Renault and Nissan Post 2.9% Increase in Unit Sales to Over 5.1 Million Vehicles in 2002

Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 31, 2003 - (JCN Newswire) - Combined Renault and
Nissan sales came to 5,139,505 units in 2002, up 2.9% over 2001. 

Nissan and Renault sold a total of 2,735,530 and 2,403,975 vehicles,
respectively. The Renault-Nissan Alliance global market share came to
9.1% (4.2% for the Renault group and 4.9% for Nissan), ranking the
Alliance among the world's five leading automakers.

The Renault group sold 117,088 vehicles under the Renault Samsung Motors
nameplate (up 65.4%) and 57,775 Dacia-branded vehicles (up 5.1%), while
sales of Nissan's Infiniti brand rose 26.3% to 94,880 units.

Commercial cooperation within the Alliance bolstered the performance of
Renault and Nissan in many regions of the world and helped both
automakers expand operations in new markets.

Alliance sales in Europe totalled 2,301,268 units in 2002. Renault and
Nissan today have common sales support operations in France, the United
Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Germany to
optimize respective sales and services offered at separate Nissan and
Renault showrooms and points of purchase. In 2002, Nissan started to
sell the Interstar, derived from the Renault Master van, and the
Primastar, an adapted version of the Renault Trafic/Opel Vivaro compact
van. Nissan began producing certain versions of this vehicle at its
plant in Barcelona in October 2002. Furthermore, Renault Kangoo is set
to be sold under the Nissan badge in 2003.

Renault sales in Mexico rose to 15,877 units in 2002 from 3,616 in 2001.
This strong sales performance was largely driven by Clio - accounting
for 67% of sales -and Scenic models produced at Nissan facilities in
Mexico and an expanded Renault dealer network supported by the Nissan
network. Nissan sales in Mexico showed a gain of 11.1% over 2001, rising
to 211,648 units, including 36,683 Platinas, an adapted version of the
Renault Clio Saloon that Nissan started assembling locally and marketing
in April 2002.

In Brazil, Nissan sales increased from 1,554 in 2001 to 4,412 units in
2002. Renault imports Nissan vehicles to Brazil and manufactures Nissan
Frontier, Brazil's pick-up truck of the year, at its Curitiba plant.

In Korea, Renault Samsung Motors met with rapid success, posting a gain
of 65.4% over 2001. The brand's two models - the SM3 and the SM5 - are
derived from Nissan vehicles (the Nissan Sylphy and Nissan Maxima,
respectively) and the Busan plant uses Nissan technology.

In Australia and Taiwan, Renault sales in 2002 rose to a total of 3,911
units and 1,449 units, respectively. That advance was due largely to
Nissan's support in developing the Renault dealer network in both
countries.



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1933 to manufacture and market the Datsun, a small passenger car, and
related automotive components. The company is Japan's second
largest automobile manufacturer and the world's fifth, with annual
global sales of 2,415,433 vehicles. The company markets a wide range of
passenger cars, commercial vans, trucks and buses, parts and components
in over one hundred and seventy countries. The company has also expanded
its operations to include forklifts, textile machinery and other
industrial machinery and equipment. Nissan's affiliation with
French automaker Renault in 1999 has helped produce Nissan's best
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consolidated subsidiaries worldwide. Consolidated sales in FY 2000
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