The Renault Latitude is an

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produced by the French automaker

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, and announced in June 2010. It debuted at the

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, at the end of August 2010. The Latitude served as the company's flagship vehicle, before it was replaced in 2016 by the

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Design

The Latitude is a four-door saloon based on the

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, and already developed as the third generation (L43)

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. The Latitude was facelifted for 2015, with a new rear fascia.

Marketing

The Latitude is the successor to the

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, which went out of production in August 2009. Sales of Renault Latitude began in

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and

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in the autumn of 2010. In

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, it was launched during the first quarter of 2011 as the Renault Safrane. The European version of the Latitude, with full details of the model's equipment lists and engines ranges, was shown at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, and sales in

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began in the beginning of 2011, but not in the

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. The Latitude is used as a taxi in

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and

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with those sedans being made by Renault Samsung Motors and badged as Renault vehicles. The vehicle was replaced alongside the Laguna by the Talisman, announced during a 2015 press conference in France.https://paultan.org/2015/07/06/renault-talisman-revealed-stylish-new-d-segment-sedan-replaces-both-the-renault-laguna-and-latitude/

Engines

Gallery

File:2013 Renault Latitude (X43 MY13) Privilege dCi sedan (25246581721).jpg, Renault Latitude Privilege dCi (Australia; pre facelift) File:Renault Latitude facelift 01 China 2017-03-29.jpg, Renault Latitude (China; facelift) File:Renault Latitude facelift 02 China 2017-03-29.jpg, Renault Latitude (China; facelift) File:20100801 renault samsung sm5 0001.jpg, Renault Samsung SM5

References

External links

Renault Latitude
at Renault.com {{Renault

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