(^64) July 2019 Truck & Driver
D
ateline 1980s. Renault
Truck Industries –
latterly Renault
Véhicules Industriels
- had evolved out of a
series of uncomfortable late
1970s mergers. A confused
product range lacked appeal
outside France and Spain, and
numbers were suffering as a
result. It urgently needed a bolt
from the blue. Enter Virage or
VE10, a revolutionary concept
vehicle that really made
everyone sit up and take notice.
It was 1985, and high-roof,
big-space cabs such as Volvo’s
Globetrotter and Daf’s Space
Cab were still something of a
novelty. Size and space-wise, the
Virage blew them all away. With
a mechanically separate
cab and engine
compartment, it was the
As a right-hooker at least, Renault’s Range T
High flagship took time to get here. Was it
worth the wait? We take a top-power 520hp
example to the people for their verdict
Words & images by Peter Symons
Time
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