
Renault has cut about 2,500 jobs in the first year of a productivity deal with French unions and is on course to meet its savings goals, the carmaker said.

Renault has cut about 2,500 jobs in the first year of a productivity deal with French unions and is on course to meet its savings goals, the carmaker said.
Renault will revive its Alpine brand on its own after ending a partnership with UK specialist sports car maker Caterham, reports said.
Renault and Caterham announced in November 2012 a 50-50 arrangement to design, develop and build sports cars. At the time, the companies said they planned to roll out the first vehicles by 2016.
Renault aims to challenge Fiat’s decade-long dominance of the minicar segment with its new Twingo.
“I would like to see the Twingo in the number two spot in this segment,” Stefan Mueller, the company’s Europe chairman, Mueller told Automotive News Europe in an interview.

Renault stands to benefit the most from deeper integration with alliance partner Nissan, industry watchers believe.
Renault Group has moved into pole position in Europe in terms of low CO2 emissions, with an average of 114.7g of CO2/km per vehicle (source: AAA-DATA) based on its passenger car sales over the full year 2013.