Renault
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0Report: Ecclestone wonders if F1's upcoming turbo V6s should get augmented sound [w/videos] 1365427800
While every team on the Formula One grid is worried about making a good showing in this year's championship at the same time as they develop a brand-new car for next year's championship, Bernie Ecclestone and F1 circuit promoters have a different concern: how next year's cars will sound. The ...
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Report: Renault A-110 revival also planned in... Mexico? 1365422340
Bulgaria, Brazil and Mexico were three of the countries licensed to build the Alpine A110 under license in the sixties and seventies. With the revival of the former Renault rally racing brand, Mexico, whose Dinalpin sold the earlier iteration, wants to do it again – but this time with no ...
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Video: Renault sells French sex appeal with stripped-down dancers, 'va va voom' button 1364583480
This commercial starts off quietly enough, with some potential customers arriving at a Renault dealership in England for a test drive of the new Clio compact with a salesman. The drive route takes them to a nondescript intersection where the customer is told to try out the "Va Va Voom" button, ...
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Video: Evidence of Renault 5 revival discovered during commercial shoot 1364571060
Renault has exceptional plans for this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, bringing six classic cars, four Formula One cars from this year's season and three current offerings. It will also be showing off two brand-new concepts, one of them gasoline-powered and another that's purely electric, and ...
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Report: Renault's planned luxury sub-brand gets reconsidered 1364561040
Renault believes there's enough Alpine love to restart that brand with its own model almost immediately. The launch of the Initiale Paris luxury brand it's been mulling, on the other hand, will be more restrained: a report in Autocar says that instead of launching with a first model based on the ...
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Official: Alpine unveils N36 LMP2 car that will race in 24 Hours of Le Mans 1364221860
This is the Alpine LMP2 competitor you'll see contesting European endurance races this year, including The 24 Hours of Le Mans in June. Parent company Renault showed off the N36 racer at its atelier in Paris, the blue and orange a switch from the yellow, black and white livery Alpine wore last ...
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Teased: Renault teases new Ross Lovegrove-influenced concept car 1363782360
Renault has teamed up with British designer Ross Lovegrove to create a new concept car that hints at the future styling direction for the French automaker. The yet-to-be-named car will be unveiled at the Triennale of Milan on April 8, and it will be on display unit the 14th. Although the ...
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Motorsports: Renault taking Alpine endurance racing, enters 24 Hours of Le Mans 1362942180
Renault isn't letting up with the return of its Alpine brand. After announcing a partnership with Caterham to bring a new Alpine to market by 2015 (now expected by 2016), the French firm has announced it is taking Alpine racing again in the European Le Mans Series this year – and that ...
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Geneva: 2013 Renault Captur features zip-off seat covers, crisper drawer glovebox [w/videos] 1362582000
Evidently, Renault's executives in France have not been content to sit idly by as their alliance partners at Nissan have happily mopped up enviable global sales totals with their Juke crossover. We've been hearing about an answer from Renault for some time now, and the production Captur is ...
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Official: Renault Scénic minivan crosses over with new Xmod variant 1360193520
Renault has given us all the goods on its newest crossover, the Scénic Xmod, one month in advance of the vehicle's world debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The Xmod seeks to punch up the Scénic line of small MPVs with all-wheel drive and slightly butched up looks. (It's a formula that ...

