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Introduction
Groupe Renault (pronounced [ɡʁup ʁəno]) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company produces a range of cars and vans, and in the past has manufactured trucks, tractors, tanks, buses/coaches and autorail vehicles.
According to the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, in 2016 Renault was the ninth biggest automaker in the world by production volume. By 2017, the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance had become the world's biggest seller of light vehicles, bumping Volkswagen AG off the top spot.
Selected general articles
The Renault Zoom was a concept car created by Matra and Renault and was first introduced at the 1992 Paris Motor Show.
The small 2-seat car had a length of 2,650 mm (104.3 in) and a width of 1,520 mm (59.8 in). The Zoom was powered by a 45 kW (61.2 hp) electric motor. It was unique in having fold up rear wheels resulting in a shorter length 2,300 mm (90.6 in) when parked. Width remains constant at 1.52m, which means Zoom is 230 mm (9.1 in) higher in retracted wheelbase configuration. 2 scissor doors mounted on inclined axes reduce lateral bodywork clearance to a minimum and make Zoom easy to use in the tightest of spots. Read more...
The Alpine A110 is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car introduced by French car manufacturer Alpine at the 87th Geneva International Motor Show in March 2017.
Deliveries were slated to begin in late 2017 for Continental European markets, and in 2018 for the UK, Japan and Australia
Both in name and design, the new A110 harkens back to the original Alpine A110 produced from 1961 to 1977. Read more...
The Renault Primaquatre was an automobile produced from 1931 to 1941 by Renault, the last car built before Louis Renault's death in 1944. Read more...
The Renault Alliance is a front-wheel drive, front-engine subcompact automobile manufactured and marketed in North America by American Motors Corporation (AMC) for model years 1983–1987. The Alliance and its subsequent hatchback variant, the Encore, were re-engineered Renault 9 & 11 for the U.S. and Canadian markets.
Initially available in two- and four-door sedan configurations, three- and five-door hatchback variants (marketed as the Renault Encore) became available in 1984, and a convertible in 1985. AMC also marketed a sports version called Renault GTA for 1987. A total of 623,573 vehicles were manufactured in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Production was discontinued after Chrysler's acquisition of AMC in 1987. Read more...
Renault Dauphine (pronounced [dɔfin]) is a rear-engined economy car manufactured by Renault in a single body style – a three-box, 4-door saloon – as the successor to the Renault 4CV; more than two million were manufactured during its 1956-1967 production.
Along with such cars as the Volkswagen Beetle, Morris Minor, Mini and Fiat 500, the Dauphine pioneered the modern European economy car. Read more...
The Renault Fuego (fire in Spanish) is a sport compact car that was produced by French automaker Renault from 1980 to 1992, replacing the Renault 15 and 17 coupés of the 1970s. It was marketed in the United States by American Motors Corporation (AMC), and was also assembled in several countries in South America. The official Renault website states that a total of 265,367 Fuegos were produced, with production in France from December 1979 to August 1985 making up 226,583 (85%) of the total. Read more...
The Renault Nervasport was a straight-eight engined sporting luxury automobile introduced by Renault in March 1932 and produced until 1935. It was based on the larger and heavier Nervastella. A more streamlined version called the Nerva Grand Sport appeared in 1935 and replaced the Nervasport, remaining in production until the summer of 1937. As with many Renaults during the 1930s, type changes as well as small often cosmetic facelifts and upgrades appeared frequently. Read more...
The Dacia Lodgy is a compact multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) developed by the Romanian manufacturer Dacia, officially launched at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Read more...
The Renault Scénic is a compact multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) produced by French automaker Renault, the first to be labelled as such in Europe. It is based on the chassis of the Mégane small family car. It became the 1997 European Car of the Year on its launch in November 1996. The second and third generations have a model called Grand Scénic, which has seven seats rather than five. Read more...
The Renault Samsung SM7 is an executive car or full-size car (E-segment in Europe) produced by Korean manufacturer Renault Samsung Motors since 2004. Read more...
The Renault 16 (R16) is a family hatchback produced by French automaker Renault between 1965 and 1980 in Le Havre, France. Read more...
The Renault Duster Oroch is a double cab pickup truck produced by the French manufacturer Renault for the South American market since September 2015. It has four doors, space for five passengers, a 650 kilograms (1,430 lb) load capacity and a 683 litres (150 imp gal; 180 US gal) rear volume.
