1 April –
Le Parisien, the French national newspaper, causes a brief public outrage by reporting that the
Eiffel Tower will be relocated from its location in the centre of Paris to the
Euro Disney development site to the east of the city. It is quickly discovered to be an
April Fools' Day joke.[1]
May – Production of
Talbot passenger cars by
Peugeot in France and Britain is discontinued; it is now restricted to commercial vehicles and to Spanish and
Finnish production of the
Horizon model, which is due to finish next year.[2]
June – The
Renault 4 finishes production in France after 25 years and is switched to
Argentina where it is set to continue into the early 1990s.[3]
17 November –
Georges Besse, 58-year-old head of carmaker
Renault, is shot dead outside his mansion in Paris; left-wing extremists are suspected of his murder.[5]
1 April –
Le Parisien, the French national newspaper, causes a brief public outrage by reporting that the
Eiffel Tower will be relocated from its location in the centre of Paris to the
Euro Disney development site to the east of the city. It is quickly discovered to be an
April Fools' Day joke.[1]
May – Production of
Talbot passenger cars by
Peugeot in France and Britain is discontinued; it is now restricted to commercial vehicles and to Spanish and
Finnish production of the
Horizon model, which is due to finish next year.[2]
June – The
Renault 4 finishes production in France after 25 years and is switched to
Argentina where it is set to continue into the early 1990s.[3]
17 November –
Georges Besse, 58-year-old head of carmaker
Renault, is shot dead outside his mansion in Paris; left-wing extremists are suspected of his murder.[5]