Renault Vel Satis out of production

posted: Wednesday 25 November 2009 by Alison in: Saloons Renault Estates

Renault Vel Satis

Renault has announced the production end of the Vel Satis sedan, which first appeared in 2001. The Vel Satis was originally designed to replace the Safrane, but was unsuccessful due to its unusual design for a car of this segment. It was designed by Patrick Le Quément who is also behind the Avantime model, itself another flop.

It has also been the victim of overly optimistic sales targets from Renault, which were set at 50,000 units a year. The Vel Satis was supposed to compete on a par with German sedans and other similar models, but in eight years only 62,000 units have been assembled.

It will probably be replaced by a Samsung Motors model, which will adopt the Safrane name once again. After the jump is a video of the Vel Satis in action.

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