Renault Safrane

The classy and elegant design of Renault Safrane continues inside, which exhibits its high-tech environment blended with flawless internal styling. Its air-cushioned seats are accompanied with 3-zone customized climate control, offering each passenger a personalized thermic comfort, let you enjoy your long journeys. Refined, redesigned with aluminum detailing, the instrument cluster with all controls at your fingertips, is also places in order to give you an amusing ride. To entertain the passenger, Renault designers offer a unique acoustic experience with custom-made Bose audio system accompanied with 10 speakers that make you feel that you are in the crowd at a live performance. Also, Renault R-Link featuring a touchscreen multimedia system employs GPS navigation, making you stay connected with your everyday life. Moreover, increasing the comfort and convenience factor, this sedan offers the boot space of 477 litres.

With its subtle, powerful silhouette, the New Renault Safrane reflects the true elegance. The distinctive lines running over the hood and its sleek radiator grille well-finished with chrome detailing boasts its modern and timeless design. New LED visual signature is intelligently recalled on the rear lights, alongside the Bi-xenon adjustable headlights strong and comfortable light level to the driver, for optimum safety and comfort. The panoramic sunroof placed with the choice of fixed or for positions, provides pleasant and panoramic light inside the cabin. All-new variants of Safrane comes fitted with different alloy wheels ranging from 16-inch comprising the tire size 215/60 R16 to 18-inch, with tire size 225/45 R18. Exterior dimensions of this vehicle can be measured in the form of L x W x H as 4897mm x 1832mm x 1483mm, and the wheelbase for the same remains as 2762 mm.

New Renault Safrane is available with three body types such as 3-door, 5-door and Sport which are named as PE, SE and LE. For all of these variants, Renault has offered three petrol engines such as 2.0-litre 16V, 2.5-litre V6 and 3.5-litre V6 engine. In terms of power, the maximum power generated ranges from 137 hp at 6000 rpm, along with the peak torque of about 191 Nm in 3700 rpm (employed in 2.0-litre 16V) to 229 hp at 6000 rpm with high torque as 320 Nm in 4200 rpm (Employed in 3.5 litre V6 engine). The power and efficiency of these petrol engine, comes with refinement which is made for urban driving. Trims with 3.5-litre engine reaches to the speed mark of 100 km in 8.4 seconds, while delivering the top speed of 234 kmph. Further, the same engine takes the fuel consumption as 9.5 kmpl.

To give maximum peace of mind, Renault has equipped this sedan with numerous safety elements for the passengers. Keeping safety under close, this sedan is is employed with Blind Spot Warning System which detects all moving objects that are traveling between 35 to 140 kmph. Besides that, to reduce the impact of an accident or collision, this car is appointed with auto adaptive airbags system. The active braking system outfitted in Safrane includes all-wheel ventilated disc brakes, that are further accentuated with Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) with Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) which also improves vehicle’s stability. For firm ride, the front axle comes fitted with MacPherson type suspension, whereas the rear axle is couple with multilink type suspension.

Verdict

The new Renault Safrane is simply elegant and classy sedan with an affordable price tag that is lower than most of its competitors like Honda Accord and Nissan Altima. However, the sub-standard interior quality might make its users unsatisfied.