Renault and Caterham Officially Join Forces to Resurrect Alpine Brand

<a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/renault-and-caterham-officially-join.html"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vf1bRyM3s30/UJfCQYv4U5I/AAAAAAAJ6P0/MtFp7B1QXvY/s1600/Renault-Alpine-.jpg" style="border-bottom: 8px solid rgb(51, 51, 51); cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 349px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 645px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">It's no secret that Renault </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-alpine-berlinette-reportedly-to-be.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">was looking for a partner</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> to revive its Alpine sports car brand and now the French carmaker says it has found it in the Caterham Group. </span> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The two companies made the wedding official today during a press conference in Paris where they announced the formation of a new 50-50 joint venture to develop both Alpine and Caterham-branded sports cars on common underpinnings and built at Renault's plant in Dieppe in northern France. </span> <br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The </span><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/search/label/Caterham"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Caterham Group</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> will own a 50% stake in the Automobiles Alpine Renault company, which is currently owned 100 percent by Renault SAS. The Société des Automobiles Alpine Caterham (SAAC) venture will be created in January 2013 and will be headed by Bernard Ollivier, who became vice president of Renault in 2011. </span> <br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5q0Bj_j4MRI/UJfCflZWN2I/AAAAAAAJ6QA/mw1bJr_paM4/s1600/Renault-Alpine-A11-50-Concept-39CSP%255B2%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5q0Bj_j4MRI/UJfCflZWN2I/AAAAAAAJ6QA/mw1bJr_paM4/s200/Renault-Alpine-A11-50-Concept-39CSP%255B2%255D.jpg" width="110" /></a> <span style="font-family: Verdana;">Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Renault commented: "This innovative partnership with Caterham embodies a longstanding ambition: the creation of a sports car with the Alpine DNA. It carries both opportunities for the Dieppe plant and the development of its historic expertise." </span> <br /><br /><br /><a href="http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2012/11/renault-and-caterham-officially-join.html#more">Read more »</a>

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