Renault Koleos

摘要

After nearly a decade of existence, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has produced its first full joint development. Set up in 1999 alliance brought Renault and Nissan together in a cross-shareholding agreement. The original idea was that the companies would work together only in areas where both would benefit - mainly in purchasing, but also sharing development of base technologies. This has slowly been changing. Although Nissan has based vehicles on Renault designs in the past - the 2001 Nissan Primera was based on the Renault Laguna and Nissan's Micra, Note and Versa shared a lot with the Renault Clio - the Koleos is the first car designed and built by the alliance. Renault designed it in France, developed it in Japan with the help of Nissan engineers, and will manufacture the vehicle in South Korea at Renault-Samsung. But Nissan will not sell the vehicle. Renault will sell it in more than 40 markets, including European countries and South Korea. The OEM hopes the car's sedan styling and MPV-like interior space will allow it to win sales in the emerging crossover market.