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British track car specialist and Formula One constructor Caterham is branching out into the potentially lucrative world of mainstream sports cars, and plans to launch the first of its new generation of 'mainstream' models in the next couple of years. The first of its new sports cars is being developed alongside a similar model from Renault, with the latter set to revive the French automaker’s Alpine performance brand. The good news is that the Caterham will look considerably different to its Renault cousin, despite the two sharing much of their internals. The Caterham is expected to be...
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Smart To Develop Next ForTwo Alone As Renault Pulls Out: Report
In 2010 industry giants Daimler and Renault-Nissan formed an alliance that was, among other things, to see the development of the next-generation Smart ForTwo and Renault Twingo shared between the two companies. According to the original alliance deal, the future Smart and Renault models would ride...
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Renault And Caterham To Build New Alpine Sports Car
At a press conference in Paris this morning, French automaker Renault announced a new partnership with Caterham, the British sports car brand and Formula One constructor. The partnership will see a 50:50 joint venture created, which will be responsible for the development of new sports cars, one of...
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Renault-Nissan And Daimler Announce Further Cooperation
Industry giants Renault-Nissan and Daimler are already tied in various product alliances, which include the sharing of everything from whole vehicle platforms to manufacturing facilities. At last week’s 2012 Paris Auto Show, the heads of both companies, Carlos Ghosn of Renault-Nissan and...
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Renault To Partner With Caterham On Alpine Revival, Not Lotus: Report
Despite previous claims Renault-Nissan was in talks with Lotus to develop a sports car to spearhead the revival of the Renault Alpine performance marque, a new model thought to also spawn a production version of the Emerg-E concept car for Infiniti, it now appears fellow British performance brand...
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Could Lotus End Up Building The Infiniti Emerg-E And Renault Alpine?
It’s no secret that the Infiniti Emerg-E range-extended electric car concept, one of the crowd-pleasers at this year’s Geneva Motor Show, was built on a Lotus Evora platform. Though rivals on paper, Lotus and Infiniti are both working with the UK’s Technology Strategy Board to...
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Since the original Renault Clio was launched in 1990, the compact car has racked up sales of some 11.5 million units in 115 countries. It’s won the Car of the Year Award twice (in 1991 and in 2006), and is available in variants to satisfy nearly every type of driver. In fact, the only thing negative we can say about the Renault Clio is that you can’t buy one in the United States. Renault has been absent here since 1989, and it doesn’t look like French brand will change that any time soon. That makes news of an all new Renault Clio, set to launch in early 2013, that much more...
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Renault Seeks Partner For Alpine Sports Car Revival
French automaker Renault is investigating the launch of two new sub-brands in its quest to expand into new markets and quell its overcapacity issues back home in Europe. One of these brands is to be a luxury line using platforms borrowed from alliance partner Mercedes-Benz. The other, and more...
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Renault Shows Off Its Alpine A110-50 Concept: Video
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary Renault Alpine 110, the French automaker launched its 2012 Renault Alpine A110-50 Concept ahead of this year’s Monaco Grand Prix. There’s no denying that the concept is a stunner, and we sincerely hope that Renault decides to build it...
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Renault Alpine A110-50 Concept Headed To 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed
Last month French automaker Renault unveiled a striking new concept car that not only revives its legendary Alpine performance branding but also hints at a possible new sports car the automaker may be working on. The new concept also celebrates the 50th anniversary of Renault’s iconic Alpine...
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2012 Renault Alpine A110-50 Concept Debuts: Video
After years of speculation, Renault has finally revived its Alpine performance branding, which has appeared today on a thoroughly modern sports car concept from the French automaker. The concept, which made its debut in Monte Carlo in the lead up to the 2012 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix...
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Renault Looking To Launch Luxury Sub-Brand With Help From Mercedes: Report
In Early February we first brought you details about an alleged plan from French automaker Renault concerning the launch of a new high-end model that would borrow technology from Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes, as we’ve known for a while now, has formed an alliance with Renault and Nissan, and...
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If you’re in Monaco this Friday, expect to see the unveiling of a very special automobile. Meant as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the legendary Alpine Renault A110 Berlinetta, the car pictured here in a rendering that leaked online today is said to mark the return of the Alpine brand. French website Motor Sport reports that the Alpine Renault A110-50 Concept is based on a Renault Megane Trophy, and packs a 400-horsepower V-6 engine into its tube-frame chassis. The bodywork is said to be “inspired” by the Renault DeZir concept, as shown at the 2010 Paris Motor Show...
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Guilty Pleasure: Renault Medallion
We've only had a single Renault in this series (unless you count the more AMC-ized Eagle Premier), which seems odd. Renault has made some weird cars that leave Americans completely bewildered, and some of those cars remain inexplicably unloved in spite of their incomprehensible Frenchness. The...
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Alain Prost Signs On As Renault Brand Ambassador
He may have his detractors but there’s no denying that Alain Prost is one of the most accomplished race car drivers in history and remains a motorsports figurehead even after all these years. Prost, 57, is a four-time Formula 1 World Champion, having won more titles than any other driver...
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Renault Seeks Mercedes-Benz Technology For New Flagship
The effects of Renault-Nissan’s recent tie-up with Daimler won’t just benefit Nissan and its upmarket Infiniti brand, according to latest comments from the French-Japanese duo's CEO Carlos Ghosn. While Nissan and Infiniti will be sharing whole platforms and engines with Daimler's...
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Renault To Honor 50th Anniversary Of The Alpine A110: Report
Renault will pay tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Renault Alpine A110, likely with a tribute concept, at this fall's Paris Motor Show.
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Guilty Pleasure: Eagle Premier
The Guilty Pleasure series has honored, if that's the word, one product apiece from AMC and Renault, but things really get interesting when you combine the two companies. Adding the troublesome PRV engine just makes it that much better! The Eagle Premier was more or less AMC's last gasp, although...
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David Coulthard has more fun in the Lone Star State than we ever will, promoting the 2012 Circuit of the Americas F1 race in a Red Bull Renault F1 car.
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Red Bull Racing And Renault Extend Partnership For Five More Years
Red Bull Racing and Renault Sport F1 have confirmed the extension of their successful partnership in the world of Formula 1 for a further five years. The new turbocharged 1.6-liter V-6 engines to be introduced from 2014 will be incorporated into the framework of an enhanced collaboration. Within...
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What Are Concept Cars, And Why Build Them? Renault Explains
The 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show is just around the corner, giving the world's press and gearheads all around the world a chance to glimpse into the future as carmakers unveil their latest concept vehicles. We're already looking forward to the 2014 BMW i3 urban electric car and i8 plug-in hybrid...
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Guilty Pleasure: Renault Fuego
When you start talking about AMC cars, you often have no choice but to move right from Kenosha to Boulogne-Billancourt. Yes, when the government bailed out AMC in the early 1980s– that's the French government, of course, since the US government didn't think AMC was too big to fail— AMC...
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Formula One: Williams Inks Two-Year Engine Deal With Renault
The Williams Formula One team has signed a two year engine deal with Renault, which should make Williams more of a contender for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
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Renault Megane RS Trophy On Record FWD 'Ring Run: Video
Forbidden fruit Renault Megane Renaultsport Trophy circles the 'Ring faster than any other front-drive car before it.
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