Renault N.0 Torpedo. Made in 1925 in France. 32 HP

Groupe Renault 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.

According to the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles, in 2016 Renault was the ninth biggest automaker in the world by production volume.

By 2017, the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance had become the world’s biggest seller of light vehicles.

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 has a 43.4% stake with several votes in Nissan of Japan and used to have a 1.55% stake in Daimler AG of Germany, which it sold off in early 2021 to help them overcome financial difficulties.

Renault has various joint ventures, including Oyak-Renault (Turkey) and Renault Pars (Iran). The French state owns a 15% share of Renault.

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