
Building on its outstanding history, Renault Trucks destiny is now gathering pace on highways all over the globe. In 1894 in Lyon, Marius Berliet designed and produced a single cylinder engine and made his 1st petrol car. In 1906, he made his 1st truck. In 1898 in Billancourt, near Paris, Louis Renault developed a 4 speed gearbox and introduced his 1st motorised vehicle, a tiny car with a quarter horse power. He produced the 1st direct drive utility vehicle (LCV) from 1900 and in 1906 invented the fore runner to the Paris bus.