New Twingo has scored four stars and 28(*) points out of 37 in the passive safety tests conducted by the independent organisation EuroNCAP.

After much anticipation, Renault today announces full UK pricing and specification for its eagerly-awaited New Laguna range, the flagship car for the company’s three-year growth plan, Renault Commitment 2009. Prices start at £15,990 and in some cases, are more than £500 less than the outgoing range.

The world debut of Renault’s New Laguna at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show is looming on the horizon. With elegant styling, impressive handling and ride comfort, and a wide range of top-level petrol and diesel engines, the lead car of the company’s ambitious three-year growth plan, Renault Commitment 2009, promises to cause quite a stir.

With no less than seven world premieres at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, including five new production cars and two concepts, Renault will arguably be the busiest manufacturer at this year’s event as its unprecedented product revolution moves into overdrive.

Renault SA of France offers Indian automaker Bajaj Auto Ltd. to produce ultra-cheap cars that could sell for US$3,000 or less, both companies said.

France's Renault SA once again lost out as European car sales slowed in April with gains in faster-growing eastern Europe failing to outweigh a slump in major car-buying nations Germany, France and Spain.

Renault's New Trafic has only been on sale for a matter of months and already it has collected its second magazine award. Picking up from where it left off at the What Van? 2006 Awards in November, Trafic has just scooped the Standard Panel Van award at the Professional Van and Light Truck Awards 2007, held recently during the CV Show at the NEC, Birmingham.

Espace has set the benchmark in the large MPV market for more than 20 years and now the latest revised 2007 range looks set to ensure it continues to be the most modern, stylish, safe and practical large MPV available

Nissan Motor India Private Limited today announced the launch of its luxury sedan, the Teana, in India. Teana is the second model to be launched in India following the launch of the X-TRAIL SUV in 2004 and marks the next step in Nissan's expansion into this fast growing market.

The ING Renault F1 Team endured a difficult afternoon at the Bahrain International Circuit, placing its cars 8th and 9th in the 2007 Bahraini Grand Prix, with Giancarlo Fisichella ahead of team-mate Heikki Kovalainen.

Renault unveiled a range of new models at this year's Geneva Motor Show in March, including the eagerly-awaited production version of new Twingo, which is coming in right hand drive for the first time. It wouldn't have been Geneva without a Renault concept car, and this year was no different.

Alongside the New Twingo and the Clio Grand Tour concept, Renault also chose the 2007 Geneva Motor Show as the backdrop for the unveiling of its latest weapon in the battle for hot hatch domination, with the introduction of its first high performance diesel, the Mégane Renaultsport dCi 175. Pricing for the new range has now been confirmed, starting at £18,950 and rising to £20,850.