It is based on the Dacia Duster SUV, with a wheelbase extended by 155 millimetres (6.1 in) and a total length extended to 4.700 metres (15.42 ft). This is the first Renault-badged pick-up and it creates a new size class for pickup trucks in terms of size, space and doors. Read more...
The Renault Modus was a mini MPV produced by the French manufacturer Renault from August 2004 to December 2012, in Valladolid, Spain. The production version is very similar to the concept car of the same name, which was presented at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show. It is essentially a taller version of the Clio III and, as such, shared its platform and much of its engine range with the third generation of the Clio.
A larger wheelbase version was produced as the Renault Grand Modus. Originally marketed as "a higher-range alternative to the Twingo and Clio", it aimed to provide the practicality and versatility of the larger Renault Scénic in a smaller footprint. The Clio platform that spawned the Modus also gave rise to the current Nissan Micra and its monospace relative, the Nissan Note. Read more...- Sociedad de Fabricación de Automotores (SOFASA) is a Colombian company that assembles imported Renault and, in the past, Toyota and Daihatsu Delta vehicles. It was the first company to produce the Renault Logan in the Americas. In addition to Logan also manufactured Renault Clio, Renault Symbol, Renault Megane and Renault Twingo. It also manufactured trucks like Toyota Prado, Toyota Land Cruiser, Toyota Hilux and Daihatsu Delta. The company exports to the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) and supplies the national market of automobiles in Colombia. Currently, Renault is the sole shareholder of the company. Read more...
The Eagle Medallion, also marketed as the Renault Medallion, was a rebadged and mildly re-engineered North American version of the French Renault 21 marketed by Eagle.
The front-engine, front-wheel drive, four-door mid-size Medallions were imported from France, sharing their platform as the Renault 21. Concurrently with the North American introduction of the Medallion, Renault sold its American business to Chrysler. Read more...
The Alpine A108 was a light-weight glass-fibre bodied, rear-engined two-door coupé produced for a young competition-oriented Dieppe based Renault dealer called Jean Rédélé. The car replaced the Alpine A106 and was based on mechanical components from the Renault Dauphine. Read more...- Automobile Dacia S.A.
(Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdat͡ʃi.a] (
listen)) is a Romanian car manufacturer that takes its name from the historic region that constitutes the present-day Romania. The company was founded in 1966, and has been a subsidiary of the French car manufacturer Renault since 1999. It is Romania's top company by revenue and the largest exporter, constituting 7.3% of the country's total exports in 2014. Read more...
The Eagle Premier is a full-size Executive car that was developed by American Motors Corporation (AMC) during the 1980s through its partnership with Renault. This model was manufactured in the brand-new Brampton Assembly in Canada. Chrysler Corporation bought the rights to the Premier when it acquired Renault's outstanding shares in AMC in 1987, and began selling the car under the new Eagle marque.
The four-door sedan was manufactured from September 1987 (for the 1988 model year) until December 1991 (for the 1992 model year). A rebadged variant was also marketed as the Dodge Monaco from 1990 to 1992. Read more...
The Renault Avantime is a grand tourer marketed by the French manufacturer Renault, designed and manufactured by Matra, between 2001 and 2003. As a one-box design without B-pillars, styled by Patrick Le Quément, the Avantime combined the design elements of an MPV, estate or shooting brake with the style of a 2+2 coupé and elements of a convertible.
The name is a portmanteau of the French word "Avant" (meaning "ahead") and the English word "time" — with the latter using the English /taɪm/ rather than French pronunciation /tiːm/. Read more...
The Renault Juvaquatre is a small family car / compact car automobile produced by the French manufacturer Renault between 1937 and 1960, although production stopped or slowed to a trickle during the war years. The Juvaquatre was produced as a sedan/saloon until 1948 when the plant switched its full attention to the new Renault 4CV. During the second half of 1952 the plant restarted production of the Juvaquatre sedans/saloons for a period of approximately five months.
In 1950 a van based station wagon body joined the range; later models of the station wagon (from 1956 on) were known as the Renault Dauphinoise. The sedan/saloon found itself overshadowed and was soon withdrawn from production after the appearance in 1946 of the Renault 4CV (which was France's top selling car in the post-war years). However, there was no estate version of the rear engined 4CV or Dauphine, and the Juvaquatre "Dauphinoise" station wagon remained in production until replaced by the Renault 4 in 1960. Read more...
