Renault Safrane
Its clean, aerodynamic styling was quite conservative and typical of early 1990s car design, also quite reminiscent of the 25's appearance.The Safrane carried over the Renault 25's five-door hatchback/notchback design in spite of the traditional preference for saloon bodies in the executive car segment.The Safrane's design was a deliberate effort to overcome the R25's main weaknesses — insufficient chassis stiffness and poor build quality.Critics praised the car's comfortable and spacious interior, excellent noise insulation, and incisive handling.This model featured a twin-turbo, 262 PS (193 kW; 258 hp) evolution of the 3.0 L V6 of the Alpine A610, developed with the assistance of German tuning firms Hartge and Irmscher, coupled with all-wheel drive.However, it was only available with a manual transmission, as no automatic gearbox existed for a transversely mounted engine of that horsepower with AWD.The modernization did not increase sales and the model was discontinued in December 2000, having sold at a rate of less than 40% of the numbers achieved by the Renault 25 it had replaced.The Vel Satis did not see sales increase, while the Avantime's design suffered in the marketplace and the model was quickly discontinued.Inside: In addition to power windows and mirrors, an alarm is fitted, including volumetric roof-mounted sensors; there is a lockable glove box, a velour trimmed front armrest, (optional) dual-zone automatic air conditioning; rear headphone jacks with rear speakers isolator switch; synthesised voice control.Self dipping nearside mirror whilst reversing; dual-zone air conditioning; rear leather electric seats (available until 1995) pneumatic suspension, Philips stereo; voice synthesiser; "Image" wheels; twin screen digital display including fuel consumption and remaining range.The Questor differs only by having factory-fitted satellite navigation, which is a Philips Carin 520 with infrared remote control.
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