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  • Formula-1: All Ferrari front row at Bahrain Grand Prix

    03/11/2006 5:43:19 PM PST · by soccer_maniac · 30 replies · 529+ views
    F1 News ^ | 3-11-06
    Michael Schumacher equalled the late Ayrton Senna’s record for pole positions when he took his 65th here in Bahrain this afternoon during Formula One racing’s first knockout qualifying session. Fellow Ferrari racer Felipe Massa will start alongside him, with Honda’s Jenson Button and Renault world champion Fernando Alonso on row two.
  • Toyota Yaris (FRENCH-Built Cars return to USA)

    10/28/2005 3:29:04 PM PDT · by dagnabbit · 86 replies · 3,727+ views
    Automobilemag ^ | Fall 2005
    Toyota is showing its redesigned three- and five-door Yaris subcompacts at Frankfurt--which is actually news for America, because the three-door and a sedan will go on sale in the U.S. next spring as 2007 models, replacing the goofy Echo. The U.S. version of the Yaris is powered by a 106-hp 1.5-liter in-line four-cylinder engine that makes 103 lb-ft of torque and is mated to either a five-speed manual transmission or a four-speed automatic. The Yaris has an independent MacPherson strut front suspension and a rudimentary torsion beam rear end. The Yaris's base price will be low because features such as...
  • Renault's Ghosn mulling alliance with Ford or GM.

    10/06/2005 4:02:23 AM PDT · by montreal · 8 replies · 416+ views
    AFX News Limited ^ | October 5 2005 | AFX
    PARIS (AFX) - Renault SA chief executive is considering taking advantage of the weak valuation of either Ford Motor Co or General Motors Corp to agree an alliance, French weekly business magazine Challenges reported. But a Renault spokesman said no such project exists and that the group is not considering any partnerships involving acquisitions. Without naming its source, the magazine said in an article to be published tomorrow that Ghosn had originally targeted DaimlerChrysler AG, but was attracted by the weak relative capitalisation of the US groups, compared to Renault or its Nissan Motor Co affiliate. The magazine cited Ghosn...
  • Got 5,000 Euros? Need A New Car?

    06/25/2005 9:24:25 PM PDT · by RWR8189 · 29 replies · 1,086+ views
    Business Week ^ | June 25, 2005 | Gail Edmondson in Pitesti, Romania, with Constance Faivre d'Arcier in Paris
    strange thing happened when French auto maker Renault last fall rolled out the no-frills Logan, a midsize sedan was designed to sell for as little as 5,000 euros ($6,000) in emerging markets like Poland. Western buyers clamored for the car. So this June, Renault began delivering the roomy, unpretentious five-seater to France, Germany, and Spain. The pricier West European version includes a passenger-side airbag and a three-year warranty but still sells for a base price of $9,300 -- about half that of the Ford Focus ($17,250) and the Volkswagen Golf ($18,264). Building cheap cars for the West wasn't what Chairman...
  • Renault to build Megane in Iran

    05/24/2005 5:43:07 PM PDT · by Alex Marko · 19 replies · 567+ views
    French carmaker Renault is to build its Megane saloon model in Iran from 2006. The firm's joint venture with Iran's Industrial Development and Renovation Organisation and two leading carmakers will make about 15,000 Meganes a year. The car is the second to be introduced by Renault to Iran following the Logan, a stripped-down version of the Clio Supermini, also due for a 2006 release. The venture is 51% owned by Renault, despite a law passed this year banning foreign firms from majority ownership. The law, passed in September 2004, imposed a retroactive 20 March cut-off point. Renault signed its deal...
  • The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - French Tanks in World War II - Dec. 28th, 2003

    12/27/2004 11:18:59 PM PST · by SAMWolf · 77 replies · 2,095+ views
    users.swing.be ^ | LemaireSoft
    Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. .................................................................. .................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should...
  • Le Smart Car It Is Tres Stupid (On the road in a Renault Vel Satis)

    10/06/2004 7:19:17 AM PDT · by quidnunc · 51 replies · 2,048+ views
    American Digest ^ | October 5, 2004 | Unattributed
    Okay, know going in that this story is going to cause your brain to curdle. You've got French technology, French manufacturing, and a French driver all going wildly, terribly wrong. On top of that you have a not-ready-for-prime-time Google translation from German to English. It's going to be a rough ride, but once you get into the spirit of the thing it just sort of skips along. To set the scene: You have a cutting-edge French car with "smart" technology that takes so many little, irritating tasks away from the driver. You know, little things like air conditioningl, seat adjustment,...
  • French Renault accepts Iran’s conditions for producing L90

