Renault 21
| Renault 21 | |
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Renault |
| Also called | Eagle Medallion (U.S. & Canada) Renault Étoile (Colombia) Renault Medallion |
| Production | 1986–1994 1986–1995 (for Nevada/Savanna) |
| Assembly |
Maubeuge, France Bursa, Turkey (Oyak-Renault) Envigado, Colombia Beijing, China Córdoba, Argentina (Renault Argentina) Los Andes, Chile, Taichung, Taiwan Haren-Vilvoorde, Belgium (RIB) Tehran, Iran (SAIPA) |
| Designer | Giorgetto Giugiaro |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | Large family car (D) |
| Body style | 4-door sedan/saloon 5-door stationwagon/estate 5-door liftback |
| Layout | |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1.4, 1.7, 2.0, 2.2 8v 2.0 12V 2.0 turbo 1.9 D, 2.1 D 2.1 turbo D 2.2 i |
| Transmission | 5-speed manual 3-or-4-speed automatic |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 4,462 mm (175.7 in) sedan 4,644 mm (182.8 in) wagon |
| Width | 1,715 mm (67.5 in) |
| Height | 1,415 mm (55.7 in) sedan 1,421 mm (55.9 in) wagon |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Renault 18 |
| Successor | Renault Laguna |
The Renault 21 is a large family car produced by French automaker Renault between 1986 and 1994. It was also sold in North America initially through American Motors dealers as the Renault Medallion and later through Jeep-Eagle dealers as the Eagle Medallion. A total of 2,096,000 units were produced.
The Renault 21 sedan was launched in early 1986 as the successor to the successful Renault 18, and this was followed a few months later by the seven-seater station wagon, the R21 Nevada, marketed as the Savanna in the United Kingdom.
In 1987, What Car? awarded the Renault 21 GTS Best Family Saloon. The Renault 21 Savanna was awarded Car of the Year, as well as Best Family Estate.
Unusually, the Renault 21 was offered with disparate engine configurations. The 1.7-litre version featured a Transverse engine, but Renault had no gearbox suitable for a more powerful transverse engine: accordingly, faster versions featured longitudinally mounted engines. The two versions featured (barely perceptibly) different wheel bases: the engines were all relatively compact four-cylinder units and the engine bay was large enough to accept either configuration without reducing passenger space. However, at a time when production technologies were relatively inflexible, the need to assemble differently configured engine bays on a single production line, along with the supplementary inventory requirements imposed both on Renault and on the dealership network, did compromise the Renault 21's profitability.
The Nevada/Savanna station wagon/estate version was a little longer, with a 2750 mm (108.26 in) wheelbase, instead of the 2600 mm (102.6 in) of the sedan version, and configured with seven seats, two of those a forward facing foldable bench seat for children (up to about age 10) that used up much of the luggage space. It had roofrack side rails as standard.
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