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TURKISH PRIME MINISTRY RULES OUT RENAULT AS SERVICE CARS
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 3 2012
Turkey
Turkish Prime Ministry shifts is service cars from French Renault to
US Ford amid the tensions with the eurozone's second biggest economy
over a debated bill on punishing the denial of 'Armenian Genocide,'
a daily claims
An employee of the French car manufacturer Renault working on
an assembly line at a plant in Douai, northern France. The French
carmaker's local partner Oyak-Renault is considers boosting investments
to broaden its portfolio. AFP photo The Turkish Prime Ministry has
ruled out the French automobile maker Renault's Latitude for its
civil servants following the passage of the "Armenian Genocide Bill"
in the French senate, according to the daily HaberTurk.
Akmercan, a firm which had won the tender of the renewal of the
rental cars in service for the public servants who work for the
Prime Ministry, was planning to purchase 130 Latitude's. But the firm
opted for the Mondeo after the Prime Ministry asked Akmercan not to
buy Renault.
The fleet will be renewed gradually and 20 Mondeo cars were purchased
in the first phase, the HaberTurk said.
Also a Renault Fluence Z.E. electric car, a gift to be presented
to the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is on hold as the Prime
Ministry has not issued an approval. The Ministry of Science, Industry
and Technology has also suspended an order of 10 Renault electric cars.
All these decisions were taken before a sufficient number of senators
challenged the bill in the Constitutional Council, the paper reported.
Turkish government declared to announce sanctions against France once
the judgment is delivered.
The so called "Armenian Genocide Bill" criminalizes denials of the
1915 events as genocide. French parliament had previously passed a
resolution, which purports that the killing of Armenians in 1915 at
the end of the Ottoman Empire qualifies as genocide.
Renault may invest in Turkey
Meanwhile Renault's Turkish unit, which makes seven models of passenger
cars, may consider van production, said Tarık Tunalıoglu, chief
executive of the joint venture Oyak-Renault Otomobil Fabrikalari,
at a press conference, according to Bloomberg.
"There are good examples in Turkey for the production of light
commercial vehicles, such as Ford and Tofas," Tunalioglu said in an
interview in Istanbul today. "So we may consider that."
Renault Group, consisted of Renault and Dacia automobile brands,
became a market leader with a 13.8 percent share last year selling
140,827 vehicles, according to a company press release. Renault
maintained its market leadership in private cars for the thirteenth
time, the press release said.
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 3 2012
Turkey
Turkish Prime Ministry shifts is service cars from French Renault to
US Ford amid the tensions with the eurozone's second biggest economy
over a debated bill on punishing the denial of 'Armenian Genocide,'
a daily claims
An employee of the French car manufacturer Renault working on
an assembly line at a plant in Douai, northern France. The French
carmaker's local partner Oyak-Renault is considers boosting investments
to broaden its portfolio. AFP photo The Turkish Prime Ministry has
ruled out the French automobile maker Renault's Latitude for its
civil servants following the passage of the "Armenian Genocide Bill"
in the French senate, according to the daily HaberTurk.
Akmercan, a firm which had won the tender of the renewal of the
rental cars in service for the public servants who work for the
Prime Ministry, was planning to purchase 130 Latitude's. But the firm
opted for the Mondeo after the Prime Ministry asked Akmercan not to
buy Renault.
The fleet will be renewed gradually and 20 Mondeo cars were purchased
in the first phase, the HaberTurk said.
Also a Renault Fluence Z.E. electric car, a gift to be presented
to the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is on hold as the Prime
Ministry has not issued an approval. The Ministry of Science, Industry
and Technology has also suspended an order of 10 Renault electric cars.
All these decisions were taken before a sufficient number of senators
challenged the bill in the Constitutional Council, the paper reported.
Turkish government declared to announce sanctions against France once
the judgment is delivered.
The so called "Armenian Genocide Bill" criminalizes denials of the
1915 events as genocide. French parliament had previously passed a
resolution, which purports that the killing of Armenians in 1915 at
the end of the Ottoman Empire qualifies as genocide.
Renault may invest in Turkey
Meanwhile Renault's Turkish unit, which makes seven models of passenger
cars, may consider van production, said Tarık Tunalıoglu, chief
executive of the joint venture Oyak-Renault Otomobil Fabrikalari,
at a press conference, according to Bloomberg.
"There are good examples in Turkey for the production of light
commercial vehicles, such as Ford and Tofas," Tunalioglu said in an
interview in Istanbul today. "So we may consider that."
Renault Group, consisted of Renault and Dacia automobile brands,
became a market leader with a 13.8 percent share last year selling
140,827 vehicles, according to a company press release. Renault
maintained its market leadership in private cars for the thirteenth
time, the press release said.