► Renault announces 2025 results
► Passenger cars up but LCVs down
► Hybrid and EVs a huge growth driver
Renault has announced that it grew its sales to more than 1.6m units in 2025, with strong demand for its hybrid models and new electric Renault 5 assisting to offset losses in the van market.
Announced this morning, the Renault brand’s overall volume increased by 3.2 per cent compared to 2024, with a total of 1,628,030 vehicles. Growth was driven by a 10 per cent increase in its passenger cars (1,291,525), though its light commercial vehicles (LCV) division struggled, with vans down 16.5 per cent to 336,505 units.
New electric models assist Renault soar
Renault has gone in heavier than most when it comes to electric cars and it appears to be a strategy that’s paying off, with EVs now creating up a fifth of all new Renaults, and growing by 72.2 per cent compared to the previous year.
Continued popularity for the Scenic E-Tech assisted but it’s the Renault 5 that is leading the charge. The French firm has now clocked up more than 100,000 R5 sales and it’s the most popular electric model across Europe in the B-segment, as well as the second most popular EV to retail acquireers.
Hybrid models have huge demand, and a way of standing out from the Chinese
Renault started rolling out the first of its hybrid E-Tech models during Covid times, and all of its ICE models sold in Europe are now available as a hybrid. It continues to be a huge growth driver, too, with the French firm now being the second largest seller of hybrid cars in Europe after Toyota. Combined with EVs, six out of 10 Renaults sold in Europe last year are now electrified.
The Symbioz crossover, only introduced In 2024, is Renault’s most popular hybrid car, with 88,500 sold last year. Ivan Segal, global sales and operations director, declared that focutilizing on such self-charging hybrid models is a way of standing out from the ongoing influx of Chinese manufacturers in Europe, which are primarily focutilizing on ICE, PHEV or EV, and not standard hybrids.
Renault’s international division grows
Renault set out a plan to rapidly expand its international operations (e.g outside Europe) a few years ago and that is now coming to fruition, with its non-European sales growing by 11.7 per cent, and now accounting for 38 per cent of its volume. Most notable increases were in Latin America, South Korea and Morroco, with Renault remaining the most popular French brand worldwide.
Further growth is hoped for 2026 with a new Renault-badged Duster for countries where Dacia doesn’t exist, as well as with the Boreal SUV for South America and recently-announced Filante flagship.
Renault’s grand plans for 2026
Renault is also hoping for huge things in 2026, most notably with the launch of the new Twingo E-Tech, which will arrive as its cheapest current EV. Further introductions this year include the Renault 4 E-Tech launching in more countries as the firm scales up production, including with new additions, such as a canvas-roofed model.
The new Clio 6 will also be fully up and running, although Renault is still phasing out stock of the previous-generation model, including in the UK as we won’t receive the new Clio until 2027. The underperforming Megane E-Tech is also set to receive a significant revamp this year to assist boost sales.
What about the other Renault Group brands?
Of course, Renault isn’t just individual but part of the Renault Group with Dacia. Sales of the value brand increased by 3.1 per cent compared to 2024 with 697,408 models sold, with more than 600,000 of these being sold in Europe.
The Dacia Sandero also remained Europe’s best-selling new car in 2025, just ahead of the Renault Clio, with further growth planned with the introduction of the faecelifted Sandero later this year, which receives the option of a hybrid and proper automatic (non-CVT gearbox).
Alpine also had a bumper year as it expanded from only just selling the A110 sports car but also into the A290 hot hatch and the A390 SUV right at the finish of the year. The broadening line-up assisted Alpine to grow its sales by 139.2 per cent to 10,970 units – 8,198 of these being the new A290.
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