The Renault Sport R.S. 01 is a racing car manufactured by Renault Sport, performance division of Renault. The car's platform is based on the Renault DeZir. The R.S. 01 was originally used to compete in Renault Sport Trophy, Renault's one-make racing series, but was expanded to GT3. The R.S. 01 is the most powerful one-make racer built by Renault, and is the only one that is not based on a production car.
The build process of the car is at least five months. Read more...
The Renault 18 is a large family car produced by French manufacturer Renault between 1978 and 1989, with South American production continuing until 1994. It formed the basis for the closely related Renault Fuego Coupé, with which it shared its floorpan and drivetrain, but with the Fuego initially using the negative offset type front suspension from the larger Renault 20/30, which became standardized across the 18 range from the 1983 model year onwards. Read more...- Renault Argentina is the subsidiary of Renault in Argentina. It is one of the oldest Renault operations in Latin America and is ranked consistently in first place by sales between the local automakers. Renault Argentina was officially established in 1975, but the French company had a long presence in Argentina before that. Read more...
The Renault Viva Grand Sport (branded as the Renault Vivastella Grand Sport before August 1935) was introduced alongside an updated version of the Nervastella in October 1934 at the Paris Motor Show. The last cars were produced in August 1939: in anticipation of the 1940 model year a prototype of another updated Viva Grand Sport was produced during the summer of 1939, but in the event this single car was the only one of its type to be produced.
The car was styled by Marcel Riffard who previously had been better known as an aircraft designer. Read more...
Renault Zoe (sometimes stylized as ZOE and pronounced as "Zoé") is a five-door supermini electric car produced by the French manufacturer Renault. Earlier Zoes have a 22 kWh lithium-ion battery pack that delivers a range between 210 km (130 mi) and 240 km (150 mi) under the NEDC cycle. In September 2016, Renault announced the introduction of an optional 41 kWh lithium-ion battery, increasing the range to 400 km (250 mi) under the NEDC cycle.
Renault had previously unveiled, under the Zoe name, a number of different concept cars. Initially in 2005 as the Zoe City Car and later as the Zoe Z.E. electric concept was shown in two different versions in 2009 and 2010 under the Renault Z.E. name. A production ready version of the Zoe was shown at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. Read more...
The Renault Latitude is an executive car produced by the French automaker Renault , and announced in June 2010. It débuted at the Moscow International Automobile Salon, at the end of August 2010. Read more...
The Renault Koleos is a mid size SUV which was first presented as a concept car at the Geneva Motor Show in 2000, and then again in 2006 at the Mondial de l'Automobile in Paris. The first generation Koleos was designed by Renault and developed by Nissan, with the majority of the production coming from the Busan plant of Renault Samsung Motors.
Facelifted versions of the Koleos were available in October 2011 and June 2013. A second generation was unveiled at the 2016 Beijing Motor Show, and uses the Renault-Nissan Common Module Family (CMF-CD) modular platform. Read more...- Renault España Sociedad Anónima (pronounced [reˈno esˈpaɲa soθjeˈðað aˈnonima] (
listen) or [reˈnol]), also known by its acronym RESA (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈresa]), is one of the largest manufacturing subsidiaries of Renault. The Spain-based company has facilities in Valladolid, Palencia and Sevilla, with most administrative offices in Madrid. Renault sells its cars locally through the subsidiary RECSA. The company emerged from the local automaker FASA, which assembled Renault cars since 1953. Read more...
The Renault Kangoo and the Renault Kangoo Express are a range of leisure activity vehicles and light commercial vehicles manufactured and marketed by Renault across two generations since 1997. , the electric variant, the Renault Kangoo Z.E., is the world's top selling all electric light utility vehicle, with global sales of 23,219 units, since its inception in 2011.
The Kangoo is manufactured at the MCA plant in Maubeuge, France and Casablanca, Morocco. The version for the ASEAN markets was assembled by the Malaysian Tan Chong Euro Cars in its Segambut plant. Read more...- The Renault Fiftie was a concept car presented in 1996 by Renault to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of the 4CV. Its exterior styling drew heavily on its illustrious ancestor's, as did the choice of a rear-wheel-drive layout. However, the Fiftie was a two-door, mid-engine design whereas the 4CV had four doors and a rear-mounted engine. The interior was a styling exercise aimed at creating a "refreshing" environment through extensive use of cotton, linen, and rattan.
