Renault Car Production By Model : 1990-99

Production in 1990 was 1,541,000 and grew to 2,040,000 by 1999 so a decade of improvement. The Clio model had done what seemed impossible, and that was successfully replace the R5. Meanwhile the Mégane and Mégane Scénic had replaced and outperformed the R19. The Twingo took over from the long in the tooth R4, with improved production volumes that time the R4 was achieving at that time. The R21 replacement the Laguna had not quite done as well but wasn't a disaster by any means.

There were still many older models hanging around, so to accommodate them all, the chart below is in two halves. However, only new models for this decade will be referred to individually, when discussed at the bottom of the page.

		Safrane	R12	R9	R5	R21	R4	R25	R18	Fuego
				R11
	90	-	60,515	43,733	332,908	269,150	43,452	70,314	6,570	687
	91	-	42,124	66,080	141,890	190,552	30,204	53,630	5,918	639
	92	48,223	59,356	98,207	108,877	206,956	24,266	6,628	8,504	950
	93	65,925	65,097	123,661	45,992	127,875	1,781	430	5,395	-
	94	45,354	38,086	100,334	52,512	38,519	156	18	-	-
	95	35,688	22,000	74,070	41,123	15,616	-	-	-	-
	96	29,543	19,881	54,327	16,705	1,153	-	-	-	-
	97	30,954	22,159	44,333	-	-	-	-	-	-
	98	22,853	20,024	30,271	-	-	-	-	-	-
	99	21,892	19,461	12,920	-	-	-	-	-	-

		Clio	Mégane	Scénic	Twingo	Laguna	Kangoo	Espace	R19
							Ludo
	90	250,380	-	-	-	-	-	47,441	415,622
	91	543,905	-	-	-	-	-	45,976	418,375
	92	672,507	-	-	-	-	-	65,200	504,410
	93	483,631	-	-	174,259	13,034	-	60,353	385,622
	94	522,054	74	-	232,669	213,423	-	66,731	358,633
	95	476,132	58,008	-	251,881	272,145	-	54,976	273,117
	96	451,770	409,561	50,000	227,027	225,210	-	34,109	60,780
	97	457,840	367,936	200,000	226,459	206,004	20,775	61,065	69,137
	98	545,018	411,936	291,567	224,734	220,751	109,266	67,061	51,300
	99	618,071	374,220	357,847	206,449	205,308	119,485	70,191	33,788

Data source: Freyssenet.com

Clio: This supermini was super for Renault. It did much to restore the image of Renault, which had been hurt during the late 1980's. It has been the European car of the year in 1991 and 2006.

Mégane/Scénic: These small cars - the latter being a compact MPV based on the Mégane - were also a hit for Renault. The Mégane was the European car of the year in 2003.

Twingo: As a tiny two door city car, it did what Renault needed it to do and was mainly sold in Europe.

Laguna: For large family cars, Renault don't sell that well and this car was no exception. It did reasonably well but the french never really succeed when their cars get into this segment.

Kangoo Ludospace: It is a leisure activity vehicle or tiny campervan gaining popularity in Europe. It is basic but does the job without excessive expense.

Summary: This decade was a reprieve for Reanult as it got back on track again.