Renault Group Car/LCV Production By Plant For America : 2010-14

The Renault Sandero has proved popular on the region

Renault's manufacturing presence in the Americas is limited to the southern region where they sell. About 12% of total production at Renault Plants was in this region in 2010, climbing to just over 19% in 2014, but slipping back to under 15% for 2015. Economic conditions, especially in Brazil was the reason for the lower 2015 figure of 380,000 (down over 100,000).

Much of the success for Renault in Latin America is using the no frills Dacia models. Trying to sell expensive, over engineered cars made for European expectations in emerging nations can be an exercise in futility. There is a trend to create specific models for nations such as India, ones we will never see in Western countries. In Renault's case, they already have the Dacia range that will do the job. Smart.

With Brazil having another poor 2015, one can only assume the numbers of cars made here by Renault will decline again. In some regions, that is how economies work, up and down like waves of the sea.

Rk	Make	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
	Total	309,257	377,152	434,590	483,986	379,734

	Brazil	177,438	216,616	254,237	292,241	229,394
1	Sandero	107,633	125,339	126,275	131,343	92,318
2	Logan	47,676	48,283	38,822	41,276	54,466
3	Duster		21,227	65,985	77,094	53,588
4	Master	10,949	12,878	15,398	15,489	15,186
5	Nissan				27,039	13,836
6	Mégane	9,186	8,889	7,757
7	Scénic	1,994

	Argentina	94,622	110,439	109,667	117,081	80,860
1	Clio	47,854	42,837	42,606	62,381	45,053
2	Kangoo	24,723	25,602	31,253	29,996	24,489
3	Fluence	2,999	27,299	26,082	21,602	11,318
4	Symbol	19,046	14,701	9,726	3,102

	Colombia	37,197	50,097	70,686	74,664	69,480
1	Duster			35,602	37,544	28,653
2	Sandero	16,084	21,774	19,631	19,654	22,171
3	Logan	14,190	21,424	11,445	13,475	12,192
4	Twingo	5,590	6,083	2,751
	Clio	1,333	816	1,257	3,991	6,464