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The Renault Latitude is an
executive car Executive car is a British term for a large car which is equivalent to the European E-segment and American full-size classifications. Executive cars are larger than compact executive cars (and the non-luxury equivalent mid-size cars), and small ...
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
Renault Talisman The Renault Talisman is a large family car manufactured by the French car manufacturer Renault since 2015. It replaced the Renault Laguna, as well as the larger Renault Latitude, for which no direct replacement was scheduled. It was produced b ...
.


Design

The Latitude is a four-door saloon based on the
Renault–Nissan D platform The D platform is a front wheel drive automobile platform for mid-size cars from Nissan. It is slightly smaller than Nissan FF-L platform. Models * 2007+ Renault Laguna III * 2007+ Nissan Murano (Z51) * 2008+ Nissan Maxima (A35) * 2008+ Niss ...
, 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
Renault Vel Satis The Renault Vel Satis is an executive car that was produced by the French manufacturer Renault, launched at the 2001 Geneva Motor Show to replace the already discontinued Safrane. It was previously revealed as a concept car in 1998, at the Paris ...
, which went out of production in August 2009. Sales of Renault Latitude began in
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,
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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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Executive cars Sedans Euro NCAP large family cars Front-wheel-drive vehicles Cars introduced in 2010