Renault now looks at their partnership with Daimler in order to attain success when it comes to high-end cars. Carlos Ghosn, Renault CEO in a radio interview with France Inter last week said Renault would collaborate with Mercedes-Benz for a new high-end car. While acknowledging that Renault has faced difficulties in the high end market, he did say the French car manufacturer will 'apply what it learned... 

Renault India will announce their new Pulse hatchback price range at the Delhi Auto Show on January 6th 2012. Pulse will be based on Nissan Micra V Platform similar to other platforms shared by Nissan and Renault and seen on a number of their vehicles. The Pulse hatchback has a more aggressive façade as compared to Micra. It will be offered with a diesel engine producing 65 bhp peak power and 160... 

Rising fuel prices are making customers opt for diesel variants and in the past one year demand for diesel cars have gone up by 27% out of over 2.52 million cars sold in India. This percentage is likely to rise even further and estimates reveal that it is likely to reach 33% by March 2012. To meet this increased demand, Renault has decided to increase diesel variants in the market. The company will... 

Grandchildren of Louis Renault, the noted though infamous car manufacturer are seeking compensation for their grandfather's firm which was nationalised in 1945 after World War II. Renault senior who founded the French car company was jailed without trial for allegedly conniving with the Nazis. The company was nationalised in 1945 following the founder's death and France remains as the company's largest... 

Renault SA has announced their intentions to branch out into small car segment.  With this in mind, French auto manufacturers are consulting with Government of Gujarat to set up their factory in the state. Noting the rising demand for smaller cars, Nissan Motor Company and Renault will both invest in offering smaller and more compact cars. In a series of closed door meetings it was revealed that the... 

Carlos Ghosn, Global Chief Executive Officer of the Renault Nissan alliance in an interview with Forbes India said that a lot has changed in India in the past two years.  Conducting business in India is vastly different as compared to doing business in China, Russia or Brazil.  The same approach does not work in India as it would in other BRIC countries.    Each of these countries is so different... 

As per a French business newspaper report, Renault is set to bring out a car in the €2500 ($3,375) category.  La Tribune reports that the project which is expected to get underway on January 1, 2012 will have Renault Nissan develop this low cost car which is targeted at emerging markets, and these will also be launched in European markets in the future. Though Renault has been known to launch... 

Mr. James Allison, Technical Director of Renault has said that their new design for the current year F1 car has not been a success as originally expected.  When questioned about the R31 F1 car that the company has developed for next week's Brazilian Grand Prix, Allison said that though Renault had taken a bold step, the plan has backfired resulting in a failed experiment. James Allison had this to... 

The past year has seen an avalanche of cars in the small category.  Now Renault India too is announcing the arrival of a small and compact car which is to be launched in January at the Auto Expo 2012 to be held in New Delhi.  Mr. Sudhir Rao, Deputy Managing Director of Renault in India said that the car would be priced in close proximity to others in its category and would offer competition to hatchbacks... 

In a bid to increase its annual car production capacity, Renault has decided to pump in BRL 500 million into Brazil for increasing capacity by at least one lakh units. Though Renault had already planned for BLR 1 billion through 2015, this extra investment would enable Renault's Brazil plant to churn out 380,000 vehicles per annum. This is Renault's bid to ensure that a trsong emerging market like...