Posts Tagged ‘Renault’
Drive Test: Renault Megane 1.4T
September 1st, 2010 
Russell 
The death of Bootyliscious? . We spotted one of the racy-looking new Megane Coupes on the road down to East London recently. Very pretty, it’s got a look not dissimilar to the gorgeous Scirocco, a profile we’re getting more and more accustomed to of late with various rivals releasing similarly-proportioned models. And really striking in [...]
Drive Test – Renault Koleos 2.0dCi 4X4 Dynamique
July 14th, 2010 Russell 
Konfusing Koleos Renault’s Koleos SUV is one of those vehicles that’s fairly easy to overlook. In fact, when it arrived we’d not only completely forgotten about the booking, we nearly didn’t recognise what it actually was! And yet, it’s actually quite the handsome machine. We had figured it, considering the extent of the Nissan-Renault alliance [...]
Drive Test – Renault Twingo RS
July 13th, 2010 Russell 
RS Junior Click Here for the magazine article. It doesn’t take us long to realise the Renault Twingo RS is truly aptly named in at least two ways that we can think of. It also doesn’t take us long to see 160km/h after the car is delivered, which is decidedly fast considering this is, in [...]
Renault Sports latest offerings
May 12th, 2010 Kyle Stone Renault Megane GT and GT Line Whilst this isn’t the full blooded Megane RS we’ve all been waiting for with bated breath, it is a spruced up Megane from Renault Sport Technologies, which immediately makes it exciting. And whilst Drive was fairly disappointed with the last RS we had, the Clio RS, but that [...]
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Tags: Megane, Megane GT, Megane GT Line, Renault, Renault Sport Technologies, RS 
No Comments »Daimler and Renault-Nissan get cosy
April 7th, 2010 Kyle Stone The Renault-Nissan alliance has entered into a co-operation deal with Daimler with the two groups respective small cars apparently being the focus of the co-operation. Daimler and Renault-Nissan are set to work together on the generation of the smart fortwo and Renault Twingo, which includes the planned introduction of electric versions for these vehicles. Unsurprisingly [...]
Renault's Flagship
April 1st, 2010 Kyle Stone Renault Laguna Coupe Renault really do know how to make gorgeous cars, the new Laguna Coupe just entered the South African market and it is a stunner. The elegant and soft lines complementing the Laguna seemingly from every angle, and it’ll no doubt be specced to the nines as well. The only problem I can [...]
Posted in Drive News Tags: 4 wheel steering, 4Control chassis, Bose sound, Coupe, Laguna, Renault, V6 No Comments »Kyle's F1 Blog
March 18th, 2010 Kyle Stone Hero to Zero The 2010 F1 season, a couple of weeks ago it was one of if the most anticipated seasons ever, now not so much. More champions on the grid than you can shake a stick at, three new teams, a smattering of new drivers, Schumacher returns, a whole raft of new rules, the [...]
Posted in Drive columns Tags: Bahrain, F1, Formula 1, Mercedes-Benz, Red Bull, Renault No Comments »Clio range expands with an 'S' model
February 17th, 2010 Christo Renault’s performance models have been immensely popular in South Africa over the past few years, with the RenaultSport sub-brand especially showing a very loyal following. The RS models are not always within everyone’s reach, though, and as Renault desires to sell cars that deliver sporty appeal at affordable prices has led to the return of [...]
Renault Megane Coupe-Cabriolet
February 9th, 2010 Kyle Stone There is a new Renault Megane Coupe-Cabriolet on the way and it’s set for a Geneva Motor Show launch. Renault say that this new Megane, which is the sixth body type for the range, has the elegance of a coupe with the thrills of driving a cabriolet. Last time I checked though taking a perfectly [...]
Drive test – Renault Koleos 2.0dCi 4X4 Dynamic
January 27th, 2010 Russell Konfusing Koleos Read the full article in Drive Magazine! Renault’s Koleos SUV is one of those vehicles that’s fairly easy to overlook. In fact, when it arrived we’d not only completely forgotten about the booking, we nearly didn’t recognise what it actually was! And yet, it’s actually quite the handsome machine. We had figured it, [...]
