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News of July 10, 2002

Despite a less buoyant business climate in the first half of 2002, Renault boosts sales worldwide and consolidates lead ranking in Europe

Paris - Renault consolidated its position as the leading car and light commercial vehicle brand in Western Europe, scoring the No. 1 ranking in both the passenger car and LCV markets. Renault group sales rose 1.3% worldwide in the first half of 2002 in a less buoyant business climate than in 2001. Renault has achieved its objectives: Vel Satis was successfully launched on schedule and was ranked the leading top-range saloon in France at end-June. Renault also kept Mégane in the top three of its category and bolstered the market share of Clio, Laguna and Espace in their respective segments. The sales performance of new brands Renault Samsung Motors and Dacia, coupled with the launch in autumn of two major products - Mégane II and Espace IV - will help increase sales in 2002.

Renault group sales in the first half of 2002 totalled 1,280,812* passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, up 1.3% compared with the first half of 2001. Dacia (up 6.8%) and Renault Samsung Motors (up 82.3%) both put in a strong performance and helped bolster group sales outside Western Europe, which rose by 4.1%, despite the crises in Turkey and Argentina. Sales were up 0.6% in Western Europe, 8.2% in Central Europe and 14.8% in Eastern Europe. Renault posted a decline in sales in Latin America (down 12.5%), as well as in Africa, Maghreb and the Middle East (down 7.5%). * Preliminary figures (estimates)

(July 3, 2002)

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