Laguna’s new Renault offers efficient braking
To be able to be in the top three of its segment for product and service quality, Renault returned to the luxury car segment with the New Laguna.
Manufactured in the Sandouville factory in France, New Renault Laguna was designed from the outset to give true driving pleasure. It has a dynamic, streamlined and elegant form, positioning it naturally in the realm of grand tourers, with an even more exclusive and distinctive profile for the Sport Tourer. Its class-leading dynamic performance is a benchmark.
Its chassis is responsive and its steering is particularly precise. Whilst being bigger and more spacious than its predecessor, New Renault Laguna is notably lighter by an average of 15 kg and is available with a wide range of powerful and economical engines from launch, all with six-speed manual and automatic gearboxes.
New Renault Laguna provides a real sense of peace of mind for all its occupants. In terms of protection, it benefits from Renault’s acclaimed real-world accident knowledge and all of the latest technologies, in particular, side impact with an innovative thorax double airbag. The sophisticated air conditioning system offers class-leading thermal comfort.
Equally, much attention has been focused on New Renault Laguna’s acoustics which are again top-of-the-class. With an economical and ecological ‘Renault eco2’version, New Renault Laguna dCi 110 hp only consumes 5.1 litres per 100 km on a combined cycle, or 136 g of CO2 emissions per km. New Renault Laguna is respectful of the environment right from its production through to the end of its lifecycle. New Renault Laguna will be launched from 12 October 2007 as the future reference point for the family saloon segment in terms of usage, maintenance and repair costs.
New Renault Laguna has taken full advantage of Renault’s acclaimed expertise in the field of safety, both active and passive. Complementing the impressive dynamic performance of its chassis, New Renault Laguna can boast the best braking performance of its category, particularly in the endurance test while braking when hot (only 40 meters distance measured with 16 inch wheels performing 10 consecutive braking operations from 100 to 0 km/h). The brake discs and calipers are sized accordingly, with definitions of 57 280/24 to 296/26, ventilated at the front, and a 38 300/11 at the rear.
A new calculator / hydraulic block now integrates the electronic emergency brake assistance (EBA), which is more exact when operated since it does not react to mechanical variations. The chassis quality, combined with a numerical model more sensitive and auto-adaptive to the vehicle dynamics, enables the driver to react more swiftly and appropriately to emergency situations. The ABS and ESP systems, fitted as standard on the car, are more efficient, reacting at just the right moment without the driver having to anticipate and thus avoiding violent jerking when braking.