http://www.carzunlimited.com/news/info.html New Cars, News, Car Reviews, Auto Shows, Blogs, Tips, Specs and Pricing - CarzUnlimited http://www.carzunlimited.com/news/info.html http://www.carzunlimited.com/images/index_02.gif http://carzunlimited.com/news/borrego/2358/ten-years-into-the-alliance-r.html -Over the last decade- we used the Alliance to develop win-win synergies between Renault and Nissan- and that approach worked well when both were profitable and growing-- says Carlos Ghosn- Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance- -Today- we have to move faster- Seeking synergies is no longer optional- but mandatory- We have assigned a group of experts to focus on building greater synergies to get us through the crisis and position us competitively for the future-- http://carzunlimited.com/news/borrego/2358/ten-years-into-the-alliance-r.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/koleos/2189/renault-completes-line-up-with.html The much awaited Koleos- Renault-s striking 4x4 crossover vehicle- has arrived in the UAE- Koleos captured an incredible 12- market share in its category in France in just eight months of its launch- Available across dealers- Renault-s line-up now extends from the compact hatchback to SUV models- Renault Koleos- design focuses on versatility- offering the same reassuring drive in and about town- on open roads and motorways as well as off the beaten track- Koleos combines the high stance and features of an SUV with the cabin space of an MPV- and the comfort of a modern saloon car- Ideal for escaping the everyday routine- the French manufacturer-s first 4x4 is comfortable- easy to drive and boasts genuine off-road ability- http://carzunlimited.com/news/koleos/2189/renault-completes-line-up-with.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/2185/renault-nissan-alliance-partne.html The Renault-Nissan Alliance has formed a partnership with the Energy Market Authority -EMA-- the Land Transport Authority -LTA- and the Economic Development Board -EDB- of Singapore to explore the development of Zero Emission Vehicles Program- Under a Memorandum of Understanding -MOU- signed in the presence of Lawrence Wong- CE of EMA- Dr Beh Swan Gin- MD of EDB- Yam Ah Mee- CE of LTA and Thierry Koskas- Renault Electric Vehicles Programme Director- the organizations have agreed to set up working team of representatives and promote introduction and expansion of electric vehicles in Singapore- http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/2185/renault-nissan-alliance-partne.html http://carzunlimited.com/articles/general/2129/the-renault-nissan-alliance-fo.html The Renault-Nissan Alliance- today announced that Nissan is forming a partnership with Progress Energy of Raleigh- N-C-- and the Raleigh-based nonprofit agency Advanced Energy- to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of an electric vehicle -EV- charging network- Nissan will introduce zero-emission vehicles in the United States in 2010- starting with a 5-passenger compact vehicle that will have a range of 100 miles on a single charge- http://carzunlimited.com/articles/general/2129/the-renault-nissan-alliance-fo.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1971/koleos-shows-its-capabilities-.html Renault launched its much-awaited Koleos 4x4 crossover vehicle across the region yesterday- utilising the striking setting of Ski Dubai as a backdrop- The Sports Utility Vehicle -SUV-- which captured an incredible 12 per cent market share in its category in France just eight months after its release- revealed its all-terrain capabilities when two of the models drove down the snow slopes of Ski Dubai- accompanied by candle-bearing skiers in a twilight procession- http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1971/koleos-shows-its-capabilities-.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1410/ing-to-leave-formula-one.html Renault title sponsor ING has announced on Monday that it will end its association with the French team- and pull out of Formula One racing altogether- following the 2009 season- The Dutch financial giant-s move is part of a company-wide cost-cutting initiative- prompted by the current economic climate- http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1410/ing-to-leave-formula-one.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/new-beetle/1383/renault-net-income-of-599-mil.html At end-December 2008- the Group had -4-2 billion in confirmed credit agreements for Automobile- of which -518 million drawn down- and -5-2 billion for Sales Financing- of which -753 million has been used- In addition- the French government has announced a loan of -3 billion- and a two-fold increase in RCI Banque-s drawing facilities at Soci-t- de Financement de l-Economie Fran-aise -SFEF- to -1 billion- http://carzunlimited.com/news/new-beetle/1383/renault-net-income-of-599-mil.