Renault makes and sells passenger cars in India from its plant at Oragadam near Chennai, which also builds vehicles for Nissan. After buying out Nissan's stake in 2025, Renault Group became the sole owner of the Indian manufacturing company.
Ownership and structure
Renault Group owns 100 percent of Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Limited, the Chennai plant company, after buying Nissan's 51 percent stake in a deal announced in March 2025 and cleared by the Competition Commission of India in July 2025. Renault holds 51 percent of Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India and Nissan holds 49 percent.
What India does for Renault
India is a manufacturing base and sales market for Renault, with the Oragadam plant building the Kwid, Triber and Kiger alongside a Mumbai design studio and a Bengaluru R&D centre.
Investment and deals
The Renault Nissan alliance invested an initial Rs 4,500 crore in the Oragadam plant near Chennai, which opened in March 2010 with capacity for 480,000 vehicles a year.
Renault's India business
The Oragadam plant opened in March 2010 with an initial investment of Rs 4,500 crore and a combined capacity of 480,000 vehicles a year. The Competition Commission of India cleared Renault's acquisition of Nissan's stake in Renault Nissan Automotive India in July 2025.
The plant builds the Renault Kwid, Triber and Kiger and the Nissan Magnite. Renault set up a design studio in Mumbai in September 2008 and opened an R&D centre in Bengaluru in 2024.
Key moves in India
- 2005: Renault India Private Limited was founded in October.
- 2008: The Renault Nissan alliance signed an agreement with the Tamil Nadu government in February to build a plant at Oragadam.
- 2008: Renault opened a design studio in Mumbai in September, the first set up by a foreign carmaker in India.
- 2010: The Oragadam plant was inaugurated in March with an initial investment of Rs 4,500 crore.
- 2024: Renault passed one million vehicles sold in India and opened an R&D centre in Bengaluru.
- 2025: Renault agreed in March to buy Nissan's 51 percent stake in Renault Nissan Automotive India.
- 2025: The Competition Commission of India approved the buyout in July, giving Renault full ownership of the plant company.
Where it operates
Renault runs its India business from Chennai. It also has a presence in Mumbai and Bengaluru.
At a glance
- Home country: France
- Global headquarters: Boulogne Billancourt
- Sector: Manufacturing & Supply Chains
- Business: Automotive
- Role of India: Sales market, Manufacturing base, R&D and engineering hub
- India entity: Renault Nissan Automotive India Private Limited
- India head office: Chennai
- India offices: Chennai, Mumbai, Bengaluru
- India headcount: Not available
- In India since: 2005
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