Construction of the Renault en Algérie automobile
| CARAL Construction des Automobiles Renault en Algérie SPA بناء رينو للسيارات في الجزائر شركة مساهمة
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| legal form | Société par actions |
| founding | 1959 |
| resolution | 1969 or 1970 |
| Seat | Algiers , French North Africa (1959–1962) and Algeria (1962–1970) |
| Branch | Automobile production |
Construction des Automobiles Renault en Algérie SPA (short CARAL or Caral Renault Algérie ) was an automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer of the Renault group. The company's headquarters were in El-Harrach in Algiers .
history
The company was founded in 1959. In 1967, the sales company Société algérienne des automobiles Renault (SADAR) , which had existed since 1922, merged with CARAL to form CARAL Renault Algérie . Before the closure in July 1970, CARAL produced 15,000 passenger cars a year.
CARAL manufactured the Renault 4 , Renault 8 and Renault 16 models . In 1968 the company had 735 employees. The company was nationalized in 1969 or 1970.
It was not until 1986 that Renault set up an agency in Algeria again. Renault Algérie Production was founded in 2013 and started production a year later.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Brahim Aziez: Industrie automobile en Algérie: Pas si récente qu'on le pense! , Motors Magazine, Nov. 12, 2014.
- ↑ a b c d e Renault Algerie Production: La naissance d'une industrie automobile en Algerie avec nouvelle Renault Symbol ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from November 10, 2014.
- ↑ Middle East Review , 1975. p. 103.
- ↑ Economic Review: Algeria, Morocco , 1968, p. 15.
