Renault Likely To Bow To Pressure To Protect Domestic Production

In what many industry experts see as Renault coming under political pressure to increase domestic auto production, the French carmaker will produce a new commercial vehicle at its Sandouville plant from 2013. Although the firm has been cautious to reveal details about the new models - amid speculations that the addition will be made possible by transferring production of the Trafic van from the UK and Spain to the facility in France - the move testifies BMI's view that the aid packages provided to carmakers in late 2008 will oblige them to step up their capacity utilisation in France, at

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