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
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RENAULT Renault 9 and 11: European Car of the Year 1982
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RENAULT Renault 5: France’s best-selling car for fourteen years
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RENAULT Renault 4: the Quatrelle that motorised France
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RENAULT Renault 19: the Giugiaro-styled end of numeric Renaults
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RENAULT Renault Scénic: Europe’s first small MPV and Car of the Year 1997
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RENAULT Renault Kangoo: the small van that became an electric bestseller
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RENAULT Renault Modus: the tall Clio with sliding rear seats
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RENAULT Renault Twingo: the city car that was meant to replace the Renault 4
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RENAULT Renault Clio: twice European Car of the Year