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Cooperation and synergies<br />

in sales and marketing<br />

Europe<br />

Mercosur<br />

Within the Alliance,<br />

the partner with the<br />

strongest market presence<br />

supports the development<br />

of the other by actively<br />

backing sales, marketing<br />

and/or production.<br />

<strong>Renault</strong> and Nissan manage their own networks of separate<br />

sales outlets. "Common hubs" are a new dealer<br />

organization based on a network of joint partners.<br />

In January <strong>2005</strong>, 2,877 <strong>Renault</strong> and Nissan primary<br />

dealers were restructured and 525 <strong>Renault</strong> hubs<br />

and 382 Nissan hubs were created, of which 170 are<br />

common.<br />

In Brazil, Nissan set up its subsidiary in 2000. The backoffice<br />

functions are operated under <strong>Renault</strong>'s responsibility.<br />

A network of 64 Nissan dealers (end-2004) was formed<br />

with the support of the existing <strong>Renault</strong> dealers.<br />

<strong>Renault</strong> Argentina took over responsibility for Nissan<br />

imports in 2001. In Peru, the local Nissan partner helped<br />

<strong>Renault</strong> to re-establish a sales presence.<br />

Mexico and Central America<br />

Nissan's strong presence in Mexico provided major<br />

support for <strong>Renault</strong>'s return to the Mexican and Central<br />

American markets. At the end of 2004, 45 franchises<br />

were built to <strong>Renault</strong> standards. The two partners have<br />

also developed a new financing program for automobile<br />

loans to customers and the <strong>Renault</strong> and Nissan dealer<br />

networks.<br />

In Central America, Nissan National Sales Companies<br />

started <strong>Renault</strong> operations in Ecuador, El Salvador,<br />

Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua. In Guatemala,<br />

<strong>Renault</strong> started activities in 2003 with an importer that<br />

belongs to the main Nissan importer group. In Costa<br />

Rica, FASA Group (<strong>Renault</strong>-Nissan's National Sales<br />

Company in Panama) successfully took over <strong>Renault</strong>'s<br />

previous importer in April <strong>2005</strong>.<br />

United Kingdom<br />

France<br />

Spain<br />

Portugal<br />

Slovenia<br />

1,148<br />

North America<br />

United States<br />

Global sales and production sites<br />

Mexico<br />

<strong>Renault</strong> group plants (<strong>Renault</strong>, Dacia and <strong>Renault</strong> Samsung Motors)<br />

Nissan plants<br />

Body assembly<br />

Powertrain<br />

Colombia<br />

Sales in thousands of vehicles - <strong>2005</strong><br />

<strong>Renault</strong><br />

group<br />

sales<br />

Nissan<br />

sales<br />

483<br />

165<br />

Latin<br />

318 America (1)<br />

Chile<br />

Brazil (2)<br />

Argentina<br />

60<br />

<strong>2005</strong> <strong>Renault</strong> Annual Report

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