    08/25/2004 3:03:06 PM PDT · by Land_of_Lincoln_John · 6 replies · 687+ views
    Tehran Times ^ | August 26, 2004 | Tehran Times
    TEHRAN (IRNA) -- Member of the board of directors of Renault-Pars Company, Seyyed Hossein Amiri said the French Renault Company has accepted Iran’s conditions for manufacturing the new Renault model known as L90. He told that Iran’s proposed conditions include a common platform, cheap price, domestic investment, producing automobiles according to latest world standards, selling the automobile in the world market and transfer of technology. Turning to the initiation of such cooperation, he said Iran’s Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) drew up the specified conditions and dispatched relevant copies to several global automobile companies of high reputation along with...
  • French Car Technology Flowing To Iran

    07/25/2004 1:49:15 PM PDT · by Land_of_Lincoln_John · 76 replies · 1,492+ views
    Tehran Times ^ | July 26, 2004 | Tehran Times
    TEHRAN (PIN) — French carmaker Renault has inaugurated its new Tehran headquarters in a bid to establish itself as a major player in Iran's fast-growing automobile market, its chairman said. "L-90 project is not only a license for car production. It is a joint venture deal for transfer of technology to Iran," Louis Schweitzer told Iran's Minister of Industries and Mines Es'haq Jahangiri. "Iran will become the second Renault producer behind France if the projects online properly," he said. Schweitzer said he had assured Iranian autopart makers that their manufacture can come up to the European standards. The French company...
  • The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - Renault FT Tank - June 29th, 2004

    06/29/2004 12:00:34 AM PDT · by SAMWolf · 165 replies · 8,615+ views
    www.geocities.com/Vienna/Opera/2211 ^ | April 30, 1999 | Witold J. Lawrynowicz
    Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...
  • Paris arrests 'used to seal Iran deals' (FRANCE, IRAN, IN BED ALERT)

    06/18/2004 4:40:43 PM PDT · by MadIvan · 28 replies · 556+ views
    The Daily Telegraph ^ | June 19, 2004 | Henry Samuel
    France has been accused of agreeing to a crackdown on exiled opponents of Iran in return for lucrative commercial contracts. Lawyers for France's human rights league, speaking on the anniversary of a huge police raid on the National Council of Resistance of Iran near Paris, pointed out "troubling coincidences" in the timing of the operation and a series of deals with Teheran. In March last year, the regime signed a large contract with the French telecommunications group Alcatel for a telephone network. In April last year Teheran offered the petrol giant TotalFina a £660 million gas fields contract. At the...
  • Renault Signs Production Joint Venture with Iran's Idro ::activistchat.com::

    10/27/2003 2:02:43 PM PST · by faludeh_shirazi · 4 replies · 97+ views
    AFP ^ | 10/27/03 | AFP
    Renault Signs Production Joint Venture with Iran's Idro October 27, 2003 AFP Yahoo News PARIS -- French automaker Renault said it had signed an agreement with Iran's state auto holding company Idro for the joint production and marketing of Renault's new X90 low-end model, aimed at emerging markets. The joint venture will be launched in early 2004, with X90 production slated to begin in 2006. It will be held 51 percent by Renault and 49 percent by AID, an entity composed of Idro and Iran's two main automakers, Iran Khodro and SAIPA. The joint venture plans to invest 300 millions...
  • Iran, France ink agreement over "L-90" auto joint venture

    03/17/2003 8:59:31 PM PST · by stilts · 6 replies · 233+ views
    Iran Republic News Agency ^ | March 17, 2003 | IRNA
    Tehran, March 17, IRNA -- Iran's Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO) and French car maker Renault here on Sunday evening signed an agreement to launch the first phase of a platform to produce a new automobile in Iran. IDRO's Director General Reza Veisseh, talking to reporters on the sidelines of a ceremony to conclude the agreement, said the platform was a joint venture project to produce cars named "L-90", stressing that the agreement would be finalized in four months. Veisseh said the IDRO had entered the venture with Renault on a participation ratio of 51 to 49. He said...
  • How Saddam Got Weapons of Mass Destruction

    09/30/2002 10:50:36 PM PDT · by JohnHuang2 · 6 replies · 690+ views
    Insight Magazine via WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Tuesday, October 1, 2002 | By Kenneth R. Timmerman
    Recent intelligence information revealing dramatic progress in Iraq's nuclear- weapons program has given a new urgency to U.S. and British efforts to build international support for war with Iraq, according to Iraqi opposition leaders interviewed by Insight in London. The information, from recent defectors and other sources working with the broad-based Iraqi National Congress (INC), indicates that Baghdad has made "a recent breakthrough" in production of the fissile material needed to produce the bomb. It was buttressed on Sept. 24 when the British government released an "unprecedented" white paper based in part on classified intelligence information on Iraq's weapons of...