French automaker Renault said on Friday its global unit sales rose 8.3 percent from a year earlier to 228,146 vehicles in April.
Renault has set a 2008 sales growth target of 10 percent for 2008.
It said its April sales in the European market, which increased 7.8 percent overall in the month, rose 3.5 percent to 147,332 vehicles with a gain of 18.5 percent to 80,824 in other markets.
Last month, Renault head Carlos Ghosn said the group would stick with its 2008 growth targets but warned that the next few months would be difficult.
“We're sticking to our objectives of a 4.5 percent operating margin for 2008… and we are maintaining our volume growth projection of more than 10 percent,” Ghosn said.
“The first months of the year have not been easy. Everything suggests that the next few months will not be either, given an economic and financial environment that is both unfavorable and volatile,” he said.
