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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