Contrary to many concept cars designed for static display only, the Fiftie was fully roadworthy, as it shared most of the Renault Sport Spider's well-proven chassis, suspension, and mechanical organs. The Fiftie was also a showcase for the all-new D7F 1.2-liter, 8-valve four-cylinder engine that was just completing development at the time and was officially introduced on the Twingo shortly afterwards. Read more...
The Renault Rodeo is a series of off-road mini SUVs produced between 1970 and 1987 by ACL, later called Teilhol, for Renault. In total there were three generations of the Rodeo.
At first the car was called ACL Rodeo and the name was changed to Renault Rodeo in July 1976. Car was front wheel drive but could be ordered also with four wheel drive technic supplied by Sinpar. Read more...
The Renault Latitude is an executive car produced by the French automaker Renault , and announced in June 2010. It débuted at the Moscow International Automobile Salon, at the end of August 2010. Read more...
The Renault Estafette was a light commercial front-wheel drive van, first introduced in 1959 and made by the French automaker Renault between 1959 and 1980, initially using the water-cooled Renault Ventoux engine, then later the Cléon-Fonte engine in a range of body styles.
Following the launch of the Estafette, Renault became the only auto-maker in the world to simultaneously produce and sell vehicles with all three of the drive train configurations commonly used, with the front engined front wheel drive Estafette, along with various rear engined rear wheel drive cars such as the Dauphine and the front engined rear wheel drive Frégate and the ageing Dauphinoise. Read more...- The Renault Primastella (Type PG8) was an mid-size luxury car or executive car automobile manufactured between 1932 and 1935 by Renault. Read more...
The Renault Juvaquatre is a small family car / compact car automobile produced by the French manufacturer Renault between 1937 and 1960, although production stopped or slowed to a trickle during the war years. The Juvaquatre was produced as a sedan/saloon until 1948 when the plant switched its full attention to the new Renault 4CV. During the second half of 1952 the plant restarted production of the Juvaquatre sedans/saloons for a period of approximately five months.
In 1950 a van based station wagon body joined the range; later models of the station wagon (from 1956 on) were known as the Renault Dauphinoise. The sedan/saloon found itself overshadowed and was soon withdrawn from production after the appearance in 1946 of the Renault 4CV (which was France's top selling car in the post-war years). However, there was no estate version of the rear engined 4CV or Dauphine, and the Juvaquatre "Dauphinoise" station wagon remained in production until replaced by the Renault 4 in 1960. Read more...
The Renault 7 (or "R7") is a 4-door saloon version of the Renault 5 supermini, produced and sold in Spain by Renault's subsidiary, FASA-Renault from 1974 to 1984.
It was very similar to the R5 hatchback (which had been launched two years earlier), and identical mechanically, but offered with a smaller range of engines. The R7 had four doors and a saloon-style boot in place of the original car's three (and later five) doors including hatchback. This involved extending the wheelbase by just under 6 cm (2 2⁄5 in) though it retained the wheelbase difference between left and right sides, characteristic of several Renault models, resulting from the use of full-width torsion bars placed one behind the other, ahead of the rear wheels. Read more...
The Renault Alpine A442 is a sports prototype racing car, designed and built by Alpine, but funded and powered by Alpine's owners Renault, specifically to contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans race. Variants were entered for the event in 1976, 1977 and 1978. An A442B finally won the race on the third occasion, in the hands of Didier Pironi and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud. Also entered in 1978 was the updated Renault Alpine A443 model; essentially an A442 chassis, but powered by a new 2138 cc engine. Following this all-French victory in the premier French motorsport event, Renault withdrew from sports car racing to concentrate their efforts in Formula One. Read more...- AvtoVAZ (Russian: АвтоВАЗ), formerly known as VAZ (Volzhsky Avtomobilny Zavod) (ВАЗ, Во́лжский автомоби́льный заво́д, or Volga Automobile Plant), is a Russian automobile manufacturer. The company has been a subsidiary of the French Groupe Renault since 2016.
