Street Racing Cars: Renault

Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. The company is well known for numerous revolutionary designs and security technologies.

When its cars were exported to the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, the name was commonly mispronounced as "Ren-ALT" to and by the American public, and the Anglicised pronunciation continues in common usage, though the original French has gained significant ground over recent years. In the United Kingdom it is pronounced "REN-o". The French pronunciation is closer to "Ruh-No".

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