'It can be used to build three-wheelers, vans, too'
Formula One's move to a single tyre supplier has hit champions Renault hardest, team boss Flavio Briatore said after Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
The win was a first for Ferrari in Mexico since 1990 and fourth of Carlos Sainz's career.
Former champions Renault followed Ferrari's lead on Wednesday and threatened to quit Formula One at the end of the season unless the governing body rewrites the 2010 rules. Champions Ferrari, Formula One's glamour team who have competed in every championship since 1950, issued a similar threat on Tuesday in response to the introduction of an optional 40 million pounds budget cap.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen dealt Lando Norris a shattering blow in their Formula One title battle by winning a wet and chaotic Sao Paulo Grand Prix from 17th on the grid.
Tamil Nadu -- often dubbed as India's own Detroit due to its thriving automobile manufacturing ecosystem -- is in no mood to miss the EV bus either. Recent developments attest to it. Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast has promised a $2 billion plant in the southern state. And as promised earlier, the work on Tata Motors-JLR plant will kick off next week, on September 28, after the foundation stone laying ceremony.
Renault have held a board meeting in Paris to discuss the future of their Formula One team, the BBC reported on Wednesday. No one from Renault was immediately available for comment and the BBC website provided no source for its report, which came after Toyota announced their withdrawal.
Renault has managed to give its upcoming, a pinch of more classiness than the older brother.
The 51:49 JV, owned by M&M and Renault in that order, manufactures the Logan, a mid-sized sedan from a facility based in Nashik.
Former world champions Renault escaped punishment on Thursday despite being found guilty in the second major spying controversy to hit Formula One this year.
With its SUV-style design and feature-packed interiors, the Kwid has many advantages, but Renault is taking no chances.
The Kwid was launched in the last week of September.
This is the first time the company chose to reveal a concept car outside Europe and this is eloquent sign of it commitment to India.
Renault and Nissan's decision to launch their own compact cars is independent of a tie-up with Pune-based motorcycle maker Bajaj Auto to develop a low-cost car that is expected to debut in 2011. A formal joint venture agreement is yet to be signed among the partners, though work on the small car is progressing at a slower pace.
'We've still got work to do to get both cars home in the points. We'll take positives from today, but we're trying to find a bit more every weekend.'
Renault is planning to assemble Fluence in completely knocked down format.
Renault will not contest race-fixing charges levelled against their Formula One team, the team said in a statement on Wednesday. Team boss Flavio Briatore and director of engineering Pat Symonds have left the team, it added.
Petrol variant will be available in the RxE and RxL variants whereas diesel will be the RxL and RxZ variants.
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French auto major Renault has put on hold indefinitely its plans to introduce its cars in the Indian market from the upcoming Chennai plant on account of global slowdown, which has affected the firm's worldwide operations.
Ahead of the festive season, several passenger and commercial vehicle manufacturers have agreed to offer discounts of 1.5-3 per cent on new vehicle purchase against scrapped old vehicles after a meeting with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, an official statement said on Tuesday. The statement further said Mercedes Benz India has offered a flat discount of Rs 25,000, which will be over and above all existing discounts. Union Road Transport and Highways (RT&H) Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday chaired a meeting with the SIAM delegation at Bharat Mandapam, where he addressed pressing issues in the automobile industry.
Renault rookie Heikki Kovalainen escaped unhurt from a 200kph crash in Formula One testing in Bahrain.
Finally, an international carmaker serious about Indian design.
Pedro de la Rosa has accused Renault of using illegal 'team orders' to help Fernando Alonso take second place at the Turkish Grand Prix.
Champions Renault apologised to Italian Giancarlo Fisichella for the engine problems that left him fuming at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Renault should have given Frenchman Franck Montagny a chance to race in Formula One rather than drafting in Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, according to former champion Alain Prost.
Formula One champions Renault expect Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix to be another difficult race despite making progress in improving their car after a disappointing start to the season.
Duster is expected to bear a 4x2 and 4x4 mechanism apart from the 1.6L, 16-valve petrol engine.
The Renault team's title sponsor ING Group announced Monday that it was pulling out of Formula One at the end of the 2009 season. 'In light of the recently announced cost reduction program, ING confirmed today not to renew the three year sponsorship (2007-2009) contract with Renault F1 and to end its presence in F1 beyond the 2009 season,' ING said in a statement.
The model which is to be launched in India is actually a facelifted version.
The Koleos is powered by a 2 litre diesel engine and is available in four wheeled drive option with six speed automatic transmission.
Formula One champions Renault are interested in signing Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, his manager said.
A year after French auto major Renault terminated its joint venture with homegrown automobile manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), the company is back to prove its mettle in the world's second fastest growing automobile market with its premium mid-size sedan Fluence.
Prototype for ultra low-cost car not ready, says Renault; getting out five other vehicles is priority for next year.
Renault boss Flavio Briatore believes Fernando Alonso's decision to leave Renault could be good for the F1 champions
The move comes after Renault's troubled five-year partnership with Mahindra & Mahindra failed to provide the French company with a platform to become a serious player in the country.
This year could be far more of a struggle for the 26-year-old Spaniard now that he is back at Renault.