The company is best known for its flagship series of Lada vehicles. In the Soviet Union, its products used various names, including Zhiguli, Oka, and Sputnik which were phased out in the 1990s and replaced by Lada for the Russian market. Read more...
The Dacia Dokker is a panel van and leisure activity vehicle (LAV) built at the Renault factory in Tangier, Morocco. It was officially launched at the 2012 Casablanca Auto Show, and initially went on sale in Morocco in June 2012. It has been available in Romania since September 2012, and is marketed in Europe, North Africa and French overseas territories.
It is manufactured in passenger and panel van variants, as well as a crossover version, the Dokker Stepway, introduced at the 2012 Istanbul Motor Show, featuring body elements similar to the Sandero Stepway. It is marketed in CIS countries and Middle East as Renault Dokker, but not in other parts of the world because it would cannibalise sales of its French sourced brother, the Renault Kangoo. A heavily revised version is produced in Argentina as Renault Nueva Kangoo (Renault New Kangoo). Read more...
The Renault Master is an upper medium size van produced by the French manufacturer Renault since 1980, now in its third generation. It replaced the earlier Saviem SG3 light trucks. Opel has sold versions of the second and third series vans as the Opel Movano in Continental Europe and Vauxhall Movano in the United Kingdom. All three generations have been designed and manufactured by Renault, irrespective of the brand.
Over its lifetime several different body styles have been available, from the standard van to bigger models with an increased load area, height, and longer wheelbases with an LWB prefix. Panel vans are very common, but pickups are also available. Heavier duty models of the Master was also sold by (now Volvo owned) Renault Trucks as the B series, later as the Messenger and the Mascott. Read more...
The Renault Espace is a mid-size luxury crossover manufactured by Renault currently in its fifth generation.
The first three generations Espace was among the first contemporary minivans or MPVs and were manufactured by Matra for Renault. The Renault Grand Espace is a long-wheelbase (LWB) version with increased rear leg room and boot size. The name "Espace" means "space" in French. Read more...
The Renault Étoile Filante (Shooting Star) was Renault's only attempt at both creating a gas turbine-powered car and setting a land speed record for such cars.
In 1954 the French aeronautical turbine's manufacturer, Turbomeca, proposed that Renault make a gas turbine car, both to exalt the benefits of the technology and to try to break the speed record for gas turbine cars. Read more...
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- ... that the Renault Trezor features a single-piece canopy roof that opens by hinging forward?
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Renault Zoe, a pure electric car with a 210 km to 230 km range.
The Renault Fuego won 8 consecutive championships in the TC 2000 touring car racing series between 1986 and 1993
2015 Renault Espace V, a crossover mixing elements of SUVs and MPVs
Renault twin-turbo engine
1974 Renault 17 coupe
1907 Renault-built Replica of their French Grand Prix winner, one of 4 known to exist
Renault España offices in Madrid
1985 Renault Espace, the first European multi-purpose vehicle
Renault Viva Grand Sport and Hélène Boucher. During the 1930s, Renault settled several speed world records with Caudron planes, thanks to its 6-cylinders engines and aerodynamic designs
Renault Floride, 1958
Renault Frégate, 1951
The Renault Captur is the best seller SUV in Europe since its first commercialization month in 2013.
1964 Renault R8 Gordini was the first sportive compact car for a public consumption price.
Fernando Alonso driving for Renault F1 at Indianapolis in 2005, the year in which the Renault team won the first of their two Formula One championships
Renault Alpine A110, first Champion of the World Rally Championship.
2015 Renault Talisman
Renault Twingo popularized the city car in Europe from 1992. Six years later, most of its rivals began to enter the city car market.
Renault Celtaquatre, 1935
Renault Sport R.S. 01, 2014
The Renault Centre designed by Norman Foster
Renault Scenic, awarded Car of the year in Europe in 1997 and the first car to be marketed as a compact MPV, is the most popular MPV in Europe for 20 years.
Renault Twizy all-electric heavy quadricycle.
The Renault Alpine A442, 1978 Le Mans 24 Hours winner, at the 2014 Goodwood festival of speed
Louis Renault in 1903
Renault diamond with a 3D effect, by Victor Vasarely
(1972–1981)Renault Eolab, a 1l/100km hybrid concept car
Renault Clio IV, 5 doors or estate, named European Car of the Year in 2006
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