100 Percent Sold on Renault Trucks

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Volvo Group Press Release  /  September 22, 2017

Together with her husband, Huguette Durand has built a distrubtion company on a passion for vehicles and driving. One hundred per cent of the fleet is made up of Renault Trucks.

Huguette Durand caught the trucking bug when she started driving trucks as a 22-year-old.

“A chance internship pushed me into the world of trucks,” she says. “And then, I never left.”

She started a transport company together with her sister, which some years later merged  with her husband’s. Today the company, Transports Durand-Lemi, has 14 drivers, including the owners’ eldest daughter. They primarily carry non-hazardous chemicals.

“At Durand-Lemi, we are truck drivers first and foremost.  When we buy a truck, we buy for comfort and safety and the prestige to make our customers proud.  The purchase is also a question of environmental performance,” says Huguette Durand.

For her, this translates into buying only from Renault Trucks.

“My husband, Christian, is a big fan of the brand,” says Huguette Durand, who actually first started driving Mercedes  but converted after trying a Renault  Magnum.

“With their elevated cabins, they were tricky to manoeuvre, but they were also so much more  spacious and comfortable for the driver.”

Today, Transports Durand-Lemi owns 15 vehicles, the last of which is a deep-black T Range enhanced with a vermillion red trim. The truck was a birthday surprise from her husband, Christian, which was unveiled  at the inauguration of the Renault  Trucks workshop  in Saint-Egrève last November.

Celebrating birthdays together is a clear sign of a special relationship and Huguette Durand describes the dealership  as a “very trusted  partner”. But she has also been happily surprised by Renault Trucks’ service network on occasions when trucks break down far from home.  Service has always been provided in a very responsive and personalised  manner. Knowing this makes it easy to relax and enjoy the driving, which Huguette Durand has now resumed in her new truck.

“It is such a pleasure to be behind the wheel again, so now I drive between Lyon and Hanover every week – it’s a real joy.”

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