The Renault Premium is a

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that was produced by the French Manufacturer

Renault Véhicules Industriels Renault Trucks is a French commercial truck manufacturer with corporate headquarters at Saint-Priest near Lyon. Originally part of Renault, it has been a subsidiary of the Volvo Group since 2001. From its beginnings in 1978 to 2002, the comp ...

and later

Renault Trucks Renault Trucks is a French commercial truck manufacturer with corporate headquarters at Saint-Priest near Lyon. Originally part of Renault, it has been a subsidiary of the Volvo Group since 2001. From its beginnings in 1978 to 2002, the comp ...

(also part of

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, now

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) from 1996 to 2013. It was sold alongside the

Renault Magnum The Renault Magnum is a heavy-duty truck that was produced by the French Manufacturer Renault Véhicules Industriels and later Renault Trucks (also part of Renault, now Volvo) from 1990 to 2013. The Magnum was available in semi and rigid config ...

as a slightly lower positioned alternative. There was also a version intended for lighter duty construction work called the Premium Lander, positioned beneath the heavy-duty Kerax. The Premium was mainly used as a

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truck, competing with for example the

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and

Volvo FM The Volvo FM is a heavy truck range produced by the Swedish company Volvo Trucks. It was originally introduced as FM7, FM10 and FM12 in 1998. FM stands for Forward control Medium height cab, where the numbers denominate an engine capacity in litre ...

Engines

At launch, the Premium was available with either a 9.8 or 11.1 6-cylinder diesel engine. Later

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engines were sourced from parent company

Volvo Trucks Volvo Trucks ( sv, Volvo Lastvagnar) is a truck manufacturing division of Volvo based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Trucks was a separate company within Volvo. The Volvo Group was reorganised on 1 January 2012 and as a part of the process, Vo ...

Premium Distribution

The Renault Premium Distribution is a transporter with a

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of 16 to 32 tonnes and a road tractor with a

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with a GVM of 40/44 tonnes, designed to replace the G range. In September 2007, Renault Trucks presented the ''Hybris''

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, a hybrid version based on this model. In 2009, a near-production diesel-electric hybrid version began testing in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

, dubbed the Premium Distribution Hybrys Tech, having a power of . In 2014, the standard models were replaced by the D range. Renault truck Strasbourg - Kleber

References

Print sources

* ''L'atlas des camions français'', éditions Atlas, 2007 * ''L'atlas les camions de légende'', éditions Atlas, 2004

External links

Vehicles introduced in 1996 Cab over vehicles

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