Renault Master

The Renault Midget Master is an upper-medium size van produced by the French manufacturer Renault since 1980, now in its third generation. It replaced the earlier Saviem SG3 light trucks.Opel has sold versions of the second and third series vans as the Opel Movano in mainland Europe and Vauxhall Movano in the United Kingdom. All three generations have been designed and manufactured by Renault, irrespective of the brand.

Over its lifetime several different body styles have been available, from the standard van to bigger models with an increased load area, height, and longer-wheelbases with an LWB prefix. Panel vans are very common, but pickups are also available.

Heavier-duty models of the Master was also sold by (now Volvo owned) Renault Trucks as the B-series, later as the Messenger and the Mascott.

First generation (1980–1997)

The original Renault Master was launched in 1980. Originally launched with the 2.5 L (2445 cc) Fiat-Sofim diesel engine, and from 1984 also with the 2.1 L (2068 cc) power unit. In rare cases the Master was sold with a 2.0 L or 2.2 L Renault petrol engine. In 1990, a marginally larger (2499 cc) version of the Sofim diesel replaced the earlier version.