ONE of Northern Scotland's largest independent groups has added Dacia and SsangYong to its franchise lists.
Renault has admitted electric vehicles sales are disappointing.
Renault will be resurrecting its Alpine badge with a new sports car co-developed with Caterham.
Pictures of Renault's latest EV the Zoe, which will go on sale in spring 2013.
Renault’s next electric vehicle, the Zoe supermini, will be priced from £13,650 including the Government plugged-in car grant when it goes on sale in spring next year.
Dacia has received over 1,000 pre-orders for its new budget SUV the £8,995 Duster.
Dacia’s Sandero supermini will be priced from £5,995 when it goes on sale in the UK in January 2013.
Vertu Motors has acquired the trade and assets of three motor retail locations from Co-op Motors for an estimated £5.5m, of which £3.9m is to be deferred over three years with the balance being settled in cash from the group's existing resources.
Paper finance agreements will soon become a thing of the past in Renault and Nissan showrooms.
Seven months after Renault UK announced a model and dealer cull, it says everything is on track for a return to profitability by the end of 2013.
SMC Renault Group has opened its new Aldershot showroom after acquiring the site from Mill Lane Renault which went into administration in May.
Renault is offering a free Twizy to customers in Spain that buy a Laguna or Espace.
Training to help sell personalisation options for the first time will be undertaken by Renault dealers. The fashion for lifestyle extras is new to the brand and will debut on the fourth generation Clio.
All the pictures of the next-generation Clio.
Renault has revealed the first details of its fourth generation Clio ahead of its debut at the Paris Motor Show in September.
Renault's sub-brand Dacia is to be launched in the UK with an SUV priced from, what the company calls a "shockingly affordable" £8,995.
Renault chief operating officer Carlos Tavares has called on European governments to reintroduce scrappage schemes or “other market subsidies” to boost car demand.
Carlos Ghosn, Nissan and Renault chairman and chief executive, is expecting “three to four more years of stagnation” in the European automotive sector.
Renault is embarking on an electric vehicle roadshow visiting 15 cities around the UK to help boost awareness of the technology to consumers.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and state corporation Russian Technologies have agreed to create a joint venture to give the carmarkers an indirect majority stake in AVTOVAZ, according to a memorandum of understanding.
