• 27 May 1992 – Louis Schweitzer takes over from
Raymond Lévy as head of Renault • December 1992 – Renault wins the
Formula One Constructors' and drivers' championships. • 6 September 1993 – Renault and
Volvo sign a merger agreement. • 2 December 1993 – Volvo pulls out of the merger. • 18 July 1994 – The Renault privatization bill becomes law. The
Régie Nationale des Usines Renault is renamed Renault. • 13 September 1994 – The French government opens Renault to outside capital • End-1994 – Renault shares are floated at FRF 180.90. Renault joins the CAC40 index • 1 June 1995 – Renault decides to open a plant in Brazil. • 3 July 1996 – Renault is fully privatized, with the French government reducing its stake from 52% to 46% • 19 November 1996 – Renault Scénic is named European Car of the Year 1997 • December 1996 –
Carlos Ghosn is appointed Executive Vice President. • 27 February 1997 – The closure of the Belgian
Vilvoorde plant is announced. • December 1997 –
Williams Renault wins the Formula One Constructors' Championship for the sixth time. • February 1998 – Renault starts its New Distribution (Nouvelle Distribution) project. • 28 May 1998 – The Technocentre in
Guyancourt, France is opened. • 2 July 1998 – Renault and the City of Moscow set up OAO Avtoframos. • November 1998 – Renault starts development work on a car retailing at €5,000. • 4 December 1998 – Inauguration of the
Ayrton Senna Plant in
Curitiba Brazil. • 27 March 1999 – Renault acquires 36.8% of the Japanese carmaker
Nissan. Carlos Ghosn becomes head of Nissan. • 2 July 1999 – Renault takes control of Romanian carmaker
Dacia. • 18 October 1999 – Carlos Ghosn announces the Nissan Revival Plan. • 21 April 2000 – Renault acquires South Korean carmaker
Samsung Motors. • 25 April 2000 – Renault sells its trucks business to
AB Volvo in exchange for a 20% stake in the Swedish group. The future of
Renault Trucks is assured. • 12 March 2001 – Renault and Nissan draw-up plans to set up a global joint purchasing unit, called Renault Nissan Purchasing Organisation • 27 March 2001 –
Laguna II becomes the first car ever to be awarded five stars in the
Euro NCAP crash tests • 30 October 2001 – Renault increases its equity stake in Nissan to 44,4%, and Nissan takes a 15% stake in
Renault. The Renault-Nissan Alliance Board is created. • 20 December 2001 – Renault and Nissan inaugurate their first joint plant, used to assemble LCVs in
Curitiba, Brazil. • 28 June 2002 – Renault and Nissan set up Renault Nissan Information Services, the second joint venture under the Alliance. • 22 October 2002 – Production of the
Trafic panel van starts at Nissan's plant in
Barcelona, making Renault and Nissan's first joint production project in Europe. • 19 November 2002 –
Renault Mégane is named Car of the year 2003. • 23 January 2003 – The Renault Production Way (SPR) is launched with the aim of ensuring that the Group's industrial system performs in line with the best in the world. • 24 February 2003 –
Claas becomes the majority partner in Renault Agriculture by acquiring a 51% stake. (It later purchased the remaining 49%.) • 26 February 2003 – Renault invests €230 million in the production and marketing of its future X90 vehicle in Russia. • 28 July 2003 – Renault takes control of its SOMACA subsidiary, previously controlled by the Moroccan government, to make the X90 in
Morocco. • 16 March 2004 – Renault lays the foundations for expansion in
Iran by setting up Renault Pars. • September 2004 –
Dacia Logan - the €5,000 car goes on sale • February 2005 – Renault announces record sales and financial results. • 22 February 2005 – Renault signs an agreement with
Mahindra & Mahindra to produce
Logan in India. • 6 April 2005 – The Avtoframos plant in Moscow is inaugurated. • 29 April 2005 –
Carlos Ghosn takes over from Louis Schweitzer as president of Renault. ==Notes and references==