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M&M, Renault review Logan follow-up

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

Is Mahindra Renault India reworking its product strategy? Second product from the platform under doubt

Renault skidding into trouble as sales slow

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008

Renault SA chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn needs a new blockbuster to pull Europe's worst-performing auto stock out of a nosedive and defend his reputation. He may not get it when he introduces the revamped Megane compact at the Paris Motor Show this week.

Renault: market funk may last 2 years

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

Renault's boss said he "cannot exclude" the possibility that the global economic slump could last as long as two years, denting the French automaker's sales.

Nissan to reach sales target this financial year

Gasgoo.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

PARIS (Reuters) - A top executive at Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday Japan's No.3 automaker was still on track to meet its sales target of 3.9 million vehicles this business year despite a sharp downturn in many key markets.Nissan, held 44 percent by Renault SA, projected in May its global vehicle sales would grow 3.5 percent in the year to end-March 2009, mainly with growth in Russia and other...

Bleak sales forecasts at Paris motor show

Gasgoo.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

... gloom at the Paris show overshadowed presentations of many new innovative automobiles. France's Renault SA unveiled a concept for car, called the Fluence, that it plans to offer as an electric vehicle by 2010. Toyota Motor Corp. showed a car that measures just three meters in length yet still has room for four passengers. Called the iQ, it is due in Europe in 2009. Toyota eventually hopes...

Electric cars shine at Paris auto show

Examiner (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

... to recharge them is lacking.Some of the models on show are still prototypes - such as Renault SA's Z.E. Concept - while others such as Daimler AG's (, ) all-electric Smart ED, have entered the test phase.Most of them won't be commercially available for several years - and even then automakers say they will struggle to meet demand.This story continues below Advertisement"The investments needed...

Electric cars shine at Paris auto show

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

... to recharge them is lacking.Some of the models on show are still prototypes - such as Renault SA's Z.E. Concept - while others such as Daimler AG's all-electric Smart ED, have entered the test phase. Most of them won't be commercially available for several years - and even then automakers say they will struggle to meet demand."The investments needed for electric cars are colossal," Renault...

Electric cars shine at Paris auto show

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

Last updated October 3, 2008 10:35 a.m. PTElectric cars shine at Paris auto showBy EMMA VANDOREAP BUSINESS WRITERRenault's ZE Concept electric car is displayed during the second press day of the Paris Auto Show, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. The show runs for the public through Oct. 4 - 19. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) PARIS -- As the race to offer the first commercially viable electric car charges up,...

Auto execs in Paris see storm approaching

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008

... housing markets and tightening credit take their toll.And Carlos Ghosn, CEO of French carmaker Renault SA, said the global auto industry could remain in a funk for two years."We don't know if we are at the start of the end or the end of the start," he told reporters.Honda shows insightHonda Motor Co. unveiled a new five-door gasoline-electric hatchback to challenge rival Toyota Motor Corp.'s...

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Execs at Paris auto show brace for industry storm

Examiner (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

Execs at Paris auto show brace for industry stormOct 2, 2008 2:17 PM (17 mins ago) By EMMA VANDORE and GREG KELLER, AP 17 mins ago: Execs at Paris auto show brace for industry stormThis story ranks Not ranked(AP Photo/Francois Mori)Peugeot SA CEO Jean-Philippe Collin, rear left, speaks during the unveiling of Peugeot's Prologue car at the first press day of the Paris Auto Show, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008....

Execs at Paris auto show brace for industry storm

San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

... housing markets and tightening credit take their toll. And Carlos Ghosn, CEO of French carmaker Renault SA, said the global auto industry could remain in a funk for two years. “We don't know if we are at the start of the end or the end of the start,” he told reporters. With rock music and clouds of dry ice, automakers unveiled smaller and more fuel-efficient cars to cater to consumers both...