Renault Avantime
Renault Avantime (D66) | |
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Transmission | 6-speed manual 5-speed automatic |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,702 mm (106.4 in) |
Length | 4,642 mm (182.8 in) |
Width | 1,834 mm (72.2 in) |
Height | 1,627 mm (64.1 in) |
The Renault Avantime is a
The name "Avantime" is a
word "time" – with the latter using the English /taɪm/ rather than French pronunciation /tiːm/.Conception and design
The Avantime was designed and developed in-house by Renault affiliate Matra and was conceived by Philippe Guédon, head of the automotive division at Matra, who "believed that the children of Espace owners remained loyal to the car even after they had grown up and left home. As a result, the renowned estate was gaining a generation of new drivers."
Styled by
To facilitate access to the rear seats, two long doors featured a double parallel opening hinge system (marketed as "double kinematic") that maximized access and minimized the door outswing. coupes and sedans.
The design borrowed the automotive space frame of the first generation Renault Espace (load bearing galvanized structure with non-load bearing composite panels) and used the
A facelift for the Avantime codenamed D67 was planned for 2004-2005 that would have seen the boot lip lowered.[11][12]
Launch and reception
The Avantime was first shown in February 1999, in concept form at a press launch in the
When Matra decided to pull out of the automotive production business in 2003 (partly as a result of the financial loss incurred by the poor sales of the Avantime),
Sales
Year | Europe[i][17] |
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2001 | 779 |
2002 | 5,037 |
2003 | 2,226 |
2004 | 48 |
Total: | 8,083 |
- ^ Europe: 2020 EU 27 + UK + Switzerland + Norway + Iceland
References
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- ^ Automobile Magazine. Primedia Magazines, Inc. Archived from the originalon 6 October 2002.
- ^ a b c "Renault: AVANTIME "Coupéspace"". Autointell.com, 5 February 1999.
As the dawn of the new millennium lights the sky ahead, Renault, in partnership with Matra Automobile, has opted to develop a coupé of ground breaking design. This "Coupéspace", revealed in the lines of the AVANTIME concept car at the forthcoming Geneva Show, fuses the thrill and passion of a GT coupé with the unique quality of life on board a monospace.
- ^ Paul Horrell, Car, January 2000, pp 80-84.
- ^ Paul Horrell, Car, January 2000, page 82.
- ^ a b c d "Cars: Renault Avantime". 21st Century. Archived from the original on 7 December 2004.
- ^ "Renault Avantime: A Bold Concept". Renault.com.
- ^ Hutton, Ray (February 2002). "Renault Avantime: Car News". Car and Driver. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013.
- ^ "INTEMPOREL AVANTIME". 25 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021 – via YouTube – SUGER Lycée des Métiers.
- ^ "c2004 Renault Avantime facelift proposal: D67". Facebook – Car Design Archives. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Renault Avantime (02-03) – Review". Parkers, Review Date: 1 August 2007.
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- ^ "Histoire". amicale-avantime.com (in French). Archived from the original on 4 March 2007.
- ^ Petrány, Máté (17 February 2014). "The Ten Worst Selling Cars of All Time". Jalopnik. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ Sales, Model. "Renault Avantime Sales Figures". GCBC. Retrieved 20 April 2024.