Renault Trucks

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Renault Trucks is a France truck manufacturer with its corporate headquarters at Saint-Priest, Rhône near Lyon.

Since 2001 it has been owned by Volvo Group.

From its beginnings in 1978 to 2002, the company was called Renault Véhicules Industriels (French language: Renault Commercial Vehicles), from 1992 on officially written as Renault V. I., with either form commonly abbreviated RVI. Until 1999, RVI also manufactured buses.

History In 1956, the company Saviem was formed as a subsidiary company of Renault from the combination of Renault's own truck and bus production with the producers Somua and Latil. From 1957 on, Saviem was also used as the brand name for the trucks and buses produced by the company.

As a result of French industrial policy, in 1975 state-owned Renault also acquired the truck and bus producer Berliet from Michelin. In 1978, Berliet and Saviem were merged to form Renault Véhicules Industriels. Again, the old brand names were retained for two more years while the model lineups gradually were incorporated, until in 1980 they were replaced by the name Renault.

From 1975 on, Saviem also had been a member in the Club of Four, a cooperation between four European truck producers (Saviem, Volvo Trucks, DAF Trucks and Magirus, which soon after became a part of Iveco) for the production of medium-sized trucks. The truck models resulting from this cooperation would be produced by Saviem and later Renault even until 2001 and also be sold on the North American market as Mack Mid-Liner. For the military trucks of the Renault Sherpa 5–20, Renault even today (July 2006) uses a derivative of the Club of Four cabin.

In 1978, PSA Peugeot Citroën had bought Chrysler's European operations. Included in the deal were commercial vehicle operations in the United Kingdom and Spain, which at that time used the brand name Dodge. PSA however sold them on to RVI in 1983, having itself little interest in the commercial vehicle market. The newly acquired operations in the UK had their origins in the commercial vehicle branch of the Rootes Group with originally carried the brand names Karrier and Commer. Some of the models built there were continued in production for several years by RVI, who also kept the Dodge brand name for these models, albeit in combination with the Renault badge. In Spain, however, where Renault already was recognized as a local automobile producer, the Dodge trucks, which originally had been developed by the manufacturer Barreiros (manufacturer), were rebadged as Renaults and soon after replaced by French-designed models.

In 1987, RVI take over from its mother company Renault a 40% stake in the United States manufacturer Mack Trucks which became a fully-owned subsidiary of RVI in 1990.

In 1994, RVI took over the Czech Republic bus manufacturer Karosa.

In 1997, Renault V. I. entered into a cooperation agreement with the Finnish truck producer Sisu Auto.

In 1999, the bus and coach operations under the brand names Renault and Karosa were split off from RVI and merged with Fiat-Iveco's bus and coach operations to form the jointly-owned subsidiary Irisbus. In 2003, Irisbus became a full subsidiary of Iveco and the brand Renault on its products was replaced by the brand Irisbus.

On 2 January 2001, Renault V. I. (including Mack Trucks, but not Renault S. A.'s stake in Irisbus) was sold to Volvo, which renamed it Renault Trucks in 2002. As a result, the mother company Renault S. A. is AB Volvo's biggest shareholder, with a 20% stake, shares and voting rights.

As of 22 May 2006 Renault Trucks took over ACMAT.

Products 2004

Hybrid trucks Hybrid truck:

Renault Puncher 280 HP / 20 or 26 tonns.

Current truck models (as of July 2006) There is no model name in the front of the vehicle (in some combinations, the trailer doesn't allow to see the model name in the rear part of the tractor unit). Delivery Range

Distribution Range

Renault Midlum(sold in Australia as Mack Midlum)
Renault Premium (sold in Australia as Mack Premium)

Construction Range

Renault Kerax
Renault Premium Lander

Long Distance Range

Renault Premium Route
Renault Magnum (formerly sold in Australia and New Zealand as Mack Magnum)

Former truck models

Dodge 50 Series
Dodge 100 Series
Dodge 300 Series
Renault C
Renault B (Messenger)
Renault M/Renault S (Midliner)
Renault G (Manager/Maxter)
Renault R (Major)

Buses and coaches

Military vehicles

Renault Sherpa 2–3
Renault Sherpa 5–20
Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé - an armored personnel carrier
Renault VBMO - a VAB based 6x6 internal security vehicle
ACMAT - a subsidiary manufacturer of tactical vehicles

Concept vehicles