I see, so Renault and Audi, out of course, lay themself open to deception charges by fitting recon parts sold as brand new do they?
/Shrugs.
Dunno go ask them.
Renault and valeo do it 100%, I only had suspisions with audi so will retract that I suppose and have only 1 car ownership experience there.
Perhaps its the retailers with valeo, because its impossible to actually order anything from them as a person. I know clutch pressure plates are reused in kits supplied to motorfactors, you can tell. As are driveshafts for most older models, the cv joints etc. But they only use and recondition ones that are obviously within 'remit', anything goosed will be thrown I guess if returned in exchange from dealers. Saves on casting. That is where the discount from exchange comes from that is passed on to you, or used to be.
Renault list them as a new part number too, using valeo as the original OE supplier.
So its the dealer and motorfactor, unless valeo rubber stamps everything 'new'.. someone fudges the term. No one lists re-manufactured clutches for them, but some clutches turn up marked as such.
oooh a french conspiracy... hmm phone the rozzers!
It is only a small certain amount of items i've found, everything else comes 'new'. hard to renew plastic etc.
Me personally, and that car (I'd be arguing WARRANTY, regardless it shouldn't even need an oil change yet) if it came to it I'd do it myself and save £1600. 
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