Renault

Four-wheel-steering (4WS) is one of those technologies that never really made it past the 1980s in great success. It featured on a string of high-performance Nissan models through the ‘90s but the extra cost and the weight disadvantage of the system won it few fans considering its only real...

The global trend toward more luxurious, safer and more powerful cars is not lost on Renault. Despite cutting back production due to slow sales of the Laguna, the company is moving forward with plans to go even further up-market. One of the cars Renault will use to get there is the product of a...

Renault has used this week’s Geneva Motor Show to take the wraps off its new Renault Megane Coupe Concept, which officials claim will eventually spawn a compact production coupe later this year. The concept is characterized by aluminium-finish air intakes, which sit under two rows of main and...

Renault has taken the wraps off its new Laguna GT performance range ahead of the worldwide launch penciled in for next month’s Geneva Motor Show. Debuting in the model lineup is Renault’s four-wheel steering Active Drive chassis as well as two high-performance engines in the form of a...

At the start of last year Renault announced an ambitious target of launching 26 new models by the end of 2009, but apart from the introduction of the new Laguna there hasn’t been much of a buzz from Renault at recent major car shows. Things won’t be quiet for long because at next...

Numerous carmakers have turned to dual-clutch transmissions in the interest of squeezing out maximum performance, economy and refinement, but despite the proven benefits of the technology just as many brands, if not more, are yet to embrace it. Renault is one such company that’s yet to adopt...

Small, sporty runabouts are often short-changed in the minds of enthusiasts. Their numbers don’t stack up so well when faced with competition from big, powerful sedans or turbocharged hatchbacks. But in terms of sheer driving fun, they can rank right up there with the best, especially in the...

Carlos Ghosn is the man credited with turning around the fortunes of Nissan during the 1990’s, bringing it back from the brink of bankruptcy and turning billion dollar losses into profits within a couple of years. At the same time he also headed Renault, which is now on track to boost its...

The original Renault Alpine Interlagos was a niche sports car built under license in Brazil during the 1960s. The car was based on the Renault Alpine 108 sports coupe but picked up its own unique ‘Interlagos’ title as homage to the famous circuit of the country in which the custom model...

Shai Agassi's Project Better Place has received quite a lot of press lately for its seemingly futuristic plans to bring electric vehicles and recharging stations out of the movies and into the streets. The future is now, however, as the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Project Better Place have...

In a recent announcement Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said that Renault has plans to begin production of electric cars in Israel by 2012. Now word has come out that Renault may be teaming up with Shai Agassi’s Project Better Place to help build the infrastructure necessary to make electric...

Environmentally friendly cars have been becoming increasingly popular ever since the introduction of the ground-breaking Toyota Prius. Renault is now pushing the boundaries of how clean an eco-friendly car can be by creating a version of its Logan sedan with record-breaking emission levels and...

Four-wheel-steering (4WS) is one of those technologies that never really made it past the 1980s in great success. It featured on a string of high-performance Nissan models through the ‘90s but the extra cost and the weight disadvantage of the system won it few fans considering its only real...

Despite the millions spent by Renault on its Formula One team and its recent success in the competition, translating these efforts to its production cars is a moot point because Renault’s lineup is lacking in the sports car department. Management is hoping to change all that and is keen to...

Renault has shown that low-cost minicars don’t have to be the boring econo-boxes most people presume they are thanks to its stylish Twingo hatch. It’s now made the tiny runabout a little sweeter with some help from Nokia. The two companies have formed a partnership to develop a new...

Renault will be showcasing six new production models as well as two brand new concept cars at this week's Frankfurt Motor Show, one of which is the new Kangoo Compact Concept. Designed as preview of a possible new Kangoo variant, the new concept car is built around a roller-skating theme and is...

Renault is getting more serious about coupes, and the new concept car to be shown at the Frankfurt IAA previews fairly accurately what we'll see on the roads from the French company in the near future. With styling based heavily on the Fluence concept of 2004, the new coupe looks both elegant and...

The new Laguna is a crucial model for Renault, so much so that CEO Carlos Ghosn has admitted the carmaker is staking its reputation on the launch of the new sedan next month. Not surprisingly Renault plans to launch several variants of the car including a new two-door model due to arrive on the...

Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has revealed that he has no interest in acquiring the Volvo unit from Ford, despite having wishes to form an alliance with an additional carmaker. Though he commented that he’d never completely rule out the possibility, he said that at this time he'd rather...

Renault hasn’t released any details about the car but we can confirm that the striking two-door will be on the carmaker’s stand at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The new concept will preview a production coupe variant of the recently launched Laguna that earlier reports...