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/grand-cherokee/1364/renault-kangoo-be-bop-a-uniqu.html Renault Kangoo be bop is marketed with an incomparable catalogue of equipment- Power comes from the Kangoo range-s top-end engines- the 1-6V 105 and the dCi 105- http://carzunlimited.com/news/grand-cherokee/1364/renault-kangoo-be-bop-a-uniqu.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/q5/1270/renault-fails-to-clear-crash-t.html Despite of the fact that the F1 car Renault-s 2009 have not been successful in clearing the compulsory crash test the inauguration of the vehicle will take place as scheduled in January as proclaimed by the spokeswoman from the manufacturing company- http://carzunlimited.com/news/q5/1270/renault-fails-to-clear-crash-t.html http://carzunlimited.com/articles/general/1208/dacias-light-commercial-vehic.html Dacia has extended its line-up in France with the introduction of two Light Commercial Vehicles -LCV-- Logan van and Logan pick-up- Both benefit from Renault-s considerable expertise in the field of LCVs and deliver the same simple design- robustness and unrivalled value for money that have become hallmarks of the entire Dacia range- http://carzunlimited.com/articles/general/1208/dacias-light-commercial-vehic.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1165/renault-twingo-dci-85-eco2-e.html Building on the success of Twingo- which stands out as the best-selling car of its category in France and one of its category-s three best-sellers in Europe- Renault has extended the city car-s catalogue of diesel engines to include the dCi 85-Renault Twingo dCi 85 eco2 combines enhanced performance and driving pleasure with low fuel consumption and CO2 emissions- It joins the range http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1165/renault-twingo-dci-85-eco2-e.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/c30/1169/change-at-the-head-of-the-rena.html Today at the Renault Board of Directors- Louis Schweitzer- Chairman of the Board of Directors- confirmed that he would not seek the renewal of his mandate as a Director at the Annual General Shareholders Meeting on May 6th 2009-At this point- it will be proposed to the Board of Directors an evolution concerning the governance- Carlos Ghosn would be named Chairman and http://carzunlimited.com/news/c30/1169/change-at-the-head-of-the-rena.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1163/the-auto-best-award-goes-to-.html New Renault Symbol has been awarded the -AUTOBEST 2009- prize after securing a total--score of 879 points within the framework of the prizes attributed by the Autobest jury- The annual Autobest award is delivered to the best car in the following markets- Bulgaria-the Czech Republic- Cyprus- Croatia- the Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia- Greece- Hungary- Poland- Romania- Russia- Serbia- Slovakia- Slovenia- Turkey and Ukraine--- http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1163/the-auto-best-award-goes-to-.html http://carzunlimited.com/articles/general/1120/a-five-star-euroncap-rating-fo.html With a score of 37 points out of 371 in its EuroNCAP crash tests- New Renault M-gane has asserted itself as the safest car in any category2- It is the 11th Renault model to earn the top five-star rating- New M-gane has safety in its genes- It is a fundamental part of the car- which was developed to set standards in both active and passive safety- To that end it incorporates http://carzunlimited.com/articles/general/1120/a-five-star-euroncap-rating-fo.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1099/dacia-logan-van-and-pick-up-ou.html Dacia is expanding its range in Europe with two Light Commercial Vehicles -LCVs- from November 2008- Logan van and Logan pick-up feature the best in Renault-s LCV engineering and inherit all the simplicity- robustness and equipment-for-money that characterize the Dacia range- -- http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1099/dacia-logan-van-and-pick-up-ou.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/touareg/1096/renault-to-reduce-its-inventor.html In view of the rapid decline of automotive markets- Renault will reduce its production volumes to bring end-2008 inventories down to the levels of end-2007- http://carzunlimited.com/news/touareg/1096/renault-to-reduce-its-inventor.