Renault Laguna

[Cali 2 Balti G]

Not sure if this has been posted before ...

If not, can anyone tell me why this car is interesting.



For a hint look at the badges.

[Rmuth25]

doesnt nissan own renault?

[ThatGuyRoger]

those rims do look familiar...

[3ugene]

doesnt nissan own renault?

They aren't really the same company, but they have formed an alliance. They target different markets and Renault is on the French stock market while Nissan is in Japan and USA. They share the same CEO... Carlos Ghosn. He's the one who came up with the brilliant idea of remaking the GT-R and turned both Renault and Nissan from near bankrupt companies to highly profitable companies. So i'd say its quite an "alliance" since they can share the same CEO.

[beeristasty]

doesnt nissan own renault?

They have an alliance. According to wikipedia, Renault owns roughly 44% of the shares of Nissan, and Nissan owns 15% of Renault. So it's almost the other way around.

Edit: The Renault looks like a combination of the AC, and 7g & 8g Honda Accords.
Modified by beeristasty at 8:37 PM 12/28/2008

[DAAN.]

reminds me of AM DBS

Gorgeous back end.

[LongBeachCoupe]

The info im seeing online says a "3 door coupe"... is it a hatch and im looking at the pics wrong??

The laguna uses "platform D" from the altima and murano...

It also may has 4 wheel steering, Im not sure what Cali was looking at by the "badges"... am i missing something?

[Colton92]

it might be nissan badge in background

[LongBeachCoupe]

he said why the "car" is interesting... idk im thinking hes referring to the badges on the car, but they dont look "off" to me...

Maybe because they are centered and we were talking about that in another thread?

I feel like this is one of those questions im reading into too much... like "what color is the western most side of the white house?"!

[DAAN.]

I still like the back end - that was stolen off AM DBS

[marlin29311]

I'm not really seeing what's up here...

Cali, what were you trying to say?

[rjdmmfl1]

I'm not really seeing what's up here...

Cali, what were you trying to say?

IDk what Cali was trying to imply, but one thing's for sure... it sure does have that Nissan "4x4" factory look.... why can't they freakin drop their coupes another inch or so.... the G comes stock from the factory at a good height, and can be dropped a bit more for one's tastes..... damn the factory 4x4 look!

[LinkNuc]

Another Nissan "Alliance" just like how the 2010 Titan is getting the HEMI and Nissan will make other parts for the RAM.

[CanadianCoupe]

If Chrysler can stay in business! At one point Nissan/Renault were flirting with the idea of purchasing Chrysler. Nissan wants the RAM engine for their trucks and Renault wants to rebadge the jeep line-up and release it in Europe.

[Cali 2 Balti G]

it might be nissan badge in background

Yes the nissan badge in the background was the hint as to why this car is interesting on the Altima forum. As Longbeach pointed out - both cars share the Nissan D platform.

[Cali 2 Balti G]

IDk what Cali was trying to imply, but one thing's for sure... it sure does have that Nissan "4x4" factory look.... why can't they freakin drop their coupes another inch or so.... the G comes stock from the factory at a good height, and can be dropped a bit more for one's tastes..... damn the factory 4x4 look!

Since these cars also share the D platform with the Murano - I wonder if that has anything to do with the "4x4" look.