Renault has just released information on its diminutive new roadster dubbed “Wind,” a car they will debut at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. At just 150.7 inches long, the Wind is just about five inches longer than a Mini Cooper. In keeping with the current fashion for hardtop convertibles, the wind doesn’t use fabric […]
Years ago, on a post-collegiate backpacking trip through Europe, we became strangely obsessed with the Renault Twingo. Going so far as to compose red vin induced Weird Al style poems, “Twingo, Twingo little car, how I wonder why you are.” Today, we’re having a slightly different reaction to this diminutive Renault.
Mostly because out back […]
With Europe’s other major international car show alternating to Frankfurt in 2009, the upcoming Geneva Motor Show is as close to home turf as the French automakers will get this year. Along with the new concept its Romanian budget brand Dacia is tipped to unveil at the show, Renault will be descending on the lakeside […]
Images of the next-gen 2009 Renault Megane III have leaked out onto the interwebs today revealing a more mature design for the French hatchback. The cornucopia of press shots show a five-door hatchback, and while we were told the new Megane III would sport styling inspired by the Megane Coupe Concept that debuted at the […]
While Renault car sales in France have been robust in the first half of 2008, in Europe – its biggest market – the group is down 4.6 percent. If higher sales and better market penetration is the question, could a sports coupé be the answer? The Cartribe reckon Renault thinks so. They say after an […]
Amongst the sun and stars of the Cannes Film Festival this weekend, Renault has unveiled the new Laguna Coupe with a pair of V6 engines. Each of the 6 cylinder powerplants uses a different fuel. One runs on gasoline, the other diesel. While Renault-badged cars haven’t been available in North America for more then two […]
Ladies and gentlemen, this is no rendering at all. Hours prior to the official reveal of the Renault Mégane Coupé, its official pictures have leaked in the internet, anticipating the beautiful lines of this French car. Carlos Ghosn, Renault CEO, would be the first one to present the car to the public in Cannes, but […]
