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Newswheel @ the Paris show: Hatchback hotness. VW’s Iroc Concept, Honda Civic Type-R, Renault Twingo

Newswheel staff :: 04 October 2006 :: Filed under Hatchback, Honda, Honda Civic, Renault, Volkswagen, Volvo, Europe & UK, Trade shows

Crusty old form factors like C-segment saloons may be dying a slow, undignified death at the hands of MPV and crossover upstarts. But the hatchback is alive and kicking in 2006. VW, Honda, Renault and Volvo are all keeping the hot hatch real at the Paris show…

Renault’s modern-day land yacht: The Nepta concept

Newswheel staff :: 08 September 2006 :: Filed under Cabriolet, Renault, Europe & UK

No doubt purely in the interests of symmetry, Renault has released details and images of the Nepta concept car, due to be unsheathed in public at the end of the month. Consequently, all three of the big French brands have now shown their hands in the lead up to the Paris motor show which kicks off on the 28th (Edit: Newswheel’s bad – it was actually Peugeot who released details of the 207 EPURE last)…

Nissan, Renault and GM to form “Global Motors”?

Newswheel staff :: 06 July 2006 :: Filed under GM, Nissan, Renault, Europe & UK, US

It’s Thursday and that can only mean one thing. Yup, it’s industry news day, complete with fabulous fiscal flights of fancy and an assortment of additional alliterative articulations…Well, that and riding out the clock until Friday. And hell, Friday’s as good as Saturday. And Saturday’s the weekend. But we digress. On June 30th Kirk Kerkorian, the metrically monikered money bags who holds a 9.9 per cent stake in bankrupt pension fu… sorry, motor manufacturer GM formally tabled a proposal for a grand alliance between Nissan, Renault and GM…

Renault prices up Clio Renault Sport: £15k and 200bhp

Newswheel staff :: 01 June 2006 :: Filed under Hatchback, Renault, Renault Clio, Europe & UK

Hats off to Renault for keeping faith with the compact hot hatch sector when all others have forsaken it. The VW Golf has swelled beyond recognition in both size and pricing, the Polo GTI is frankly a rather feeble simulcrum of a hot hatch, Ford’s Fiesta ST lacks a certain rawness and the less said the better about Peugeot’s pitiful 206 (here’s hoping for a return to form with the upcoming hot 207). For the moment, therefore, it’s left to Renault to keep the dream alive with the Clio Renault Sport. Now on sale in the UK for £15,995, the latest hot Clio boasts nearly 200bhp as well as a number of very serious chassis mods…

Newswheel @ Geneva: Clio Renault Sport

Newswheel staff :: 01 March 2006 :: Filed under Hatchback, Renault, Renault Clio, Europe & UK, Trade shows

Happy happy, joy joy: At last a real, never-seen-it-before Geneva debut. The Renault Clio, er, Renault Sport looks like a pretty comprehensive effort to dominate the hot hatch sector thanks to a new 2.0-litre engine packing a Honda VTEC-matching 100bhp per litre specific output, some trick aero mods and a heavily tweaked chassis…

Renaults suck. So says, er, Renault

Newswheel staff :: 14 February 2006 :: Filed under Renault

No more radical Renaults? That seems to be the message coming from the French outfit’s new design boss Patrick Pelata. This new broom reckons even the latest Megane was unnecessarily controversial and appears to be preparing to sweep such radicalism under the carpet. Yikes.

Geneva preview: A trio of concepts from Toyota and Renault

Newswheel staff :: 07 February 2006 :: Filed under Crossover, Hybrid, SUV, Renault, Toyota, Europe & UK, Trade shows, US

The more premature the, er, pre-Geneva PR launch, the more we suspect the manufacturer in question is fearful a given car / concept would struggle to be heard above the cacophony of new kit at the show proper. Does that sentence make any sense? We have no idea. So, simply know this: Toyota and Renault have jumped the gun with a trio of Geneva-bound concepts.

Zut alors! Renault’s bid for Jag fails

Newswheel staff :: 23 January 2006 :: Filed under Ford, Jaguar, Renault

As we reported previously, rumours in the French press suggest Renault has been poking around the hospital bed of Ford’s ailing English patient. But it’s the UK’s Sunday Times that has apparently put paid to the story. Renault’s efforts to relieve Ford of Jaguar have failed. Meanwhile, Ford prepares an announcement regarding its “Way Forward” rescue plan…

The truth about crash tests?

Newswheel staff :: 06 December 2005 :: Filed under BMW, BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, Renault, Renault Espace, Renault Megane, Europe & UK, Safety, US

Car manufacturers wear their Euro NCAP crash test scores with pride. But does a perfect five star rating mean anything in a real crash? Maybe not, according to safety specialists at VW. They reckon some manufacturers are engineering their cars to deliver good NCAP results at the cost of real-world safety.

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Jaguar: Laters Ford, bonjour Renault?

Newswheel staff :: 05 December 2005 :: Filed under Ford, Jaguar, Renault, Europe & UK, US

Ford hasn’t a clue how to sort out its struggling British luxury brand Jaguar. Bill Ford himself recently conceded just that. So, could the suggestion by French mag L’Expansion that Ford is considering flogging Jaguar to Renault be true?

Renault intros F1 head-restraint tech for kids

Newswheel staff :: 17 November 2005 :: Filed under Renault, Europe & UK

Renault has launched Sleep Safe, a new head-restraint technology for child passengers. Sleep Safe is available now on the Espace and will be rolled out to other Renault models soon.

New Clio is European Shed of the Year

Newswheel staff :: 17 November 2005 :: Filed under Hatchback, Renault, Renault Clio, Europe & UK

That’s right folks. The pathologically dreary new Renault Clio is the European Car of the Year for 2006. The Clio somehow managed to head up a 28-strong list of Europe’s finest, including the VW Passat, Alfa Romeo 159 and BMW 3 Series.

Euro price war

Newswheel staff :: 31 October 2005 :: Filed under Fiat, Honda, Peugeot, Renault, Europe & UK

Apparently there’s a price war going on in continental Europe. Margins and profits are being eroded, with Renault, Honda, Peugeot and Fiat all complaining of a poor pricing environment. Try telling that to your average car buyer in “Rip Off” Britain…