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Friday, March 19th 2010

All the latest news from Renault Trucks UK

Renault Trucks makes Autohome deliveries

Autohome, the UK and European Assistance Breakdown company, has taken delivery from Renault Trucks distributor, WTL Truck & Van Centres Ltd (WTL) three new Renault trucks to join their existing mixed fleet of 15 trucks and vans and will operate as part of the company’s UK and European breakdown service as part of Autohome’s fleet [...]

Slough International Freight and Packaging Ltd take delivery of new Renault Magnum 500.25

Haulage company, Slough International Freight and Packaging Ltd., has taken delivery of a new 6×2 Renault Magnum 500.25, with Optidriver+ gearbox and multipass cab. In an important conquest deal for Renault Trucks and Renault Trucks South, this is the first Renault that the company has taken and it joins a previously all DAF fleet. The [...]

Fuller Tankers take delivery of new Renault Trucks

Chepstow based tanker manufacturer, Fuller Tankers, has taken delivery of a new 4×2 Renault Premium Lander 280.18s, through Renault Trucks Essex. The truck’s chassis is mounted with specialist drainage equipment to complete the company’s latest development, the 18 tonne Fuller Recycler. It is the first of its kind to be manufactured in the UK. The [...]

Model update: new Renault Master

As of April 2010, Renault Trucks’ Delivery range will see a new addition with the latest Renault Master.  With a new design, new cab and new engine versions, this new offer also features new rear-wheel drive models. Renault Trucks will roll out the following versions throughout 2010: panel van, chassis cab, chassis double cab, chassis cowl, [...]

Renault Trucks appoints new sales manager

Renault Trucks UK has appointed Mark Patterson (32) as its new Regional Sales Manager for used vehicles. Mark will work primarily with Renault Trucks’ Truckplus used vehicle dealers in the North of the UK.  He will also support Mike Finney, General Sales Manager – Used Vehicles, in the ongoing development of the Truckplus operation across [...]

Renault Trucks recognise excellence

Renault Trucks UK Ltd recognised and rewarded its apprentices at the end of October, with the presentation of its annual Apprentice of the Year Awards at the Heritage Motor Museum at Gaydon.  The awards recognise the top performers across all three years of the apprentice programme for technical apprentices and, for the first time, also [...]

Renault Trucks launches racing game

Renault Trucks has launched a new, highly realistic PC based truck racing game, that can be downloaded for free from the company’s website at www.renault-trucks.com/truckracing.   The new game is based on the race performances of a real Renault Premium race truck, equipped with a DXi 13 engine. Players of the game will find themselves at the [...]

Renault Trucks Makes Multi Million Commitment To UK Base

Renault Trucks, Coventry has officially opened its new custom built dealership doors with a total of £4 million invested in the new site, which will offer the full range of Renault Trucks products and services.   The new dealership, located at Burlington Road on the Bermuda Industrial Estate at Nuneaton, was officially opened by Stefano [...]

JB Kind’s Renault Fleet Delivers Goods With A Message

JB Kind, the Derbyshire based independent high quality door distributor, has taken delivery of three new Renault Midlum 220.14 trucks with Hatcher semi sky cabs; one Renault Midlum 7.5 tonne truck and a Renault Premium 280.18. The vehicles, in service to make deliveries from the the company’s three depots in Swadlincote, Leeds and Bristol, to [...]

Lombard Vehicle Management And AA Extend Relationship

Lombard Vehicle Management, the UK’s largest asset finance company,  is extending its long-standing relationship with the AA by sealing an £11.6 million deal, handled by Relationship Director Martin Rogers of Lombard Strategic Accounts Team, to supply 167 recovery vehicles between now and the end of 2010. The majority of the order is based on Renault [...]

Alford Renault Premium Additions A First

Alford Traffic Services the Lincolnshire based bulk haulage operator, has made a recent addition to its 35-strong mixed fleet in the shape of four new Euro 5 Renault Premium 450.25s, with Optidriver gearboxes, that have been fitted with tipping gear. This addition was made due to a new contract with Drax PowerStation and was an [...]

Alford Traffic Services expands fleet with first new Renault Premiums

Lincolnshire based bulk haulage operator, Alford Traffic Services, has added four new Euro 5 Renault Premium 450.25s, with Optidriver gearboxes, to its 35-strong mixed fleet. In an important conquest deal for Renault Trucks distributor, Thompson Commercials Grimsby, they are the first Renaults to be bought by the company. Two of the new Premiums joined the [...]

Renault Trucks blooming at Peter H Smiths

Specialist florist wholesaler, Peter H Smith Ltd., has taken delivery of two 3.5 tonne Renault Master 120.35s, through Renault Trucks distributor, JDS Trucks. The chassis cabs have both been extended to accommodate 16 foot, heavy duty but lightweight grp box bodies with aluminium flooring and a full length rear step. The trucks have also been [...]

The Cape to Cape expedition in Moscow

Once it had completed its stopover in the city of Peter the Great, St Petersburg, the Cape to Cape caravan headed off on the road again towards the Russian capital, where it finally drew up on Thursday 12 March. The following morning, the red Renault Trucks vehicles were on show just a few hundred metres [...]

George Killoughery sees fuel savings with new Euro 5 Renault Kerax

Construction and haulage company, George Killoughery Ltd, has completed its order of 20 new Euro 5 Renault Kerax trucks, through Renault Trucks Essex. Two of the trucks are 6×4, heavy haul 450.25s and the remainder are Renault Kerax 370.32s. The vehicles, which all have Optidriver gearboxes, have been fitted with 8 wheel tippers, tipper grabs and [...]

Renault Trucks Commercials establishes new dealership in Cardiff

The Cardiff based Renault Trucks repairer, England Truck Care, has been acquired by the Renault Trucks Commercials dealer group. The business will now be run as a full distributor under the name of Renault Trucks Cardiff. The site will operate as a satellite to Renault Trucks South West, under the management of Charlie Cryer, Dealer Principal, [...]

Renault Trucks to replace DAF at GE-BE Transport

Haulage and distribution specialist, Ge-Be Transport, has taken delivery of a new Euro 5 Renault Premium 450.25, through Renault Trucks distributor Thompson Commercials (Boston). The truck is one of a number of new Renault acquisitions, as the company moves away from a predominantly DAF fleet. The new Renault Premiums are undertaking general haulage, across the country, [...]

Renault Trucks invests €30M in its stamping shop in Lyon

Renault Trucks is modernising its production equipment and preparing for the future, with a major investment of €30m in its stamping shop on the Vénissieux site (Rhône). In so doing, Renault Trucks is clearly stating its forward-looking ambitions and commitment to the future. This investment, which will modernise the large press line of the stamping [...]

Renault Trucks Adventure sets off on 1 March 2009

The second Renault Trucks Adventure is moving ahead at great pace. The expedition, known at the Cape to Cape, is set to depart North Cape (Norway) on 1 March and arrive in Cape Town (South Africa) on 1 July 2009. For the 16 weeks of the expedition, six Kerax and six Sherpa units will brave [...]

First Renault Truck for Stanian Transport

Container haulage company, Stanian Transport, has taken delivery of a 6×2 Renault Premium 450.25 tractor unit, through Renault Trucks distributor JDS Trucks. In an important conquest deal, the Euro 5 truck, with automatic gearbox, is the first Renault to join a 30-strong fleet of Volvo and Scania vehicles. The Renault Premium will undertake local haulage operations [...]

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