French Proposing Luxury Car Tax to Help PSA, Renault
22 Jun 2012, 07:38 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / While Ferrari can get over 10 percent profit on a 458, Renault will struggle to reach neutral with a cheap car it builds in China. That’s how the fundamentals of the luxury market work, but ne...
Renault to Launch Two High-End Sub-Brands?
20 Jun 2012, 12:06 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Of all the modern carmakers, the first one to have a luxury sub-brand was VW, when, in 1965, they bought Auto Union from Mercedes, and by 1968, the first Audi-badged car was launched, the 100. The m...
Renault Twizy - Eiffel Tower Promo
18 Jun 2012, 07:32 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / After having presented the Twizy in the US, in New York, Renault decided that it also needed more attention on its home market, and thus made this promotional video which features a multitude of Twi...
Twizy Car Sharing Program - Trial Underway in France
16 Jun 2012, 11:13 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Renault Twizy all-electric city runabout will be part of the trial run for car sharing program, which will take place in the “urban community of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines,” roughly 3...
Renault-Nissan EVs - Offical Transport at Rio+20 Sustainability Conference
13 Jun 2012, 15:24 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The use of EVs has been promoted in South America by the Alliance, an understanding based on agreements between Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Puerto Rico and Mexico in an effort to evaluate th...
Renault Zoe Breaks 24H Distance Record
12 Jun 2012, 09:16 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / We are very eagerly awaiting the launch of Renault’s supermini EV, the Zoe, some time in the autumn of this year. It is a genuinely exciting car because it features Renault’s excellent s...
Spyshots: Renault Clio RS
12 Jun 2012, 08:12 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Car manufacturers have always been slow in bringing the hotter versions of their hatches to market. Take the famous Focus RS for example: by the time the latest one came out, there were only a few y...
Renault Bringing Alpine A110-50 Concept to Goodwood
11 Jun 2012, 15:47 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Renault is “celebrating its 110 years of engine expertise” with a big bang at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Not only are they bringing the Zero Emissions ZOE electric supermini to...
Renault Cuts Production as South American Car Sales Decline
11 Jun 2012, 14:11 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Argentina and Brazil usually make up over four fifths of vehicle sales in South America, and while they looked strong last year, the past three months demand has been plummeting. Deliveries slow...
2013 Renault Modus to Use Crossover Configuration
11 Jun 2012, 11:58 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Renault has learned quite a few tricks from Nissan in terms of crossovers and now the French carmaker wants to start using them, with one of the first cars that are set to be included in this scheme...
Renault to Introduce 'Mild Hybrids' by 2017
6 Jun 2012, 17:02 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Not all manufacturers have taken to the ‘green’ trend in the same way, and Renault has concentrated 100% on all-electric vehicles, having gained the know-how from group partners, Nissan,...
Renault Fluence ZE Is Samsung SM3 ZE in Korea
1 Jun 2012, 13:53 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Following the launch of the Renault Fluence ZE, now it’s Samsung’s turn to showcase their version of the car (the orignal version, in fact), the SM3 ZE. We always noticed that the Fluenc...
Renault to Start EV Test Drive Tour of the UK in June
1 Jun 2012, 11:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / With the Twizy, Fluence Z.E. and the Kangoo Z.E. already in production, the Zoe on its way in Q3 2012, Renault officials have decided that it would be a good idea to have an EV awareness tour of the...
Renault Laguna Coupe Gets 1.5 dCi with 110 HP
31 May 2012, 12:26 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / The Renault Laguna Coupe will receive a new powertrain in some markets. We’re talking about the 1.5-liter dCi turbocharged diesel engine that will act as a 110 horsepower entry-level model. Ac...
Renault Master Range Updated for 2012
30 May 2012, 15:57 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The Renault Master has been with us for 22 years now, and in its latest incarnation it has remained unchanged since 2010. It has proved to be quite successful, with a fair few of them out and about,...
Spyshots: Renault Clio 4 Coming to Paris Motor Show
30 May 2012, 12:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / There is no way to overestimate the importance the new Clio hold for Renault. The French carmaker will likely throw every compact technology it can in order to ensure the fourth generation will sell...
EVs Accounting for Only 0.2% of New Car Sales in France
28 May 2012, 10:27 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Despite Renault being all for the development of EVs and getting them onto the market as quickly as possible, and their group partners, Nissan with their Leaf being already there, its a tad strange ...
Renault Alpine A110-50 Concept Official Release
25 May 2012, 14:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Renault has just offered the Alpine A110 Berlinette a birthday present for its 50th anniversay, in the form of the Alpine A110-50 concept, which is set to make its public debut at the Monaco Grand P...
Renault Alpine A110-50 Concept Hits the Track
25 May 2012, 12:45 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / It looks like a rebodied concept, sounds like a Formula One car from the 90s and goes like one as well. Yes, it the Renault Alpine celebration concept, built to commemorate 50 years since the origin...
Renault R5 TURBO 2 on California Plates for Sale
25 May 2012, 11:31 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Want a minter car from 1984 that nobody has seen, looks like crap bat costs about as much as a decent Audi A6 in good speck? How about this Renault R5 TURBO 2 for same by its Californian owner, who ...