In what must come with little surprise, Renault-Nissan and VW have been vying to take over Toyota as the world's best selling automobile company. And for the first time, the title belongs to the Renault-Nissan Alliance. In the first half of 2017, the French-Japanese conglomerate sold 5.27 million vehicles to VW Group's 5.115 million. The jump for RNA is largely… Read More...
A report in the Nikkei newspaper says that Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi Motors will share an electric vehicle platform in order to bring development and production costs more in line with gasoline-powered cars. The news follows announcements of similar strategies from Toyota and Volkswagen, with both companies indicating that they will increase their production of EVs to meet increasingly stringent… Read More...
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Microsoft Corp announced today that they are partnering to develop connected driving solutions. Under the terms of the multi-year, global agreement, the companies will leverage Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure to improve customer experiences in the areas of navigation, maintenance, remote monitoring, mobility and over-the-air updates. As part of the deal, Microsoft will also be tapped to… Read More...
Lada is hard at work reinventing itself from Soviet era vehicles to new Renault-Nissan-based vehicles, which also happens to be its new owner. First launching the Vesta and XRay last year, Lada is ready to launch a larger crossover. This was previewed this week by the XCode concept, a name which will likely carry into production. The design is largely… Read More...
French automaker Renault has revealed a sedan version of its Megane hatchback. The new sedan is indirectly replacing the Fluence, which has seen substandard sales numbers. Unsurprisingly, the sedan version looks a lot like the hatch. From the front clip to the B-pillar of the car, it is nearly identical. From the B-pillar back, the hatch is replaced be a… Read More...
Previewed as a concept at last year's Frankfurt Motor Show, Renault has unveiled the Alaskan, its first one-ton pickup truck. Based-on the same platform as the Nissan NP300 Navara, the Alaskan likely provides a preview of the next generation Nissan Frontier and the forthcoming Mercedes-Benz GLT-class pickup. Adopting Renault's latest design language, the pronounced diamond logo and C-shaped headlights give… Read More...
By the end of the current fiscal year, Nissan Motor Co. will be introducing two key technologies in support of Chief Executive Carlo Ghosn's mandate to put the company at the forefront of electric vehicles and autonomous cars. As outlined at Nissan's annual shareholders' meeting on June 22, a range extender for EVs and a single-lane self-driving feature will debut… Read More...
Remembering that our truck segment includes utility vans, the best selling compact truck globally for 2015 was the Renault Kangoo II. The french utility van sold less than 131,527 units during the year. The reason for "less than" is due to the first generation Kangoo still being sold in some markets, mainly in Latin America. The Kangoo's biggest markets are… Read More...
It seems like misspelling names is the hip thing to do these days. After already dropping the "e" from the Captur, Renault has now introduced the Kaptur, which not only changes the name again, but will be the emerging market version of the sub-compact crossover. Renault says the Kaptur was altered from its established market version by increasing its ground… Read More...
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