an the largest exporting firm in Slovenia, Revoz marketed 133,262 units that year (private cars and commercial vehicles) with a staff of 2,392. The company's profit reached SIT 1.7bn.

Publisher: SEDEC SA
Publication Name: MOCI
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0026-9719
Year: 2001

Slovenia

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AUSTRALIA: RENAULT STARTS UP AGAIN

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Renault, French carmaker, is operating in Australia once more, using fifteen dealers belonging to the distribution network of Nissan of Japan, carmaker, with which is allied. The target market is the top of the range sector, with sales of 3,500 vehicles in 2001. The return to Australia, with the Laguna II, two Scenic models, the Megane cabriolet and the Clio Sport on the market from May 2001, is part of Renault's strategy to penetrate the Asia-Pacific markets.

Publisher: SEDEC SA
Publication Name: MOCI
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0026-9719
Year: 2001

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