September sales of Renault electrified models enjoyed a headline-grabbing year-on-year uplift of 71% compared to last year underlining how the manufacturer is meeting the UK’s increasing appetite in that space.

Ben Fish joined Renault UK in August 2022 as network operations director and spoke to AM to discuss the car maker's priorities over the next 12 months which will see the launch of the Scenic E-Tech electric and the all-electric Renault 5 as part of an ambitious 'Renaulution' strategy.

You had some great sales figures for September. What do you attribute that performance to?

It was probably the first time since the pandemic that we've had the means to deliver such growth and results. So it's great for us as a brand to show what we're capable of and for our network which has been desperate to see growth. We achieved 2.5 per cent retail market share year to date, with over 3.5 per cent market share in the month, with an 81% growth in passenger cars year-on-year in September. You can imagine from a network point of view that that additional throughput and therefore revenue was really good to see.

How do you explain the British public's fascination with the Renault Clio - it was September’s fourth best-selling retail car in the UK?