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/touareg/1098/worldwide-sales-results-octob.html The Renault group sold 188-116 vehicles -PC - LCV- worldwide in October 2008 under its three brands- Renault- Dacia and Renault Samsung Motors- This figure was down 14-1- on October 2007-Worldwide- Renault brand sales fell 16-9-- Dacia sales grew 20-2-- and Renault Samsung Motors reported a 27-7- decrease- http://carzunlimited.com/news/touareg/1098/worldwide-sales-results-octob.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1044/renault-confirms-its-participa.html ING Renault F1 Team is renewing the contracts of Fernando Alonso- for the 2009 and 2010 seasons- and Nelson Piquet- for 2009- under the direction of Flavio Briatore- Managing Director of ING Renault F1 Team--- http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1044/renault-confirms-its-participa.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1045/renault--nissan-choose-omnico.html The Renault-Nissan Purchasing Organization -RNPO-- a joint subsidiary of Renault and Nissan- announced today their choice of the Omnicom-OMD agency for managing media purchasing across all media- -- http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1045/renault--nissan-choose-omnico.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1046/nissan-contributes-189-millio.html The profit reported by Nissan for the second quarter of fiscal year 2008-2009 -July 1- 2008 - September 30- 2008- will make a positive contribution of -189 million-1- to Renault-s net income for second-half 2008- -- http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1046/nissan-contributes-189-millio.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/2008-formula-1-grand/829/practice-two---alonso-tops-inc.html Sprinklings of rain which left parts of Interlagos damp resulted in a slightly jumbled set of times after the second practice session for the Brazilian Grand Prix-Friday afternoons are traditionally a time when teams carry out their tyre evaluation and long distance running- so not too much should be read into some times- as the field of 20 cars was separated by 1-395s- http://carzunlimited.com/news/2008-formula-1-grand/829/practice-two---alonso-tops-inc.html http://carzunlimited.com/articles/2008-formula-1-grand/830/friday-analysis---the-calm-bef.html By and large this was a normal Friday- with all of the drivers working through varying programmes of tyre evaluation and chassis set-up- The sprinkling of rain in the afternoon affected some drivers- chances of setting fast times- http://carzunlimited.com/articles/2008-formula-1-grand/830/friday-analysis---the-calm-bef.html http://carzunlimited.com/articles/2008-formula-1-grand/833/friday-practice---selected-dri.html Renault-s Fernando Alonso on his late run to the top- Toyota-s Jarno Trulli on fighting off the flu- and championship favourite Lewis Hamilton on a low-key second session for McLaren- All 20 drivers report back on Friday-s Interlagos action -note - positions and times refer to practice two-- http://carzunlimited.com/articles/2008-formula-1-grand/833/friday-practice---selected-dri.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/megane/1047/new-renault-mgane-hatch-and-c.html New Renault M-gane Hatch and New Renault M-gane Coup-- which were both unveiled this autumn- mark the beginning of Renault-s renewal of its C-segment line-up- With the Hatch version due to go on sale from November 13- 2008- and the Coup- to follow in January 2009- the New M-gane range offers remarkable on-road ability http://carzunlimited.com/news/megane/1047/new-renault-mgane-hatch-and-c.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1048/renault-reveals-sandup-conce.html Designed by Renault Design America Latina - Renault-s design center in Brazil -the Sand-up Concept car is revealed at the Sao Paulo Motor Show on 27th October- Sand-up Concept is based on Sandero Stepway- an -urban sport- vehicle launched in Brazil in October 2008- Sand-up Concept is a modular 2-2 coup- http://carzunlimited.com/news/general/1048/renault-reveals-sandup-conce.html http://carzunlimited.com/news/megane/1049/mgane-coup-onboard-for-the-l.html Renault and the specialist video game publisher Electronic Arts have spent almost a year working together and sharing their passion for the automobile- From November 21- video games fans will have the chance to test drive New M-gane Coup- ahead of its release thanks to the latest instalment of the Need For Speed franchise which will be called -Need For Speed- Undercover-- -- http://carzunlimited.com/news/megane/1049/mgane-coup-onboard-for-the-l.html