The trend towards compact MPVs began in 1996 with the launch of the Renault Scénic and Opel Zafira.

It was eventually decided that the company's state-owned status was detrimental to its growth, and Renault was privatized in 1996.

The Clio largely replaced the Renault 5 ( which continued to be built in lower volumes until 1996 in Slovenia as a budget alternative ).

In 1996, with the arrival of the Phase 3 facelifted Clio, the 1. 2 L Energy engine was replaced by the 1149 cc D7F MPi ( Multi Point Injection ) DiET engine, first used in the Renault Twingo ; for some time also, versions were available with the older 1239 cc " Cléon " unit from the original Twingo.

The Renault Scénic ( launched 1996 ) is the first modern compact MPV to be built in Europe, and is based on the Mégane floorpan.

The Renault 5 ( also called the R5 ) is a supermini produced by French automaker Renault in two generations between 1972 and 1996, and sold in the US as Le Car, from 1976 to 1983.

From 1992 to 1996, he managed Ogilvy Renault ’ s office in London, England.

* Renault R 312, replaced in 1996 by the Renault Agora, then renamed Irisbus Agora in 2002.

Yoong began a campaign in Formula Renault with Startline Racing in 1996 along with sponsorship from Malaysian tyre manufacturer, Silverstone tyres.

Another niche that was popularised in Europe in 1993 by the Renault Twingo and Ford Ka in 1996, is the ' designer ' city car.

The R21 was built in Argentina, at the Renault facility in Santa Isabel ( Córdoba Province ) since late 1988 until early 1996.

Renault was successful but unprofitable whilst nationalised and remains successful today, after having been privatized in 1996.

He won the Renault Spider trophy in 1996, and has since competed in production car and sportscar racing.

He held those positions until 1996, when Renault hired him as executive vice president responsible for advanced research, car engineering and development, car manufacturing, powertrain operations, purchasing and supervision of Renault activities in South America.

In 1996, he featured in the ITV commercial for the Renault Laguna motor car.

Renault engines powered Williams and Benetton to six consecutive Constructors ' World Championships between 1992 and 1997, and five Drivers ' titles with Nigel Mansell ( 1992 ), Alain Prost ( 1993 ), Michael Schumacher ( 1995 ), Damon Hill ( 1996 ) and Jacques Villeneuve ( 1997 ).

In 1996 Renault was privatised and the same year announced its withdrawal from Formula One after the 1997 season.

He also won the 1996 BARC British Formula Renault 1700 in a Swift SC94R.

* 3 July 1996 – Renault is fully privatized, with the French government reducing its stake from 52 % to 46 %

* 19 November 1996 – Renault Scénic is named European Car of the Year 1997

In 1996 he won the Finnish Rally Championship in a Volkswagen Golf GTi and in 1999 he won the British Rally Championship with a Renault Mégane Maxi twinned with fellow Finn, Kaj Lindström.

1996 saw the introduction of the Mégane Scénic compact MPV.

In 1996, a tenth anniversary edition was released.

Ter-Petrosyan was re-elected in 1996.

Extreme poverty was defined in 1996 by Joseph Wresinski, the founder of ATD Fourth World as:

The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ), Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ), Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ), Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ), Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – ) and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ).

A modified infrageneric classification of Amaranthus was published by Mosyakin & Robertson ( 1996 ) and includes three subgenera: Acnida, Amaranthus, and Albersia.

Their lower level Minor League Baseball teams began play in 1996 ; the expansion draft was held that year as well.

After the Soviet withdrawal, between 1992 and 1996, he was minister of defense in the new government of the Islamic State of Afghanistan under president Burhanuddin Rabbani, and acted as its military leader in the civil war against competing militias around Kabul.

The compelling rationale for this was the integral role technology now plays in our lives, which was not present in 1996.

For the centenary of the VFL / AFL in 1996, the Australian Football Hall of Fame was established.

The elite Legend status was bestowed on 12 members of the Hall of Fame in 1996: Ron Barassi, Haydn Bunton Senior, Roy Cazaly, John Coleman, Jack Dyer, Polly Farmer, Leigh Matthews, John Nicholls, Bob Pratt, Dick Reynolds, Bob Skilton and Ted Whitten ( see above list for further details ).

The first South Asian a cappella group was Penn Masala, founded in 1996 at the University of Pennsylvania.

The study of apoptosis brought on by Bunyaviridae was initiated in 1996 when it was observed that apoptosis was induced by the La Crosse virus into the kidney cells of baby hamsters and into the brains of baby mice.

In 1994, the State Compensation Law ( 国家赔偿法 ) was passed, followed by the Administrative Penalties Law ( 行政处罚法 ) in 1996.

In 1996, two-tier local government was abolished and Angus was established as one of the replacement single-tier Council Areas.

The musical was also revived with great success in 1996, starring Nathan Lane as Pseudolus ( replaced later in the run by Whoopi Goldberg and also by David Alan Grier ), Mark Linn-Baker as Hysterium, Ernie Sabella as Lycus, Jim Stanek as Hero, Lewis J. Stadlen as Senex, and Cris Groenendaal as Miles Gloriosus.

The song was later featured in the film The Birdcage ( 1996 ) and performed by Robin Williams and Christine Baranski.

Revision 1. 2 was the last version of the APM specification, released in 1996.

During his visit to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Manila in 1996, he was saved shortly before his car was due to drive over a bridge where a bomb had been planted.

In a July 2, 2011 editorial the New York Times opined, " The Defense of Marriage Act was enacted in 1996 as an election-year wedge issue, signed by President Bill Clinton in one of his worst policy moments.

The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy was an alleged effort by the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) to influence the domestic policies of the United States, before and during the Clinton administration, and involved the fundraising practices of the administration itself.