• Three brands: Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung Motors
• Renault is now present in 125 countries
• Group sales worldwide: 2.7 million vehicles (2014)
• An industrial network made of 42 sites, all ISO 14001 certified
• 46% of the group's sales are made outside Western Europe
• The five biggest markets of the group are: France, Brazil, Russia, Germany and Turkey (2014)

• A workforce of 117,395 employees (as of 31st December, 2014)
• Renault: European leader in electric vehicle sales, with a 37.1% market share (2013)
• Five best selling cars - DUSTER, CLIO IV, LOGAN, SANDERO & CAPTUR
  
• A commercial network made up of 12,116 sites
• Renault: More than 15 years as the leading LCV brand in Europe
• 2,712,432 vehicles sold worldwide by Renault in 2014

1877: Louis Renault is born.

1898: First Renault Voiturette, fitted with direct-drive transmission, the type A.

1899: Renault FRERES is founded by Louis’ two brothers, Marcel and Fernand.

1900: The world’s first saloon arrives in the market, the type B.

1902: Renault produces its first engine and files a patent for the first turbo.

1903: The sales network expands and the first subsidiaries are set up outside France.

1905: Renault takes orders for 250 taxis in Paris and for exports to London, New York and Buenos Aires. The firm starts mass production.

1909: Following the death of Louis Renault’s two brothers, Renault FRERES becomes Société des Automobiles Louis Renault.

1913: The factory has almost 5,000 employees. The first strike takes place, in protest against the principles of Taylorism.

1914-18: Renault contributes to the war effort, supplying trucks, ambulances, aircraft engines and the FT 17, the first light machine-gun tank.

1929: Renault moves to Billancourt. After the stock market crash, rigorous management and diversified production are the order of the day.

1936: The Front Populaire wins the elections in France; Renault symbolizes the struggle to improve workers' rights. Production reaches a record-beating 61,146 vehicles, but the company makes its first major net loss.

1937: The Juvaquatre is launched.

1939-44: The Billancourt factory is occupied by the Germans and forced to repair French tanks requisitioned by the Germans. Louis Renault dies in 1944.

1955: Pierre Lefaucheux dies in a road accident and is replaced by Pierre Dreyfus.

1956-60: The Dauphine replaces the 4CV. Its failure in the US leads to an industrial, financial and social crisis.

1964-1970: The Renault 8 Gordini enjoys great sporting success.

May 1968: Renault is the barometer for workers' protests in France. After a 33-day strike, wages are increased and the working week is cut by one hour.

1972-73: The R5 makes its debut, and goes on to account for 60% of sales after the first oil shock.

1987: Renault is back in the black with profits of FF 3.7 billion.

1989: Renault posts a profit of almost FF 9 billion and makes its return to F1.

1990: An alliance is announced with Volvo, but the news does not go down well in Sweden.

1991: Renault CLIO makes its debut and is voted Car of the Year. Renault is Germany’s leading importer.

1989-1992: Major reforms are carried out to cut workforce numbers, limit production and modernise the plants and network.

2005: Carlos Ghosn replaces Louis Schweitzer.

2006: Presentation of Renault Commitment 2009.

2008: Initiatives to promote electric vehicles: partnerships with Project Better Place and EDF, presentation of a SCENIC prototype powered by a fuel cell and the concept car Z.E. Concept (for Zero Emission).

2010: The DeZir concept car, revealed at the Paris Motor Show, embodied the renewal of Renault’s design strategy under the leadership of Laurens van den Acker. The model represented the first petal in the life-cycle “daisy”: Love

2011:

Opened in 2011 in California, the Open Innovation Lab in Silicon Valley is an innovation hot spot. Located just minutes from the Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon labs, this site turns the vitality of the location to its advantage, making it among the first to learn of innovations that could influence the vehicles of the future.

2012: 

CLIO IV is revealed at the Paris Motor Show.  Inspired by the DeZir, CLIO 4 was the first vehicle to feature Renault’s new design identity.

2013: 

Renault sets up business in China. Renault signed a joint venture agreement with the Chinese carmaker Dongfeng, creating the Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company (DRAC). The agreement paved the way for the construction of a plant at Wuhan.

2014:

Twenty years after the first-generation model, Renault unveils the latest version of its city car at the Geneva Motor Show. Completely redesigned, new TWINGO is inspired by the heritage of the original TWINGO and the R5.

2015

After Duster Oroch, Renault pursues its conquest of the international pick-up market with the revealing of the Alaskan show truck.

2016:

The TREZOR concept car, which was revealed at the 2016 Paris Motor Show, marked the beginning of a brand new design cycle at Renault. The TreZor concept car was positioned as the rightful heir to DeZir. This two-seater electric coupe in the grand GT tradition marked the start of a new design cycle and blazed a trail for the next vehicles in the Renault range.

2017:

Unveiled at the Shanghai Motor Show, the R.S. 2027 Vision concept embodies Renault’s vision for the future of Formula 1 in 2027. This vision is largely based on the brand’s three technological innovation priorities: electric vehicles, connected vehicles and autonomous vehicles.