Renault, Toyota lead 6% European sales gain

Khodrocar - Toyota's monthly sales jumped 21 percent, with Toyota brand's registrations gaining 22 percent and Lexus 1 percent.  Renault posted an 18 percent increase in group registrations with Dacia sales up 20 percent and Renault 17 percent.

PSA registrations jumped 74 percent after it began reporting sales by the Opel and Vauxhall Opel brands it recently acquired from General Motors alongside its own Peugeot, Citroen and DS marques. The combined sales of all five brands rose about 6.7 percent year-on-year. Peugeot sales increased 17 percent, helped by a retool of the seven-seat 5008 into an SUV from an earlier minivan version. Citroen was up 7.4 percent and DS down 20 percent. Opel's volume slumped to 68,552 units from 92,448 in September.

VW Group registration increased 4.7 percent, led by a 21 percent gain at Seat and 11 percent rise at Skoda. VW brand sales increased 2.2 percent, Audi's volume fell 1.5 percent and Porsche's registrations dropped by 2.2. percent.

Ford posted a 5.8 percent gain. It said this week that deliveries of the Kuga crossover in a 20-country portion of the region surged 44 percent.

Fiat Chrysler sales rose 1.5 percent as 20 percent gains at Jeep and and Alfa Romeo offset slow 1.2 percent growth at Fiat brand.

Nissan's registrations dropped 4.7 percent. Asian rivals Hyundai and Kia gained 7.7 percent and 9.8 percent respectively.

Among premium automakers, BMW brand was down 9.2 percent while Mercedes-Benz gained 7.7. percent.