In 1898, the gifted and innovative Frenchman Louis Renault built his first car. Only twenty-one years old, he converted a motorized tricycle into a "minicar" by adding another road wheel and a transmission system. The car he designed had a three-speed...

1877-1944 French automobile manufacturer who, with his brothers, manufactured racing cars and, during World War I, tanks. Renault continued manufacturing military equipment for the French army and, during the Second World War, for the occupying German...

Louis Renault (February 15, 1877, Paris, France – October 24, 1944) was a French industrialist and one of the foremost pioneers of the automobile industry. The youngest of five children born into a Paris bougeois family, Renault was fascinated by...

After its buying spree of the late 1990s, Renault is focusing on making its acquisitions pay off, Chairman Louis Schweitzer told the Automotive News Europe Congress. "Renault chose to grow through acquisitions. Now the aim is to reach internal growth," he said....

Schweitzer successfully restructured Renault from the brink of bankruptcy, making the French firm one of the few examples of well-run state-owned firm. However, Schweitzer may be forced to resign because of a new investigation into his role in the HIV-tainted blood supply scandal. ...