The Renault Group designs, develops, manufactures and sells
passenger cars and light commercial vehicles under the Renault,
Dacia* and Renault Samsung Motors brands. Renault is also linked by
cross-shareholdings to Nissan via the Renault-Nissan
Alliance, established in March 1999.
Renault, France's number one car brand, relies on more than 110
years of innovation to bring customers high-quality,
carbon-efficient vehicles, with ingenious, attractive, accessible
and pioneering products and services.
Renault's new baseline, "Drive the Change", expresses the
company's ambition to lead the way in sustainable mobility. Along
with its partner Nissan, Renault is targeting world leadership in
the mass marketing of zero-emission vehicles. Since 2011 Renault
has launched a zero-emission range with three electric vehicles and
plans to launch a fourth model by the end of 2012.
The Renault group reported a net revenue of €38,971 million (car
sales and financing) and sold 2,722,062 vehicles in 2011, a new
sales record for the Renault Group, representing an increase of
3,7% over 2010.
Throughout its history, Renault has incorporated motorsport into
its global marketing strategy. With a powerful image and prestige
value, motorsport, and especially Formula 1, has strengthened the
brand in traditional markets while increasing visibility in
emerging ones. The sport has also proven to be an effective testing
ground for road car products, with innovative solutions to
downsizing, reliability and electric technology all proven on
track.
Renault Sport F1 is the sporting division created to supply
engines to carefully selected partners by developing and testing
high-performance F1 engines. Since 1977, Renault has won ten
Constructors' World Titles and nine Drivers' World Titles.