In fact when he was at the Avignon festival this summer he packed in no less than 8 plays in 4 days. And whatever he might tell you about his shyness he doesn t require all that much encouragement before rattling off a verse or two from a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. The big challenge for Renault is to find growth outside of western Europe. The company managed to establish a better balance in Europe, true. But we haven t succeeded in having growth here for a decade now.
People always speak about the car market as a mature market - that everyone already has their car.
That s true for the US, Europe and Japan. So one of the challenges ahead is to expand the automobile civilization to those countries which are not yet at that level of development. And there are important environmental challenges too. As for me, personally, I have to confess that I rather like life as it is. Please check there if you might be interested in engaging him as a writer.