Leaked: Renault Laguna Coupe breaks cover
Although the French manufacturer announced the official unveiling of the Renault Laguna Coupe at Cannes, few pictures with the new vehicle appeared on the internet thatnk to km77.com website. As you can see the car reveals the new design lines of the French manufacturer and features the latest technology such as hidden door handles, LED headlamps and bi-xenon headlights. Under the hood the car is powered by a 3.0 liter V6 engine capable to develop 235 hp as well as a 2.0 liter petrol engine delivering...

Officially Official: Renault unveils Laguna Coupe in Cannes
Click on the Laguna coupe for a high res galleryWith the Monaco Grand Prix and the Cannes Film Festival both taking place this weekend on the shores of the Mediterranean, Renault chose the latter as the backdrop for its latest model unveiling. The new Laguna Coupe is getting a preview amongst the stars of Cannes with a stylish new look that gets away from some of the downright bizarre hindquarters of some recent Renaults. Along with the midsized coupe, the French automaker is revealing a pair of new V6...

Update: Renault Laguna Coupe officially revealed
Update: A leak early this morning let the proverbial cat out of the bag, but the official release brings with it high-resolution photos and precise details on the upcoming coupe’s technical details. The car will be shown in more detail this October in Paris, but the initial information gives us a clear view of what Renault’s new car is all about. A brand new V6 dCi clean diesel engine rated at 235hp 173kW and a 3.5L petrol unit good for 240hp 175kW are the two new V6 offerings for the Laguna...

Renault releases Megane RS Ultima Edition
Renault’s Megane line has been widely credited as a solid buy, and a few of its special editions have been quite highly regarded, even among the hard-to-please European hot-hatch crowd. The latest - and possible last - update to the hottest of Megane’s RenaultSport variants, the Ultima Edition, brings serious performance to the table while remaining a practical daily driver. Though the first Megane RenaultSport RS edition suffered a somewhat mixed reception by the press in 2004, several...

Renault Laguna Sport Tourer
Stylish estate version joins the latest Laguna line-up. The Honda Accord isn’t the only model on a mission to prove its credentials in the family car market. Even though Renault’s latest Laguna has been around since last year, the flagship GT arrives in May.It debuts the firm’s Active Drive set-up, which uses clever electronics to help steer the rear wheels. We’ve been impressed with the five-door petrol, so how does it rate in practical diesel Sport Tourer guise?As with the...

Renault planning to expand 4WS lineup
Four-wheel-steering 4WS is one of those technologies that never really made it past the 1980s in great success. It featured on a string of high-performance Nissan models through the ‘90s but the extra cost and the weight disadvantage of the system won it few fans considering its only real benefit was a slight reduction in understeer. Renault, however, never gave up on the idea and recently launched its new Laguna GT pictured with a new advanced 4WS system. Renault’s new design uses a computer to...

Renault Megane by Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso is back at Renault, once again racing for Renault F1 Team. With its “We all feel something special when we buy a new car” baseline, the new international ad campaign has a mischievous, easy-going feel, underlined by the use of the song “Cheek to Cheek”, by Fred Astaire for the TV commercial. [source]

Renault to expand electric-car project to Denmark
France's Renault SA will supply electric cars for a project in Denmark that aims to set up the conditions to encourage widespread marketing of the clean vehicles. Renault's announcement today follows the Renault-Nissan alliance's decision earlier this year to participate in a similar project in Israel with Project Better Place, a firm dedicated to installing the infrastructure to support electric cars. The projects highlight a renewed interest in electric cars. Although electric car technology is not...

Grand Prix: Renault F1 opens internship program
Click the image above to view in high resolutionIf you're a recently graduated or soon to graduate student in a technical or scientific field, listen up, because this could very well be the internship that could jump-start your career. Every year for the past five, the Renault F1 team has picked the top entry in a contest for a six-month internship. The competition is run by the Altran Engineering Academy, the technological manpower agency that consults for the team. Entries are accepted in eight...