Renault Safrane

Live photos of the 2009 Renault Safrane

The surprise return of Renault Safrane the world has caught many off guard with. Although the new model will only be marketed in the Persian Gulf, we always like to be informed of the rarities being made in some parts of the world fruit of mergers among manufacturers.

The Renault Safrane 2009 is actually a Nissan Teana from the previous generation, which in turn formed the basis for developing the second generation of Samsung SM5, which is modeled precisely the model of the signing of the diamond, except for the insignia of each brand.

Samsung motor is responsible for manufacturing the Renault Safrane in facility that holds in Busan, South Korea and then export it to the Middle East. And since the first units arrived at their destination as a reader www.drivearabia.com has sent some photos published in the www.nissan turn-arabia, with the Renault Safrane 2009 and well, the view is that everything is unless a real Renault. Even so, the range would be wrong in Europe? With a good and diesel prices, insurance that would sell more than the Vel Satis, something on the other hand, not too difficult to achieve.

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Hall of Mexico: Renault Safrane, Kole and Sandero

During the International Motor Show in Mexico, Renault will present a number of developments that arrive to reinforce the brand image. Following the launch of the Euro Clio months ago, it was time to enter the Kole and the Renault Safrane, the model derived from the Samsung SM5.

The Renault Safrane is a four-door sedan that despite its length slightly longer than the Laguna will be placed on a rung below price, completing the supply of saloons of the mark. May be purchased gasoline, a 2.3i 24v 170 bhp with automatic.

As to Kole, will be available with the engine 2.5i 16v 170 bhp and the four variants to be acquired, only one will be equipped with traction total. The rest is up front with traction, a detail not too important to a lot of people who seek only to the aesthetics and sense of security of a whole field.


For his part, the Sandero will come under the Renault brand itself and not with the Nissan as with the Logan-renamed-Apri. Only available with a gasoline engine with 110 hp 1.6IA 16v with five-speed manual or automatic four. There will come directly from Brazil.

Finally the novelty within the range Mégane focuses on the incorporation of the GT variants, one step below the RS in terms of benefits but extremely interesting thanks to the block 2.0I Radius Turbo 170 hp. The most aesthetic sport that the conventional alternatives and an attractive price will be its identity.

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Return the Safrane! ... of those ways

Sorry infarction. We know that many, very many of you waiting for the resurrection of the bear Renault Safrane, but it will be difficult for you topéis with one of these on the street. The French lozenge has decided to recover the name of their former range cap for the Middle East, but instead of creating a completely new model, has chosen to make a simple change of sheets at Samsung SM5, in turn related to the Nissan Teana.

The SM5 is manufactured by Renault Samsung Motors in South Korea, and tries to combine a half-size larger (4.905x1.787x1.475 mm) finished with more than respectable in what it is. For what little we know seems to be launched in October in the Gulf with two engines: a 2.0 unknown power (143 hp, surely) and a 2.3 V6 170 bhp associated with an automatic change of five relationships. Its chassis, shared with the Renault Laguna III models among others in the group, is obviously traction lead.

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