The Renault Talisman is the new midsize sedan Renault which goes on sale later this year to replace Laguna. Mechanical will offer five engines, three diesel and two petrol. It can incorporate equipment such as four-wheel steering, piloted damping or Bose system with 13 speakers.

The new measures Renault Talisman 4.85 m long and 1.87 m wide, almost identical to that of an Opel Insignia size, Ford Mondeo, Peugeot 508 and Skoda Superb. It is nine centimeters longer than a Volkswagen Passat, the leader in sales of the average sedan category in Spain in 2014. His distance between axiss is 2.81 meters, identical to that of a Peugeot 508 and one of the largest in this market segment. Also it placed in the top positions in capacity trunk, reaches the 608 liters and it is only surpassed by the Skoda Superb.

Engines and trim levels

The new Renault Talisman You have a range of five engines to choose from, all four-cylinder. Two will be gasoline TcE, with 150 or 200 hp, available only with box auto switch dual clutch EDC and seven relations. This same change EDC will be the mount diesel dCi top end of 160 hp; below we find one dCi 130 hp and other 110 hp where the change is manual or automatic six-speed but.

These engines can be combined with four trim levels: Life, Zen, Business and Intense. At Life, The dashboard is black, leather steering wheel and seats in black fabric. The next step, Zen, acabos is the same as above but with warm colors instead of dark. Meanwhile, the termination Business will mount additional equipment that, for now, Renault has not provided. The leather does not appear until the finish Intens, where it can be combined with forming a mixed fabric upholstery; It may also be chosen only option "leather Riviera" dark brown or black with matching dashboard stitching and chocolate.

Larger engines may be chosen in a fifth exclusive call termination Initiale Paris. In such cases the labeling of Talismán name disappears from the back of the car. Inside the dashboard can be black or gray with black or silver stitching. The seats and steering wheel are made of leather "Nappa full bloom", Has seats electrically adjustable with massage, heating and surround headrest and side windows rolled -Renault claims Interior- lower the noise level. Alloy wheels in Initiale Paris are 19 inches -in other versions, between 16 and 18- while additionally ten colors available body can also choose an exclusive black.

featured equipment

This new system incorporates saloon 4Control steering all four wheels also associated with a damping system piloted. A combination that Renault says is the first time that occurs in the same car model. The four-wheel steering and rode some versions of Renault Laguna still for sale.

For its part, the so-called system "Multi-sense" in some versions allow choose up Driving five modes varying in unison engine response, damping and steering: comfort, sport, eco, neutral and customized.

As for the safety equipment, you can take adaptive cruise control, reader traffic signals, emergency braking active, alert involuntary change lanes or safety distance and HUD reflected in the windshield color. There will also be automatically switched to low beam / highway entrance or car boot opening and parking assist hands-free type. The multimedia system can be of three types, depending on the finish with touch screens from 4 to 8.7 inches, the latter with the so-called R-Link2 system.

This new Renault is based on the same CMF platform (Common Module Family) that uses the newcomer generation Renault Espace. CMF actually consists of different front and rear passenger compartment, engine compartment, electrical and electronics architecture of which each has two or three versions -bastidor modules, all according to Renault "with the same standard component architecture" so they could be made both one "sedan, an SUV or a sports car, as needed".

Name change

The third generation Lagoon, currently on sale and appeared in 2007, He never reached the goals that the mark had been set with him. Suffice as an example that last year sold worldwide more than 16,000 Laguna. A tenth of them, 1,664 were sold in Spain, far from category leader, the Opel Insignia sales reached 7,800. This is a very tough market, focused mainly on business and where the fundamental factor of the price or resale value becomes even more important. Also it matters, and much have an outward appearance that certain status, being a type of car driven mainly by middle management of companies.

Now tap clean slate and Renault Laguna by Talismán changes, a name already used in 2011 by the brand in its South Korean subsidiary to also name an average sedan. Earlier, in 2002, it was the name of a prototype four-seat coupe.