"The Renault plant in Oran, Algeria contributes to the development of a national automotive industry" - Carlos Ghosn

Indeed, some of you might not have been aware, but Renault is the first carmaker to set up industrial operations in Algeria. With a local presence dating back to 1922, when the Société Algérienne des Automobiles Renault was founded, Renault group has been the unrivalled leader in the Algerian automotive market for eight years. The Renault Algérie Production plant was inaugurated on November 10, 2014 in the presence of Abdelmalek Sellal, the Algerian Prime Minister, Abdesselam Bouchouareb, Algerian Minister of Industry and Mining, Laurent Fabius, French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development, Emmanuel Macron, French Minister of the Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs, and Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Renault group.                                

Renault Symbol made in Algeria, an "Extreme" version

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The Renault Algérie Production plant is a robust cooperative initiative between Renault and Algeria that gives birth to an automotive industry in Algeria, the second-largest automotive market on the African continent. The plant produces New Renault Symbol with an annual production capacity of 25,000, which may in the long-term be increased to 75,000. New Renault Symbol made in Algeria is the first vehicle in Algeria to be equipped with a GPS. New Renault Symbol made in Algeria will be marketed as Symbol “Extrême”, a name clearly distinguishing it as the high-end Symbol model.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             (From Renault.com)