SEOUL, April 1 (Reuters) - Renault Samsung Motors Inc, one of South Korea's smallest automakers, said on Tuesday it sold 10,609 vehicles in March, up 25 percent from a year ago, on strong sales of its SM5 mid-sized sedan and the smaller SM3 model.
Sales last month were up slightly on February's 10,038 vehicles, a company spokesman told Reuters.
France's Renault SA took over the former auto unit of South Korea's Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] in September 2000 and currently holds a 70.1 percent stake.
Renault Samsung sells only two passenger car models in South Korea -- the SM5 and the SM3 -- both based on Nissan Motor Co designs. The small-to-mid-sized SM3 passenger car was launched in September.