Logan

February 5, 2008 -- As of mid-January 2008, the plant in Mioveni has been operating at a pace of 61.3 vehicles/ hour, a record production pace in the plant’s history. Every 52 seconds, a vehicle actually comes off Dacia’s assembly lines, reaching an overall production of 1,300 vehicles, with 690 Logan sedan, 560 Logan MCV and 50 Logan VAN.

To reach the current production capacity, Dacia has hired around 900 people only for the Assembly Plant.

In 2007, the plant in Mioveni manufactured 222,914 vehicles. The current step-up in production will allow Dacia to reach an overall production over 310, 000 vehicles.

January 30, 2008 -- Renault and Nissan sold a total of 6,160,046 vehicles in 2007 (+4.2 %) giving a global market share of 9.1% and a new annual sales record for the Alliance. Renault and Nissan sold respectively 2,484,472 and 3,675,574 units, Renault’s worldwide sales increased by 2.1 %, while Nissan’s rose by 5.7 %. The main growth zones for the Alliance were Russia (+49.9 %), Latin and South America (+12.6 %), China (+25.6 %) and the Middle East and Africa (+16.2 %).

Renault returns to growth