Renard Grand Tourer

In 1938, Estonian entrepreneur J. Laan founded a motorized bicycle manufacturer in the capital city of Tallinn, and called it Renard Cycles. Renard is French for ‘fox’, and a fox’s head formed the original Renard logo. But in March 1944, the factory was hit by a bomb and was completely destroyed. The emerging Estonian motorcycle industry became nothing more than a memory. Then three years ago, a group of Estonian entrepreneurs, designers and racing engineers joined forces to revive the Renard brand. Last April, the first ‘modern’ prototype was unveiled at the Hanover Technology Fair—the Renard Grand Tourer. It’s due...