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Encyclopedia > Renault Vel Satis
Renault Vel Satis
Manufacturer: Renault
Production: 2001–present
Body Styles: FF full-size luxury car
Engines:
Predecessors: Renault Safrane
Successors: still in production
Competitors: Citroën C6
Renault Vel Satis

The Renault Vel Satis is a full-size luxury car produced by the French manufacturer Renault. It was launched at the 2001 Geneva Motorshow to replace the already-discontinued Safrane and has nothing in common with the 1990s concept car of the same name. Image File history File links Renault-Vel-Satis-02. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... In automobile design, an FF, or Front-engine, Front wheel drive, layout places both the engine and driven wheels at the front of the vehicle. ... // Defenition 2001 E38 Dinan BMW 750iL A full-size car is term used in North America for an automobile larger than a mid-size car, usually having a wheelbase greater than 2. ... A luxury car is a relatively expensive car. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Renault Safrane The Renault Safrane was an automobile designed and built by French manufacturer Renault from 1992 to 1998. ... The Citroën C6 is a full-size automobile produced by the French manufacturer Citroën since 2005. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (850x582, 64 KB) renault vel satis File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... // Defenition 2001 E38 Dinan BMW 750iL A full-size car is term used in North America for an automobile larger than a mid-size car, usually having a wheelbase greater than 2. ... A luxury car is a relatively expensive car. ... Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ... 74th Geneva Motor Show The Salon International de lAuto (or Geneva Motor Show) is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Renault Safrane The Renault Safrane was an automobile designed and built by French manufacturer Renault from 1992 to 1998. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

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Overview

The Vel Satis is distinguished by its unusual height, which benefits interior space but results in rather ungainly proportions. It has a five-star EuroNCAP safety rating and is available with a variety of engines: EuroNCAP, the European New Car Assessment Programme, is a safety assessment programme for automobiles supported by several European governments, many major manufacturers and motoring organisations across the world. ...

  • 4-cylinder, 16-valve, turbocharged 2.0-liter
  • Nissan-sourced 24-valve, 3.5-liter V6 (also used in a variety of Nissan models including the Altima, Murano, 350Z/Fairlady, and Infiniti G, M and QX series))
  • 4-cylinder, 16-valve, 2.2-liter direct-injection turbodiesel
  • Perkins-sourced 24-valve 3.0-liter direct-injection turbodiesel

The Vel Satis shares its "platform" (chassis, powertrain, assembly process) with the Laguna and Espace IV and is produced on the same assembly line in Sandouville, France. Nissan Motor Co. ... Nissan Motor Co. ... Infiniti Logo Infiniti is Nissans luxury brand in the United States, Canadian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, South Korean (first dealership opened in July 2005) and Taiwanese markets. ... Engines P3: Three cylinder diesel engine, produced from 1953-11 to 1967-03. ...


In October 2004, while overtaking a lorry at 130 km/h (81 mph) under cruise control, an automatic 3.0 Diesel Vel Satis allegedly accelerated on its own to over 190 km/h (120 mph) on a section of the Autoroute A71 freeway (motorway) in central France, and remained at that speed for over an hour in spite of the drivers' alleged efforts to stop it. The police, alerted by a cell phone call from the driver, cleared the freeway ahead of the car and tracked it until it finally stopped near a toll booth. According to the driver, the incident happened due to a faulty cruise control system, in conjunction with the electronic card that replaces the conventional ignition key and makes it impossible to start or stop the engine without electronic intermediates. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: October 2004 in sports Deaths in October • 29 HRH Princess Alice • 25 John Peel • 24 James Cardinal Hickey • 23 Robert Merrill • 19 Paul Nitze • 18 K. M. Veerappan • 16 Pierre Salinger • 10 Christopher Reeve • 9... Cruise control (sometimes known as speed control or Autocruise) is a system to automatically control the speed of an automobile. ...


Renault immediately investigated the car and found no faults with it, even though a random cause such as electronic interference from an outside source (in this case, the overtaken lorry), while highly improbable, cannot fully be ruled out. Repeated tests under judicial supervision with this car and others of the same model have proven that the driver can always override the cruise control and bring the car to a stop by at least two independent means even if the conventional method of applying the brakes to disengage the cruise control fails:

  • move the automatic transmission selector from Drive to Neutral
  • press the cruise control's on/off button five times in rapid sequence, as instructed by the car's user manual

In view of these results, Renault has taken legal action against the driver for libel. Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ...


In March 2005, Renault UK decided not to develop a right-hand drive version of the facelifted Vel Satis, as sales of the model had been poor in the United Kingdom since launch. Although 3,500 sales predicted, only a third of these were achieved.


This came only 2 years after the Avantime coupé/MPV was discontinued by Renault, which was equally as ambitious in its design.


External links

About the car

  • Official site
  • Ultimate car page article about Vel Satis
  • AutoGuideWiki.com

About the incident

  • Renault takes legal steps against driver broken link
  • A car with a mind of its own
  • A car with a mind of its own - Part 2
<- Previous Renault car timeline, 1980-present - (edit)
Type 1980s 1990s 2000s
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
City car Twingo Twingo II
Supermini Super 5 Clio I Clio II Clio III
Small family car 9 / 11 19 Mégane I Mégane II
Large family car 18 21 Laguna I Laguna II Laguna III
Executive car 25 Safrane Vel Satis
Mini MPV Kangoo
Modus
Compact MPV Scénic I Scénic II
Large MPV Espace I Espace II Espace III Espace IV
Avantime
Coupé Fuego
 
Modern: Twingo | Clio | Mégane | Laguna | Safrane | Vel Satis | Kangoo | Modus | Scénic | Espace | Avantime
Numeric: 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 30

  Results from FactBites:
 
Wintonsworld - Renault Vel Satis (1164 words)
Renault's new Vel Satis is a brave but probably futile attempt to shakeup the executive car sector dominated by BMW and Mercedes.
Renault said it wanted to offer drivers something radically different, a daring alternative to the conservative Germans, with a vehicle able to take four adults in "total comfort", and raise the company's profile across Europe.
Renault claims a combined cycle consumption of 24.6mpg with emissions of 275 grammes per kilometre of CO2, with 0 to 62 mph in 8.3 seconds.
RENAULT - RENAULT VEL SATIS - THE EXECUTIVE SALOON REINVENTED (7709 words)
In short, Vel Satis embodies a certain way of life, one which will set Renault apart in the top-of-the-range arena, where although its image is not one of a premium manufacturer, it is one of an innovative and daring company which appeals to a certain group of customers.
Vel Satis, which was internally known as the X73 project, was developed in 42 months, at Renault’s Technocentre outside Paris by the D and E Programme Department.
Renault is optimising the development time of its models, and rationalising the manufacturing process and production tooling so as to improve the profitability of each project through the shared use of industrial processes and components.
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