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Renault Group brands

French car maker that owns Renault, Dacia and Alpine, and holds a 15% cross-shareholding with Nissan inside the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance.

Renault Group owns 3 brands today: Renault, Dacia and Alpine.

Founded
1898
Country
France
Headquarters
Boulogne-Billancourt
Renault Master in grey
Its most registered: Renault Master
  1. Renault logo Renault
  2. Dacia logo Dacia
  3. Alpine

Brands Renault Group owns today

Most registered first, each with its most registered models.

Renault Group timeline

  1. Renault Frères is founded by three brothers.

  2. Company nationalised and becomes the Régie Nationale des Usines Renault.

  3. French government opens Renault to outside capital, first step to privatisation.

  4. Privatisation takes place.

  5. Alliance founding agreement with Nissan; Renault buys 36.8% of Nissan.

  6. Renault buys 70.1% of Samsung Motors and forms Renault Samsung Motors.

  7. Renault V.I. becomes part of Volvo Group.

  8. Renault raises its Dacia stake to 92.72%.

  9. Renault raises its Nissan stake from 36.8% to 44.4%; Nissan takes 15% of Renault during 2002.

  10. Renault buys 25% of AvtoVAZ, Russia.

  11. Share exchange with Daimler lowers Renault stake in Nissan from 44.4% to 43.4%.

  12. Mitsubishi Motors joins the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

  13. Geely Auto agrees to buy 34.02% of Renault Korea Motors; Renault keeps about 52.9%.

  14. Renault signs the sale of its 67.69% of AvtoVAZ to NAMI with a buy-back option; Reuters-syndicated report: one symbolic rouble.

  15. Renault creates Ampere.

  16. New Alliance agreements completed: Renault and Nissan hold 15% of each other, with lock-up and standstill; 28.4% of Nissan shares placed in a French trust.

  17. Renault sells up to 211 million Nissan shares to Nissan under its buyback.

  18. Lock-up lowered from 15% to 10%; Nissan released from Ampere investment; trust holds 18.66% of Nissan.

  19. Mobilize brand folded back into Renault Group at end of 2025.

Brands Renault Group used to own

Partners, not owners

Companies in an alliance or a shared company work together. None of them owns the others' brands.

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