New Renault Safrane 2011
Renault is working on a new model, which according to rumors should replace the lagoon and Vel Satis simultaneously. This means that Renault will do the same trick as Peugeot with New 508. (replacement 407 and 607).
The basis for the new Renault, which will receive the name Safrane, is the Samsung SM5 and as SM5, it will also be built in Korea.
Safrane can get both an engine from SM5 (2.0 liter gasoline with an automatic transmission), and thanks to the recent Renault-Mercedes transaction, something of the new 4 and 6-cylinder from Mercedes.
It is also well known that Carlos Gon (director of Renault-Nissan) wants to enter the North America market in the long run. Maybe the new Safrane will be one of the first Renault models in the USA in the future.