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24 May 2007 posted in Motorsports 5 views
VIDEO: Renaultsport trio at Barcelona How much does a supermini hatchback have in common with an F1 car? Ostensibly speaking, not much at all. Four wheels and the presence of some sort of engine... that's about where it ends. Unless, of c ...
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21 April 2007 posted in Renault 6 views
Renault planning five new upscale models by 2010 Renault is planning to expand into the upscale market with five new models within the next three years, sources have confirmed. Previous ventures upmarket didn't turn out so well for the French automa ...
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16 April 2007 posted in Etc. 2 views
Future Classic: Eagle Premier click image for more pics of the Eagle Premier By the early 1980s, American Motors Corporation was on the ropes. Its car line was seriously geriatric – the Eagle, Concord, and Spirit models were deriv ...
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8 November 2006 posted in Euro 5 views
PSA Peugeot-Citroen names former Airbus chief as new CEO There is a great deal of exchange at the top management level between the aerospace and automotive industries. Yesterday we mourned the passing of former Rockwell chief and Chrysler exec Robert Anders ...
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31 October 2006 posted in Motorsports 12 views
Nissan to join F1 in 2008? Rumors are again mounting with suggestions that Nissan is considering entering Formula One with its own team. Rival Japanese automakers Honda and Toyota both have teams, and Korean competitor Hyundai ...
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25 October 2006 posted in Euro 2 views
Le Badge Engineering: Peugeot 4007 images surface Images are floating around the internet purportedly showing the upcoming Peugeot 4007 sport-ute. The crossover is one of two PSA trucks to be based on the new Mitsubishi Outlander, together with the u ...
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19 September 2006 posted in Plants/Manufacturing 5 views
Proton recruits expertise from Peugeot Following earlier reports of talks between the two firms, Malaysian automaker Proton and PSA group (Peugeot/Citroen) have signed an agreement for inter-company collaboration. Proton, which once enjoye ...
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30 August 2006 posted in Green 5 views
Peugeot announces twin-turbo, performance diesel Over the past several months, a few Autoblog staffers have become obsessed with the performance potential of diesels. Sure the Audi R10's relentless asskicking of everything on the grid has certainly ...
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4 August 2006 posted in Concept Cars 7 views
Futuristic Citroen starring in French film What actor is bigger in Hollywood right now than the automobile? Pixar's hit CARS was full of them, James Bond was hardly ever seen without one, and today marks the release of Will Ferrell's octane-fu ...
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4 August 2006 posted in Euro 83 views
Citroën C4 Picasso: People-mover with pizazz Yesterday, Citroën released details surrounding it's new seven-seat compact MPV, the C4 Picasso. It joins the smaller Xsara Picasso and larger C8 to give the French automaker a 3-car MPV lineup. ...
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4 August 2006 posted in Concept Cars 11 views
Spy Shots: Peugeot 7007 and Citroen C9 SUVs Who says that Europeans, especially the French, are not interested in SUVs? Automaker PSA has partnered with Mitsubishi Motors to develop a pair of new soft roaders, the Peugeot 7007 and Citroen C9. D ...
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26 July 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 4 views
Earnings reports: Q2 winners and losers There's no question that these are tough times in the automotive marketplace - tough because buyer demands and preferences are changing so quickly that an automaker can find itself on the wrong side o ...
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3 July 2006 posted in GM 6 views
Breaking: Renault board approves discussions of GM-Nissan deal With Nissan's board of directors already on record as supporting discussions of the possible three-way deal between General Motors, Nissan and Renault, the French automaker's board met Monday to discu ...
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22 June 2006 posted in Etc. 4 views
Renault R26 F1 car meets the new Clio RenaultSport With the new Clio RenaultSport set to take Europe by storm, the French automaker is working overtime to associate the new hot hatch with its enormously successful Formula One program. The 197-horsepow ...
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21 April 2006 posted in Government/Legal 4 views
Iran grinds Renault joint-venture to a halt Iran is putting a crimp in Renault's plans. The French automaker had teamed up with the nation as part of a joint-venture to build the bare-bones Logan (L90), but now finds itself in a bind as authori ...
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17 April 2006 posted in Etc. 10 views
If Peugeot plants a tree in the forest, will it offset the CO2 in the atmosphere? Six years on, French automaker Peugeot is finally seeing one of its environmental initiatives bear fruit... so to speak. The manufacturer actually began a forestry project back in 1999 by embarking on ...
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22 March 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 9 views
Nissan and Renault sales bids au revoir While the U.S. press and auto enthusiasts cheered at the synergy resulting from Renault’s purchase of Nissan, the merger has not faired as well in Europe. Nissan products began to resemble the F ...
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10 February 2006 posted in Concept Cars 7 views
PSA seeks partner for diesel hybrid. Inquire within. Serious only Remember when French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen unveiled its diesel hybrid prototypes? The company has announced it is seeking a partnership with other auto manufacturers or suppliers to develop pr ...
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9 February 2006 posted in Trends 6 views
Renault reveals its Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn has a much more manageable problem than either Rick Wagoner or Bill Ford. Saying, "Renault is not in crisis but remains fragile," Ghosn explained his "Renault C ...
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4 February 2006 posted in Time Warp 15 views
General Motors, Ford's problems part of long history for many automakers One might think from all the recent press, that Ford Motor Co. and General Motors are the only manufacturers to have ever been in such dire straits, while all the others are laughing their way (quietl ...
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