From a 7.3 billion Euros half-year loss to becoming Europe’s torchbearer for competing with the Chinese, the past six years have been a rollercoaster for Renault Group. Not bad for a mid-sized European car maker anchored in a market that still hasn’t returned to pre-Covid-19 sales levels, and one absent from China and North America. His parting gift was the Advanced China Development Centre in Shanghai, a skunkworks packed with experts who taught Renault how to speed up the digital design, engineering and decision-making processes. While Renault sales dipped slightly in Europe, the brand grew by 22,000 units due to 61 per cent growth in the Indian market. The good news for Brits is the cars that have been keeping Renault’s European retailers busy – the new Twingo and Clio – are still to hit these shores.