Renault
This is the catalogue record of the Renault R28, one of 498 models Renault has placed in the historical record and one of more than seventeen thousand cars the MotorJury library tracks. The photography on this page is hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons under an open licence, with the photographer credited on every frame.
The record does not fix a firm introduction year for the Renault R28, which is itself informative: cars without a clean launch date are usually prototypes, coachbuilt specials, or models whose history was written down long after the fact. The catalogue keeps them anyway, because the odd corners of the record are where the interesting machines hide.
On paper, the Renault R28 reads like this: quoted output is >750 hp @ 19,000 rpm | Gearbox name = Renault | Gears = Seven-speed semi-automatic titanium gearbox with one reverse gear. | Type = "Quickshift" system in operation to maximise spe. Every figure above is a manufacturer specification carried by the Wikipedia infobox or the open Wikidata record for this model — nothing on this page is estimated, and where a source is silent the row simply does not appear.
Within Renault's own catalogue the Renault R28 sits alongside the Renault 10, the Renault 10CV, the Renault 11CV, the Renault 12. The record names the R27 | Successor = R29 | Team = ING Renault F1 Team | Drivers = 5. Fernando Alonso / 6. Nelson Piquet Jr. | Chassis = Carbon-fibre and aluminium honeycomb composite monocoque, desig as its predecessor and the R29 | Team = ING Renault F1 Team | Drivers = 5. Fernando Alonso / 6. Nelson Piquet Jr. | Chassis = Carbon-fibre and aluminium honeycomb composite monocoque, designed for maximum st as its successor, fixing its place in the model line's chronology. Design is credited to Pat Symonds / Bob Bell / James Allison / Tim Densham / Martin Tolliday / Tad Czapski / Robin Tuluie / Dino Toso / David Wheater / Rob White / Axel Plasse | Predecessor = R27 | Succ.
The Renault R28 also has a competition record: 2 | Cons_champ = | Drivers_champ = | Poles = 0 | Fastest_laps = 0 | Podiums = 4 recorded wins from 18 | Wins = 2 | Cons_champ = | Drivers_champ = | Poles = 0 | Fastest_laps = 0 | Podiums = 4 starts and Drivers_champ = | Poles = 0 | Fastest_laps = 0 | Podiums = 4 championships. A race history changes how a car should be valued — competition machines appreciate on provenance, not depreciation curves.
This library is generated, verified and rebuilt from the open record on every deploy. The catalogue skeleton comes from Wikidata, specifications from Wikipedia's infoboxes under CC BY-SA, photography from Wikimedia Commons under each file's own licence, and the ownership data from United States federal safety records. Nothing is written by hand and nothing is invented: every fact on this page traces to a public source, and every page is rebuilt nightly as those sources improve. Errors in the source record will appear here too — and disappear the night the source is corrected.
The catalogue records what the Renault R28 was; the ownership database records what it is like to own. MotorJury computes a verdict for every model year the United States federal record covers — complaints, recalls, real economy — refreshed nightly, with no opinions involved. If this car reached the American market, its verdicts are in there.
Specifications come from the Wikipedia infobox for this model (CC BY-SA) and the open Wikidata record, and are shown only where a source actually carries them — nothing here is estimated. Figures are manufacturer specifications, not measured results.
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