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In a meeting on Thursday, it is believed the French carmaker Renault decided to stay in formula one in 2010 but sell the majority of its Enstone based team. Full story...

Renault's Romanian unit Dacia has revived the Duster badge for a new four-wheel-drive SUV which will be built at its main Pitesti plant and soon (alongside the Logan, Sandero and Sandero Stepway) in Curitiba, Brazil, for distribution in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Chile. The Duster will later be manufactured at the Avtoframos plant in Moscow, too. Full story...

The Renault-Nissan Alliance has confirmed that its second European battery production site will be at the Renault CACIA (Companhia Aveirense de Componentes para a Indústria Automóvel) industrial complex located in Aveiro, about 160 miles (250km) north of the Portuguese capital, Lisbon. Full story...

French automaker Renault SA and its Dacia brand will launch a new basic SUV next year, hoping to take advantage of growing demand for low-cost cars. Full story...

Renault is considering more than one bid for its Formula One team, should it be sold, according to the sport's commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Full story...

An insider has confirmed Auto123.com that Renault SA is determined to sell its Formula 1 team soon, and at least four potential bidders are currently in negotiations with the French car manufacturer to purchase the racing team. Full story...

As European scrapping incentives wane, PSA/Peugeot Citroen SA wants a bigger slice of the booming Chinese market, and analysts prefer its stretch targets to Renault SA's caution. Full story...

Ferrari star Felipe Massa and Renault third driver Lucas di Grassi won the 2010 edition of the Granja Viana 500 Mile race on Saturday in Cotia near São Paulo. The Formula 1 duo was joined in the outstanding Brazilian endurance race by Stock Car Light frontrunner Julio Campos, who lined up along with Massa on his maiden victory in the event back in 1997. After almost 11 hours of action, Massa crossed the star-finish line waving his arms as he was rocking his first son Felipinho, born last Monday in São Paulo. Full story...

Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche will be president of ACEA in 2010. Zetsche will take over from current president, Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn, on January 1. Full story...

Ho-Pin Tung's manager has confirmed that the Chinese driver's involvement with a potential team buyer was the reason for his test at the wheel of a Renault this week. Although it was previously believed the parties were cooperating to buy the French carmaker's F1 single seater factory at Enstone, it now emerges that David Richards/Prodrive and the Mangrove group are in fact competing for the takeover. Full story...

British race car and vehicle engineering specialist Prodrive is rumoured to be interested in acquiring Renault's Formula One team. Full story...

Bernie Ecclestone has played down reports that Renault is set to withdraw from formula one. Full story...

Renault is reportedly devising an exit plan from formula one and it could involve selling its chassis-producing factory at Enstone to David Richards' Prodrive company. Full story...

Renault will build electric vehicles in Korea once the government has finalised its plans for EVs, the chief executive of the French automaker's Samsung unit told reporters at the unveiling of the new SM5 mid-sized saloon. Full story...

According to Formula 1 journalist Will Buxton, French car manufacturer Renault would be in negotiations to sell its Formula 1 team to a company called Gravity. Full story...

Created one year ago, Renault F1 Authentics offer Formula 1 fans the very unique opportunity to purchase genuine memorabilia from the French F1 team. Full story...

Renault reveals city car that heads reborn range. Full story...

As part of the consultation process commenced at a European employee forum meeting last week, the General Motors Manufacturing (GMM) facility in Luton - which builds commercial vans in a joint venture with Renault - has now begun its own period of consultation between unions and local management, GM said on Monday. Full story...

Renault rekindles its racing heritage with special 'Gordini' edition of the Twingo RS

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New Renault F1 driver Robert Kubica will drive a Clio Sport R3 next week at Rallye du Var, in the final round of the French rally championship. Full story...