Just over a week into July and Renault Group dealers have been reporting strong sales.

The car market is up on the same time last year, and for Renault Group it was a highly successful first half of 2017 with Renault and Dacia achieving a combined share of 9.7% in the car and LCV market taking the Group to 3rd position in the market.

Renault’s all-new Mégane range sold 1,595 models since January bringing it into the top 10 and sales of the new design All-New Renault Scénic and Grand Scénic have secured Renault the number one position in the medium MPV segment. The versatile Captur maintained its lead as Ireland’s favourite compact SUV in the first half of the year.

Renault LCVs continue to perform well in the market with Renault number two best-selling brand in the month of June, and year to date achieving an increased market share of 12.8%. Trafic, which is the best-selling medium van in Ireland, is also the overall best-selling van in Dublin.

Dacia, the brand that was launched less than five years ago in Ireland, has clearly cemented its reputation as a smart buy with 2,300 units (2.5%) sold in 2017 so far, more than several established and well known mainstream brands and grew to a remarkable 5.9% market share in June as supply became more available.

It has been a busy six months for Renault in Ireland with the launch of the All-New Mégane Grand Coupé and Mégane Sport Tourer, All-New Renault Scénic and Grand Scénic in January and launch of the new ZOE Z.E. 40 in May, which has the longest range of any mainstream electric vehicle.

Just arriving into dealerships around the country this month is All-New Renault KOLEOS, the D-segment SUV, topping Renault’s crossover range alongside Captur and Kadjar and featuring a selection of proven powertrains and technologies, with a choice of two diesel engines mated to either X-Tronic automatic transmission or a manual gearbox to meet the demand of customers in European markets.