1.   Pierru worked for Peugeot, the French automaker, before joining Toyota a year ago.

2.   Renault SA and PSA Peugeot Citroen SA shares fell Friday on concern about the impact of such a tax increase on earnings of the two French automakers.

3.   That is the question confronting Carlos Ghosn, executive vice president of Renault, the French automaker.

4.   Toyota also is expected to announce soon that it would build a joint venture factory in Central Europe with the French automaker Peugeot, part of the PSA Group.

5.   Yet Honda is essentially betting it can succeed where the French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen failed.

6.   Autoworkers voted Wednesday in favor of a strike or lesser industrial action at the Coventry assembly plant of the French automaker Peugeot.

7.   At the same time, however, the French automaker is contending with the formation of a unified Europe and the global realignment of the auto industry.

8.   French automaker Renault SA said Tuesday it will build its new Brazilian assembly plant in the southeastern state of Parana.

9.   French automaker Renault is to temporarily suspend production at its Brazilian vehicle plants in December and January, as sales slide in a slowing economy.

10.   French automaker Renault purchased Benetton and is racing under its own name this year.