Renault reveals the new Laguna Coupe at the 61st Cannes Film Festival

27 May 2008

Renault president Carlos Ghosn arrived at the 61st  Cannes Film Festival in the new Laguna Coupe, to mark the car's first public appearance. The occasion was a fitting way for the car maker to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its exclusive partnership with the famous film festival.

The French car maker unveiled the Laguna Coupe, at a event filled weekend, which saw the Cannes Film Festival coincide with the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix, considered to be the most prestigious F1 race of the season. The new model made a guest appearance at Monaco with two Laguna Coupes completing several laps of Monaco's legendary circuit in the hands of ING Renault F1 Team test drivers Lucas di Grassi and Romain Grosjean. (Also see: Laguna Coupe photo gallery)

Renault Laguna Coupe bears a close resemblance to the racy concept car revealed by Renault at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September 2007. Its distinctive front end suggests the presence under the bonnet of the finest Renault-Nissan Alliance engines which have been designed and developed to ensure supreme driving enjoyment. Indeed, Renault Laguna Coupe is capable of accelerating from standstill to 100kph in less than seven seconds, and this upper-range performance combines with the Active Drive chassis and four-wheel steering to deliver optimum pleasure at the wheel.

The flowing lines of Renault Laguna Coupe's elegant, uncluttered design express a blend of timeless beauty and the promise of sheer motoring enjoyment.

With a length of 4.64 metres and a width of 1.83 metres, its proportions are nicely balanced, while the character line which stems from the grille rises forcefully along its flanks, like a wave of air, gracefully underpinning the design of its front wings before extending rearwards to highlight its muscular haunches. The glazed area of its windows is shown off to its best advantage by a pure, flowing arc.

Fitted with 17- or 18-inch aluminium alloy wheels, Laguna Coupe's wheelbase dimension stands at 2.69m with a height of 1.40m. Other features include pronounced crease-lines of its long bonnet and the new variant headlamps. The rear, features a very short overhang and broad, slim lights which give Laguna Coupe a bright, distinctive lighting signature which suggests refinement and power, especially at night when the indicators form a halo that picks out the contours of the thin red LEDs.