When you generally think or hear Renaultsport your first thoughts head for the lightweight, track focused Megane 225 or it’s other forms. This time though, the French mental division decided they could tackle rallying.
After a bit of unclear air and some tense situations on the legal front, everything seems to be all right. The British at Lotus will be going into F1 as a factory team for the 2011 season.
The Dutch tuners from Kerkhof&Visscher decided to improve a bit (more) the performance of the Renault Megane RS. Thus, they’ve managed to rise the power of the model from 250 horsepower to 310 horsepower, an impressive result thought. Thanks to a revised ECU unit and a new intercooler, the French sports model is able to
The Renault Wind has been with us for an incredibly short amount of time and to be honest, I’m yet to see one on the street. Actually, still honest, I don’t really care if I see one of the Twingo-ish convertibles on the street.
Renault recently published the official details for the facelifted version of Espace, a French MPV model scheduled to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in January. What’s new? Well, the French people fitted the Renault Espace with day LED lights, improved interior materials and a new exterior color. Until then, under the hood the model
Few days ago we talked on few images and details on the Sandero Stepway Concept created by the Brazilian division of the French manufacturer Renault. The concept in question was revealed recently at the Sao Paulo Auto Show and with this ocassion Renault revealed official photos and details on this concept based on the French-Romanian
The Brazilian division of Renault revealed few images for the Sandero Stepway Concept, scheduled to be revealed at the Sao Paulo Auto Show at the end of this month. The French manufacturer claims that this is nothing more than a design study designed mostly for the female public, even some unofficial sources state that this
Laurens van den Acker did his job well and here is the result: Renault Laguna facelift. The French model debuted at Paris Auto Show and Renault released more official photo and details on the new model. Thus, Laguna facelift comes with few technical improvements but also with a slightly redesigned shape. The new Laguna brings
The French manufacturer announced that they will extend their models that benefit from Bose sound systems. For now, the Renault Koleos and Laguna Coupe benefits from the audio systems provided by Bose but starting this end of the year new models will benefit from the high performance sound systems. The people from Renault want to
Commercial vehicles dedicated Auto Show, in Hanover, hosted the unveiling event of a zero-emission utility vehicle, the Renault Kangoo Express ZE, a model that offers an autonomy of 160 kilometers. The electric engine of the utility vehicle developed by the French manufacturer, Renault, is able to deliver 44 kW (60 horsepower) and is able to
In a recent press release issued by the French manufacturer, people at Renault announced that the Slovenian plant from Novo Mesto where every day 520 Twingo units are produced, managed to produce a total of 500.000 Twingo vehicles. The third generation of the French model managed to receive a very positive feedback from customers and
Due to more critics than expected regarding the current Renault Laguna generation, Laurens van den Acker and his design crew created the facelifted version of the Renault Laguna will be unveiled at the Paris Auto Show this month and is expected to improve the overall bad impression created by the current generation Laguna. The facelift
The Russian Auto Show, held in Moscow, took part of the revealing ceremony of the 2011 Renault Latitude, the French sedan known better on the Korean market as Samsung SM5. The new Latitude stands out by the chromed front grille (the interior being designed in the same way, with chromed details), xenon frontlights and LEDs
The French manufacturer Renault announced that the upcoming French auto show, the Paris Auto Show, scheduled for this fall, will host the introduction of the Laguna facelift model. This facelift was announced both for the five-door and estate version of the French model. The facelift version of the Renault Laguna wil benefit from interior and
The 2011 edition of the Motor Show in Geneva is expected to host the unveiling of the DeZir concept based model, the facelift version of the Renault Twingo model. The facelift version prepared by the French manufacturer should introduce the public into a new design philosophy, a design philosophy similar to the one adopted by
Renault has announced the recall in service of about 700,000 units of the old generation Scenic, because of operating problems of the automatic parking brake. Renault is now affected by a recall, the French manufacturer officially announce a recall in service for the old generation Scenic. The French manufacturer claims that about 700,000 units of
Gordini is one of the names that is closely related to Renault’s motor sport actions that has fallen under the radar for quite some time now. It would appear that the French manufacturer is attempting a revival with the latest generation of Clio and a spec level that is most likely full of the “puppy
Some French newspapers reported that Renault SA have set targets seriously high for electric vehicles production by 2015 as it plans to hit a figure above 200,000 per year. And to prove this isn’t just trash talk the French company announced that at least 150,000 of these will be the Renault Zoe.
The French over at Renault have officially unveiled their latest four door saloon today. The car is named the Latitude and the company released a few details on when and where you will be able to see the car before it hits the showrooms. The Renault Latitude will be officially revealed to the press in
