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RENAULT

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French carmaker established in 1899, at the centre of the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance and long involved in motorsport.

Founded: 1899
Headquarters: Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris
Subsidiaries: Alpine, Dacia, Mobilize
Alliance: Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi, since 1999

Renault was established in 1899 and produces a range of cars and vans; in the past it also built trucks, tractors, tanks, buses, aircraft and aircraft engines. Its headquarters are in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb of Paris.

The group is made up of the Renault marque along with Alpine, Dacia from Romania and Mobilize, and has been part of the alliance with Nissan since 1999. The French state and Nissan each own a 15% share of the company.

1899Renault established
1999Renault–Nissan Alliance formed
2001Renault Trucks becomes part of the Volvo Group
2008Renault Agriculture fully owned by CLAAS