An urban runabout with a mid-mounted 3.5-litre V6 engine? It could only be a Renault.

Following in the tyre tracks of the outrageous Maxi 5 Turbo and Clio V6 comes Renault’s latest city car with a twist. It’s called Twin’Run and although, officially, it’s only a concept, according to the company it ‘previews the styling of a future Renault city car’.

Each year, the Alliance Engineer Exchange program (AEEP) offers selected engineers and young professionals from non-engineering functions from Renault and Nissan the chance to work together in pairs during 6 months, to identify synergies and best practices in their field of activity.

Since January 2012, the Renault Z.E. Center in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris has organized over 21,000 electric vehicle test drives for professional, institutional and individual customers and brand guests. More than 50,000 zero-emission kilometers have been driven over the last 18 months.

Nissan Motor Co.,Ltd. today announced that the replacement for the current Nissan Micra compact car will be manufactured at a Renault plant in Europe. Due to start production in 2016, the vehicle will be exported across Europe’s left-hand drive markets.

The Renault Flins plant, located near Paris, France, was selected by Renault to produce the next-generation Nissan Micra. Production will begin in 2016 at an estimated annual volume of 82,000 vehicles.

Employees at the French Atomic Agency's facility in Grenoble now have a simple, eco-friendly way to get around the site – thanks to Twizy Way by Renault. The innovative car-sharing service allows staff to move around their workplace in one of the agency's 20 Twizys and to drop the vehicle off anywhere on the site. 

The New Forest is one of the largest areas of outstanding natural beauty in England, 566 km² (216 sq. miles) of unenclosed pastureland, heathland and forest. A haven for walkers, cyclists and horse riders, it attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.

The Renault Twizy is an especially agile vehicle. Discover how one employee at Renault's Technocentre in Guyancourt (France) managed to drive all the way to his desk without ever getting out of the tandem two-seater!

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Electric vehicle aficionados are in for a treat at this year's Geneva Motor Show. At the show, which is open to the public March 7-17, you will find the Renault New Kangoo Z.E. and the new Nissan LEAF for the European market.