Renault-Nissan Alliance Is World's largest Auto Manufacturer

The Nissan-Renault Alliance sold a total of 481,151 electric vehicles in the said period too. The addition of Mitsubishi Motors in late 2016 also contributed significantly to the overall sales of the group in the first half of 2017.

(The Volkswagen Group saw a mere 0.8 growth in its sales for Jan-June 2017 as compared to last year)

Carlos Ghosn, chairman and chief executive of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, said, "The Alliance has delivered record sales during the first semester of 2017 reaching 5,268,079 vehicles sold. We will continue to leverage our significant economies of scale and global market presence to deliver valuable synergies for our member companies this year, while maintaining a strong technology line-up and offering customers breakthrough electric models."

The biggest contributor to sales for the VW Group was Volkswagen cars, with Audi and Skoda coming in the second and third place. The month of June 2017 was the strongest in terms of sales where the VW Group sold 920,700 vehicles globally.