Renault could move future Alpine sports car production to Lotus in UK, report says

Renault de Meo; Economy Minster Le Maire, Dieppe plant Jan. 28, 2021 — Renault CEO Luca de Meo, left, and French Economic Minister Bruno Le Maire at the automaker's Dieppe factory, with an Alpine A110 in 2021. (OLIVIER MARTIN GAMBIER omg.omg@w)

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April 12, 2022 02:11 PM

PARIS -- Renault Group is considering moving production of the successor to its Alpine A110 sports car to partner Lotus's UK plant from its historic home in Dieppe, northern France, a French business newspaper reported.

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