Renault eyes return to its heyday with new Megane Hatchback
The company, which likes to think of itself as the automotive equivalent of the Marseillaise — ie that Renault is to French car-making what l’Hymne National is to patriotism — has hit various purple patches down the years, but the 1980s and ’90s was a particularly potent time for the company.
During those heady years Renault consolidated its position as one of Europe’s leading manufacturers with a series of cars which were not only innovative, but breaking completely new ground. The Regie National des Usines Renault, as the company had become after de Gaulle nationalised it out from under the Renault family, became a powerhouse of design ingenuity and sales success.
