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13. Renault Valladolid and Palencia

Author : A. J. Jacobs

Published in: The Automotive Industry and European Integration

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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In this chapter, chronicles Renault of France’s two car assembly complexes in Spain. It begins with a brief review of the French automaker’s joint venture plant with Fabricacion de Automoviles SA in Valladolid, followed by a section chronicling the expansion of the complex to add bodywork and engine plants, and then a second assembly hall. The discussion then turns to Renault’s building of an additional assembly works 30 minutes north of Valladolid in Palencia Province in 1978. Thereafter, sections review the progress of these factories through 2016 and offer commentary regarding Renault’s near-term future in Spain.

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Charron (1990, 2004); Sanchez (2004); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2010a, 2014, 2016).

Ibid.

Ibid.; FASA was officially registered on December 31, 1952.

Charron (1990, 2004); Sanchez (2004); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2010a, 2014); Renault (2016, 2018); Renault Spain (2017).

Ibid.

Charron (1990); Renault Spain (2017); Renault (2018).

Charron (1990, 2004); Sanchez (2004); Kamp (2007); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2010a, b, 2016).

Ibid.

Charron (1990, 2004); Kamp (2007); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2010b, 2014, 2016); Renault Spain (2017).

Charron (1990); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2010b, 2014, 2016); Renault Spain (2017).

Bloomfield (1978); Jacobs (2016, 2017); Renault (2016, 2018); NAAMSA (2018).

WSJ (1973); Charron (1990, 2004); Kamp (2007); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2010b, 2014, 2016, 2017).

Charron (1990); Renault Spain (2017); Renault (2018).

AP (1974); Giniger (1974); Charron (1990, 2004); Kamp (2007); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2014, 2016, 2017); Renault Spain (2017).

Ibid.

Renault Spain (2017); EFE (2018); Freyssenet (2018).

Charron (1990); Wards (1956–2018); Renault Spain (2017).

Ibid.

Charron (1990, 2004); Kamp (2007); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2014, 2017). Interestingly, the plant was called GM Continental Espana Zaragoza until 1994.

Freyssenet (1998); Jacobs (2016).

Lewis (1985); WSJ (1986); Charron (1990, 2004); Freyssenet (1998, 2003); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2014, 2016, 2017).

Renault Spain (2017).

Lewis (1981); Charron (1990, 2004); Freyssenet (1998); Kamp (2007); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2016); Jacobs (2016); Renault (2018).

Ibid.

Freyssenet (1998); Kamp (2007); Jacobs (2016).

Reuters (1985); WSJ (1985); Charron (1990, 2004); Freyssenet (2018); Fernandez-De-Sevilla (2016); Renault Spain (2017).

Kamm (1986a, b); WSJ (1986); Freyssenet (1998, 2003, 2009, 2018); Jacobs (2016); Renault (2012).

Freyssenet (1998, 2003).

Ward’s (1956–2018); Freyssenet (1998, 2003); Jacobs (2016); Renault Spain (2017).

Freyssenet (2003); Charron (2004); Kamp (2007); Jacobs (2016). Renault Spain (2017); Renault (2006–2018, 2018); the wagon variants were called the R-21 Nevada, with right-hand drive called the R-21 Savanna. The R-21 produced in Colombia were dubbed Renault Etoile.

Reuters (1989); Charron (2004); Kamp (2007); Renault (2012, 2018).

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Wise (1988); AP (1989); Levin (1989, 1990); Reuters (1990). As a result of Suzuki’s joint venture with GM, the Sidekick also was built in Ingersoll, Ontario and sold as the rebadged Geo Tracker in America and Chevrolet Tracker in Canada.

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Ward’s (1956–2018); Pallares-Barbera (1996); Nissan (1999–2018); Renault (2001–2018). These 4×4 were classified as todo terrenos (all-terrain vehicles) in Spain, similar to the Suzuki Vitara/Santana 300 SUVs and Land Rover Defender jeeps built by Santana Motores in Linares, Jaen Province. Renault ended its car assembly in Rosslyn in 1985.

Ward’s (1956–2018); Nissan (1999–2018); Renault (2001–2018, 2018); Freyssenet (2009). Mercosur was created by the Treaty of Asuncion, which was signed on the March 26, 1991 and further articulated by the Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994.

Ibid.

Renault (2001–2018); Renault Spain (2017); Spain (2017–2018).

Ward’s (1956–2018); Renault (2001–2018, 2018); Kamp (2007); Freyssenet (2009).

Ibid.

Renault (2001–2018, 2018); Renault Spain (2017).

Cantalapiedra (2005); Renault (2001–2018, 2018); Renault Spain (2017).

Nissan (1999–2018); Renault (2001–2018, 2018); Renault Spain (2017); Jacobs (2017).

Ward’s (1956–2018); Renault (2001–2018, 2018); Renault Spain (2017); Freyssenet (2018).

Ward’s (1956–2018); Nissan (1999–2018); Renault (2001–2018, 2006–2018, 2018); AFNAC (2017); Renault Spain (2017); Freyssenet (2018).

Renault (2006–2018); Jacobs (2017).

Renault (2001–2018, 2006–2018, 2018); Chandran (2008); Freyssenet (2009).

Renault (2001–2018); Renault Spain (2017).

Renault (2001–2018; 2006–2018, 2018); Renault Spain (2017).

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Ward’s (1956–2018); Renault (2006–2018, 2018); Renault Spain (2017); Nissan (2018).

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Title: Renault Valladolid and Palencia
Author: A. J. Jacobs
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: The Automotive Industry and European Integration
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-17430-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-17431-6

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17431-6_13

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