Renault will reduce the top speed of its models to 180 km/h

Renault will forcibly reduce the top speed of its new vehicles to 180 km / h for safety reasons. This was stated by the head of the French automaker Luca de Meo, by noting that more than one third of all fatal accidents on the roads are due to exceeding the maximum permissible speed.

The maximum speed limit will affect all Renault and Dacia models, but the top manager did not specify about the sports brand Alpine. Thus, Renault will follow the example of Volvo, which from 2020 will equip all its new cars with an electronic limiter, which does not allow accelerating faster than 180 km per hour. According to the results of the first quarter of 2021, Russian Renault dealers sold 30,364 vehicles, which is lower by 5% than in the same period of the previous year.

As a result, Renault ranked the fourth in sales among all automakers in Russia, and the brand's market share was 7.8% versus 8.0% a year before, according to the AEB. The Logan sedan became the best seller of Renault in Russia - in January-March 7756 consumers chose it (-1%).