Renault
Groupe Renault (UK: /ˈrɛnoʊ/ REN-oh, US: /rəˈnɔːlt, rəˈnoʊ/ rə-NAWLT, rə-NOH, French: [ɡʁup ʁəno], also known as the Renault Group in English; legally Renault S.A.) is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company produces a range of cars and vans and in the past, has manufactured trucks, tractors, tanks, buses/coaches, aircraft and aircraft engines, and autorail vehicles.
Headquarters in Boulogne-Billancourt, France | |
| Company type | Public (Société Anonyme) |
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| Euronext Paris: RNO
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| ISIN | FR0000131906 |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 25 February 1899 |
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| Headquarters | , France |
Area served | Worldwide; 128 countries |
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| Products | |
Production output | 2,235,000 (2023) |
| Brands | |
| Revenue | €52.37 billion (2023) |
| €2.48 billion (2023) | |
| €2.31 billion (2023) | |
| Total assets | €121.91 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | €30.63 billion (2023) |
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Number of employees | 170,158 (Q4 2020) |
| Subsidiaries | List
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| Website | renaultgroup.com |
| Owner | Renault S.A. |
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| Country | France |
| Introduced | December 1898 |
| Website | Official website |
According to the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d'Automobiles, in 2016 Renault was the ninth biggest automaker in the world by production volume.
Headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, the Renault group is made up of the namesake Renault marque and subsidiaries, Alpine, Renault Sport (Gordini), Automobile Dacia from Romania, and Renault Korea Motors from South Korea. Renault also has other subsidiaries as RCI Banque (automotive financing), Renault Retail Group (automotive distribution) and Motrio (automotive parts). Renault has various joint ventures, including Oyak-Renault (Turkey) and Renault Pars (Iran). The French state and Nissan each own a 15% share of the company.
Renault Trucks, previously known as Renault Véhicules Industriels, has been part of Volvo since 2001. Renault Agriculture became 100% owned by German agricultural equipment manufacturer CLAAS in 2008.
Renault is known for its role in motor sport, particularly rallying, Formula 1 and Formula E. Its early work on mathematical curve modeling for car bodies is important in the history of computer graphics.