Groupe Renault is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company produces a range of cars and vans, and in the past has manufactured trucks, tractors, tanks, buses/coaches and autorail vehicles.
In this article, we have provided 10 unknown, amazing, interesting, and mind blowing facts about Renault.
1. Renault today manufactures primarily cars and vans and is also known to be involved into the production of heavy duty vehicles like trucks, tanks and buses.
2. As of 2011, the brand is ranked third in the European market and ninth overall in the world.
3. Renault is headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt and the automobile manufacturer owns Automobile Dacia as well as Renault Samsung Motors among many other acquisitions all over the world.
4. The Government of France has a 15 per cent stake in the shares of Renault.
5. The presiding chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Renault is Carlos Ghosn.
6. The Renault-Nissan Alliance is at the fourth position in the largest global automobile groups list.
7. Since 2011 Renault has been religiously investing time, effort and resources into the momentous development of electric cars.
8. Renault has a very important role to play in the world of motor sport and it has a proven track record with Formula 1 as well as rallying.
9. The Indian subsidiary that was set up in the year 2005 is known as Renault India Private Limited and the company’s presence in India is bolstered by the Mahindra Renault joint venture with the Pulse and Duster being popular in the country.
10. The ‘cycle of life’ vehicle concept was introduced to Renault’s design and look was because of Laurens van den Acker who is the Chief Designer for Renault.
10 Interesting Facts About Renault
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